The Tigers have signed right-hander Ryan Miller to a minor league deal, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press. The righty receives an invite to big league spring training and will make a salary of $800K if he makes the major league club next year. Miller, 29 in March, just made his major league
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Detroit Tigers lefthanded ace starter Tarik Skubal was crowned as the 2024 Cy Young Award winner for the American League following a fantastic campaign that saw him simply dominate Major League Baseball. It was the sixth time ever that a member of the Motor City Kitties earned the honor and the first since Max Scherzer
The Tigers announced that outfielder Akil Baddoo has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. Detroit designated him for assignment last week as the corresponding move for the Alex Cobb signing. Baddoo was a Rule 5 success story in 2021, when he hit .259/.330/.436 with 13 homers across 461 plate appearances in his debut season. The
The Tigers are in agreement with catcher Brian Serven on a minor league deal, reports Aram Leighton of Just Baseball (X link). Serven, a PRIME client, will be in big league camp as a non-roster invitee. Serven, 29, joins the fourth organization of his career. A fifth-round pick of the Rockies in 2016, he got to
One area the Detroit Tigers badly need to improve this offseason is in their catcher and their infield depth. With Dillon Dingler promoted to Jake Rogers understudy at the major league level, and catching prospect Liam Hicks selected by the Miami Marlins in the Rule 5 draft, the situation was pretty bleak in terms of
Hello friends! It’s actually been a fairly light news week in baseball all around, but obviously with me writing these posts the night before, we missed a major baseball breaking story that hit late last Sunday, and that’s the signing of Juan Soto. The news of Soto heading to the Mets has been all that
Former Tigers left-hander Bryan Sammons has signed a one-year deal with Nippon Professional Baseball’s Chiba Lotte Marines, per announcements from the team and from Sammons’ agency, GSI. Sammons made his big league debut as a 29-year-old rookie this past season, pitching 27 1/3 innings of 3.62 ERA ball for the Tigers during their Cinderella push
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,
Last week I asked you to think a little outside the usual broadcast box and share your favorite non-Tigers baseball moments of 2024. (I didn’t contribute, but mine was Shohei Ohtani’s dog Decoy getting the opening pitch during a game) This week, we’re thinking a little closer to home, so I hope your memories aren’t
Right-hander Kirby Yates is one of the better relievers available in free agency. The Cubs have already been connected to him in rumors and now Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 reports that the Tigers can be added to the list. Yates, 38 in March, just wrapped up an excellent season with the Rangers. He tossed
Baseball awards season wasn’t quite over for the Detroit Tigers. After Tarik Skubal won the American League Cy Young award, and manager A.J. Hinch was a runner up to Stephen Vogt for Manager of the Year, that could have been it, but Baseball America announced on Wednesday that Chris Fetter was their 2024 MLB Coach
The 2024 Rule 5 draft took place this afternoon at the Winter Meetings in Dallas. The results of the draft are below. As a refresher, the Rule 5 draft is a way for players potentially talented enough for the big leagues but blocked by their current clubs to find opportunities elsewhere. Any players that were
While there wasn’t any major news out from the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday at the Winter Meetings, there were plenty of small items to report as Scott Harris, GM Jeff Greenberg, and manager A.J. Hinch all made the rounds with the baseball media assembled in Dallas. The only move that actually affects the roster was
The Tigers formally announced their previously reported signing of right-hander Alex Cobb this evening. In a corresponding move, outfielder Akil Baddoo was designated for assignment as noted by MLive’s Evan Woodbery. Baddoo, 26, was a second-round pick by the Twins back in 2016. The outfielder’s major league career wouldn’t begin until 2021, after he was