The Tigers have released catcher Andrew Knapp and right-hander Ashton Goudeau, according to their respective transaction trackers at MLB.com. The club also announced to reporters, including Evan Woodbery of MLive, that pitchers Miguel Del Pozo and Kervin Castro have been released with each having undergone Tommy John surgery earlier this year. Knapp, 31, is the
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DETROIT — Many rookie pitchers find themselves where Reese Olson was last weekend, searching for answers after what had worked early in the season goes awry. Few of them figure it out so quickly. The 3,000 rpm slider that was close to unhittable for Olson for two months was hit enough by the Rays last
A quick afternoon recap for a quick afternoon game, let’s roll. First, let’s talk quickly about Reese Olson. Olson, while he managed to get into some nasty jams in today’s game was also a skilled enough pitcher—with a little help from Jake Rogers behind the dish—to get himself out of his messes. It might have
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Toledo Mud Hens 10, Columbus Clippers 6 (box) Spencer Turnbull was a little better this time out, though still fighting his fastball command a lot, and the Hens offense erupted to take down the Clippers on Wednesday night. The right-hander threw 43 of 74 pitches for strikes, so he’s at least stretched out enough to
MIDLAND, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end as Great Lakes Loons pitching dominated in a 5-1 loss in front of 2,497 fans Wednesday night at Dow Diamond. West Michigan struggled to generate any offense as Loons pitchers compiled 12 strikeouts while MIDLAND, MI – The West
The scouting report on the Tigers slugger out of college and through the Minor Leagues raved about his power to all fields and against all pitches. Yet until his two-homer performance in Wednesday night’s 9-5 win over the Twins at Comerica Park, his only home run to right field was his third MLB homer —
The Tigers announced that left-hander Zach Logue, who was designated for assignment earlier this week, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. He has the right to reject that assignment and elect free agency, though it’s not yet clear if he’s chosen to do so or not. Logue, 27, first came to the Tigers
The Toledo Mud Hens defeated the Columbus Clippers 10-6 in Wednesday’s high scoring game. Spencer Turnbull started the game for the Mud Hens. Across 4.1 innings, he gave up three runs, walked three, and struck out six. After having thrown 74 pitches, he was removed from the game in the The Toledo Mud Hens defeated
The new Top 100 Prospects list is coming! Revised Top 30s for every organization too! Thursday evening, to be exact. We give you a sneak preview below by identifying the prospect who has risen the furthest on each team’s Top 30 since the start of the season. As for the biggest jump on the Top
After splitting the first two games of their four-game weekday series in Detroit against the Minnesota Twins, the Tigers built on Tuesday’s shutout win with second nice, nearly complete performance in a row in a 9-6 victory… but it got a little too close at the end. Getting the start for Detroit tonight was Alex
DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera hasn’t made a big deal out of climbing statistical leaderboards and passing greats in his final season. He’d rather focus on individual games and team success when he can, and get on with preparing for the next game. Still, as he sat in the Tigers’ clubhouse at Comerica Park on Wednesday
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