Detroit Tigers prospect Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in 2020 out of Arizona State, expects to make his MLB debut at some point in 2022. The same is true for Riley Greene, the No. 5 overall pick in 2019 out of high school in Florida. Their anticipated debuts could happen as soon as Opening Day. But
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Chatting with SportsGrid’s Craig Mish earlier this week, Byron Buxton spoke about his decision to re-sign a seven-year extension with the Twins rather than play out the 2022 season and enter the free-agent market next winter. Reports dating back to July have indicated that the Twins and Buxton both hoped to work something out, and
Associated Press | Detroit Free Press NEW YORK – Five players were suspended Friday for violations of the minor league drug program, raising this year’s total to nine. Free agent pitcher Nick Belzer and pitcher Charles Hall of Oakland’s Class A Central Lansing farm team were suspended for 50 games each for a second positive
But there are still many greats from the game’s rich history who are not enshrined in Cooperstown. Below is a look at the top player not in the Hall from each of the 30 teams, considering only those who are currently retired and spent a significant amount of time playing for that club. + –
Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — The start of spring training likely will be a casualty of Major League Baseball’s lockout, which will threaten opening day unless the drawn-out talks lead to a deal in less than a month. After a half-year of bickering over the sport’s economics, baseball’s warring factions couldn’t even
Detroit — Major League Baseball announced Friday that five minor-league players were suspended for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment program, including Tigers’ right-hander Hector Rodriguez. Rodriguez, 18, from the Dominican Republic, was suspended for 60 games for testing positive for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol. Arizona pitcher Jose Valdez was suspended for 60 games
The Detroit Tigers scouted the Dominican Winter League, featuring MLB players such as Robinson Cano, Marcell Ozuna and Jose Siri, in the Dominican Republic this offseason in search of underrated talent with upside. One player emerged as the top priority to sign: 26-year-old right-handed reliever Luis Castillo (unrelated to Cincinnati Reds starter Luis Castillo, a 29-year-old on the trade block).
Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball asked a federal mediator to intervene in stalled labor negotiations that likely will put off the start of spring training. On the 64th day of a lockout, MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem asked Thursday for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to enter the dispute. The
The Week: September 21-27, 1992 My high school baseball coach hated Rob Deer. I bet a lot of high school baseball coaches in 1992 hated Rob Deer. Rob Deer represented exactly what high school baseball coaches in 1992, at least the ones I knew in Central Illinois, were trying to fight against. Because Rob Deer
We’re in a well-documented renaissance of Major League fathers and sons. Fernando Tatis Jr. Ke’Bryan Hayes. Cody Bellinger. Heck, the Blue Jays boast three alone in Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio. It’s a sign of how multi-generational the game is and how well this current batch of stars is carrying the baton
Detroit — Try as it might, baseball has not defeated Logan Shore or killed his dream. Not even close. You could rightly argue that all the potholes, hurdles and trap doors the game has put in his path have emboldened and strengthened him. “I feel like the last couple of years have been just crappy situation
Kody Clemens was counting down the days. Throughout the 2021 season, Clemens’ teammates in Triple-A Toledo did their best to convince him the Detroit Tigers would surely add the multi-positional prospect to the 40-man roster, but nothing became official until Nov. 19, the deadline to protect minor leaguers from the Rule 5 draft. The Tigers prioritized keeping Clemens in the organization. “I
Ronald Blum | AP Baseball Writer New York — Whatever little chance there was of an on-time start to spring training all but vanished Tuesday during a contentious 90-minute negotiating session between locked out players and Major League Baseball. Players made two slight moves during the first meeting in a week. The union lowered its proposed
A heated 90-minute negotiating session Tuesday between Major League Baseball and the players union produced little progress, leaving the two sides barely any closer than they were two months ago – before the lockout – making it almost a certainty that spring training will be delayed. This was only their fourth negotiating session since Dec. 1
DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers are proud to begin the second year of the Game Changers series, presented by Comerica Bank, beginning with a celebration of Black History Month. The first Game Changers honoree for Black History Month is lifelong Detroit resident Jason McCrimmon, who is the founder of Detroit Ice
Detroit —- Question: If you were the Tigers, if you were, more specifically, general manager Al Avila, would you consider trading a big-league ready prospect (say right-handed pitcher Matt Manning) for a more proven right-handed starting pitcher (say either Frankie Montas or Luis Castillo)? With baseball shuttered and awaiting tangible movement in the labor talks
Tucker Barnhart considers himself an unofficial psychologist. It’s one of the reasons why Barnhart’s yearly routine includes arriving early to spring training. He always shows up by Feb. 1, and often in mid-January, with his family to escape the winter weather in his hometown of Indianapolis and connect with his pitching staff ahead of a new season.
By TC Zencka | January 29, 2022 at 7:15pm CDT The Tigers are one of the teams seen to be on the rise heading into 2022, in no small part because of a cavalcade of promising rotation arms that have begun to establish themselves in the big league rotation. Casey Mize, Matt Manning, and Tarik
Dillon Dingler is already in Lakeland, Florida. The 23-year-old catcher has plenty of work to do. He isn’t supposed to report to minicamp until Feb. 15, ahead of the first pitchers and catchers workout Feb. 16, but he has been active at the Detroit Tigers‘ spring training complex for the past few weeks. For now, only minor-league
The annual Baseball Hall of Fame induction announcement arrived Tuesday, with only David Ortiz earning the necessary 75% of the vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America this year. That means Detroit Tigers fans should expect to see the clip of Ortiz’s dramatic game-tying eighth-inning grand slam for the Boston Red Sox in Game