The 2025 international signing period opened on Wednesday, and the Tigers quickly locked up their top target. Dominican outfielder Cris Rodriguez agreed to a signing bonus of $3.2 million. He is the highest ranked international free agent prospect in Tigers’ history. Rodriguez is a 6-foot-4, 200 pound outfielder and while he already has some of
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A major top 100 preseason prospect list came out on Tuesday as Baseball Prospectus’ top 101 prospects for 2025 was released. We tend to place Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, and FanGraphs above the rest of the national prospect rankings, although there are a few other good ones as well, including MLB Pipeline. Baseball Prospectus has
Happy Monday BYB readers and welcome to the Week That Was. This past week things were a bit slower in the hot stove, as teams focused on cleaning up their outstanding arbitration issues (and one team was dealing with in-fighting and ownership lawsuits… more on that below). We did see a new chapter in the
The Tigers probably didn’t expect Bryce Rainer to fall to them on the first day of the 2024 MLB Draft. Most of the draft-related media thought he’d be off the board before the eleventh pick, where he fell into Detroit’s lap. When the opportunity presented itself to bring the talented prep shortstop into the fold,
The Detroit Tigers signed Josue Briceño as part of the final group of international prospects under Al Avila’s leadership, and the young catcher has blossomed into an excellent parting gift from the erstwhile general manager. He was on our radar at this time a year ago, but the growth he showed during the 2024 season
Let’s face it, if we’re all still Tigers fans after the way the past nine years have gone (and many of our frequent readers and commenters will remember 2003 all too well), then we will be Tigers fans forever. When you suffer enough, complain enough, but still show up year after year, you’re definitely a
The Tigers agreed to a one-year, $10.15MM deal with reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan. It’s a massive, nearly 300% raise on top of last year’s $2.65MM salary for the 28-year-old, handily topping the $8MM projected by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. Skubal, who’s under club control through the 2026 season,
The Cardinals announced that they have claimed left-handed reliever Bailey Horn off waivers from the Tigers. Detroit designated him for assignment last week. The Cardinals already have multiple open 40-man spots, so a corresponding move isn’t necessary. The 26-year-old Horn has now ridden the waiver carousel from Boston, to Detroit to St. Lous in just
Thursday was the final day for major league teams to come to agreement with the arbitration eligible players. The Tigers announced terms with most of those players as of this writing, presumably with more to follow as word leaks out. The biggest of these was an agreement on a $10.15 million contract for 2025 for
Since taking over from Al Avila in the fall of 2022, Scott Harris and his staff have done a lot right in building up the Detroit Tigers’ farm system. In the early going, their two draft classes are off to a strong start and they’ve made several strong trades to prime the organization for long-term
When the Tigers drafted Max Clark with the third overall pick in 2023, the decision sent Tigers fans into turmoil. He wasn’t the player most fans had settled on as their preference in that draft class and Clark wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms into the organization. A full season later, the specter of what
The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts. This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Tim Dierkes of
The Detroit Tigers’ first draft under president Scott Harris is quickly looking like a gem. After landing Max Clark with the third overall pick in 2023, they targeted prep shortstop Kevin McGonigle with their competitive balance A pick, which was 37th overall. There was plenty of debate between Clark and outfielder Wyatt Langford at the
Welcome to the first week of a brand new year. We are now only a little over a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training, so the hot stove is bound to get hotter over the coming weeks. Things didn’t come to a standstill over the holiday season as you’ll see below,