While players continue to move up and down Draft boards, and MLB Pipeline expands its 2023 Draft rankings to 200 names, there appears to be one certainty as etched in stone as anything Draft-related can be: There’s a clear top five in this class. Crews has been the top prospect since the Top 100 was
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DETROIT — The Tigers have a challenge on their hands battling the AL West-leading Rangers this series. But they had their chances to give some of that pressure back. One day after Eric Haase won Sunday’s game for Detroit with a 10th-inning walk-off sacrifice fly, he stepped to the plate on Monday afternoon against Nathan
Matthew Boyd vs. Nathan Eovaldi wasn’t a particularly encouraging matchup. The former entered Monday’s Memorial Day contest with an ERA approaching 6.00. If you extrapolate his last five starts, it’s nearly 7.00. Meanwhile, Eovaldi’s pitched to a 2.60 ERA and an even lower FIP in his first 10 starts with the Texas Rangers. It also
Top 4 TEX 0 DET 0 Result of AB Ibáñez makes the stop at first AB: Corey Seager | P: Matthew Boyd
Editor’s note: This article was originally composed nine years ago and has been republished in its entirety for this year’s Memorial Day. There were many major league baseball players whose careers were interrupted as they left to serve our country in World War II, including Tigers Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg. Another Hall-of-Famer, pitcher Hal Newhouser, attempted
It might come to the surprise of many that the Detroit Tigers currently sit just one game under the .500 mark as well as a game behind the American League Central division-leading Minnesota Twins as the month of May draws to a close. Believe it or not, the Motor City Kitties’ record through 51 is
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – Solid pitching and late offense helped the West Michigan Whitecaps rally past the Lake County Captains 5-3, securing the series victory in front of 6,768 fans Sunday evening at LMCU Ballpark. Whitecaps pitching was exceptional with runners in scoring position, holding Lake County to a 1-for-13 COMSTOCK PARK, MI – Solid
TOLEDO – The Toledo Mud Hens fell to the Rochester Red Wings 6-4 on Sunday night at Fifth Third Field. The pitching matchup consisted of Zach Logue for the Mud Hens and Paolo Espino for the Red Wings. Logue would retire the Red Wings in order to begin the ballgame, TOLEDO – The Toledo Mud
DETROIT — Among the bells and whistles the Tigers put on for Kids Day games at Comerica Park are kid-drawn sketches of players, shown on the scoreboard instead of their usual profile pictures when they come up to bat. One child’s drawing on Sunday had Riley Greene flying through the air in a cape with
A four-game weekend series between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers concluded on Sunday: the Tigers had won two not-terribly-close games and the visitors had won in a laugher on Friday. Sunday’s game saw a couple of lead changes, both bullpens giving up runs, and an exciting finish in a 6-5 Tigers victory
One big hit sunk the SeaWolves as Somerset wins the series finale, 3-2. Adam Wolf made a spot start for the SeaWolves and lasted 2.2 innings, allowing four hits, one walk, and three strikeouts. He departed for RJ Petit with the bases loaded in the third, and Petit escaped the One big hit sunk the
Tuesday, June 6 vs. Bowie Baysox (Baltimore Orioles) Gates Open: 5 p.m. | First Pitch: 6:05 p.m. Erie Piñatas | Copa de la Diversión Erie will participate in Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión, a season-long event series celebrating Hispanic/Latinx culture. The UPMC Park game day experience will transformed Tuesday, June 6 vs. Bowie
Top 3 CWS 1 DET 0 Result of AB Romy González’s solo homer (1) AB: Romy Gonzalez | P: Eduardo Rodriguez
DETROIT — Tigers No. 2 prospect Colt Keith went to his manager at Double-A Erie, former Tigers third baseman Gabe Alvarez, last month and told him he wanted to become a better defender at third base. So they sat in Alvarez’s office and watched video of a Hall of Famer. “When I was playing, I