Detroit – The Tigers, as was previously reported, opened Major League Baseball’s international signing period by inking a pair of 17-year-old Venezuelan-born shortstops. According to ESPN’s Jesse Sanchez, the Tigers gave signing bonuses to Javier Osorio ($2.2 million) and Samuel Gil ($1.2 million). Osorio, 6-0, 172 pounds, is ranked No. 10 by Baseball America and
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The Tigers have emerged as one of the most active teams on the international market in recent years, and that trend has continued into 2022. According to industry sources, the club has agreed to a $2.2 million deal with 6-foot-2 shortstop Javier Osorio, who ranks No. 13 on MLB.com’s Top 50 International Prospects list. Detroit
Manuel Sequera is a name to know. The Detroit Tigers identified Sequera, from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, as a high-potential player in the 2019 international class and signed him July 2, the first day of that year’s signing period, for a $125,000 bonus. “I’m proud to play for the Tigers,” Sequera said Friday, with his agent, Jose Luis Montero, translating. READY
A few more minor league signings to supplement the recent flurry of minor league deals around the league… The Tigers are bringing back right-handed pitcher Ricardo Pinto after he spent all of the 2021 season in Detroit’s minor league ranks. Pinto was previously a prospect of some note, pitching in the 2016 Futures Game in the Phillies organization before
Detroit — Daniel Norris and a friend were paddling out on their boards, one of those inevitable and at times interminable lulls that surfers often use for deep introspection. This was at the end of November. Norris, a little battered but not in any way broken by what had been a season from hell — a
That most essential — and most difficult —position MLB teams seek to fill, shortstop, is where the Tigers are spending much of their 2022 international bonus pool, as reported by Baseball America. The Tigers are expected to soon sign two teen shortstops listed among Baseball America’s top 21 prospects. Saturday is the first day international amateurs
Saturday brings a big day on the baseball calendar, at least in our neck of the woods. That’s when the 2022 international signing period opens, meaning hundreds of players outside the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico will be able to ink their first contracts and begin their journeys in professional baseball. MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez
Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — Baseball labor talks to end the lockout resumed Thursday for the first time in 1 1/2 months with little evident progress during a bargaining session that lasted about an hour, jeopardizing a timely start to spring training, Major League Baseball imposed the lockout on Dec. 2 as soon as
Detroit Tigers outfielder Robbie Grossman is coming off a career year. He joined the Tigers in January 2021 on a two-year, $10 million contract — the organization’s first multi-year deal since the 2015-16 offseason — and produced team highs of 23 home runs, 20 stolen bases and a .357 on-base percentage. Grossman, though, thinks “the league exposed me” in his career-high 156 games last season. “I
Detroit Tigers outfielder Robbie Grossman is coming off a career year. He joined the Tigers in January 2021 on a two-year, $10 million contract — the organization’s first multi-year deal since the 2015-16 offseason — and produced team highs of 23 home runs, 20 stolen bases and a .357 on-base percentage. Grossman, though, thinks “the league exposed me” in his career-high 156 games last season. “I
Detroit — Another cold and gray day across Michigan, still a month from when pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report for spring training and still no end to the lockout in sight — though the owners and players’ association are finally getting back to bargaining on economic issues Thursday. Hope sparks. So, let’s talk Tigers. Specifically,
Detroit Tigers right-hander Rony Garcia has guided Estrellas de Oriente to wins in his three starts in the Dominican Winter League postseason. The 18-game round-robin phase determines which two teams will meet in the best-of-nine championship series. There are four teams in the hunt: Gigantes del Cibao (9-4), Estrellas de Oriente (7-6), Aguilas Cibaenas (5-8) and Tigers del Licey (5-8).
There are currently more than 150 Cuban-born players in the Major Leagues and Minor Leagues, and more are on the way. Several Cuban players are expected to sign during the 2022-23 international signing period, which starts Saturday and ends on Dec. 15, including prospects with national team and Serie Nacional experience. Five Cubans appear on
Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are scheduled to meet Thursday, ending a 42-day break in negotiations that began when management started a lockout, the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995. With the scheduled start of spring training five weeks away, management was planning to make a new proposal
DETROIT — The first suggestion that something could be happening with Tigers jerseys came in a story last September from Paul Lukas, famous for his UniWatch column and blog that chronicles sports uniforms and logos. The Tigers conducted online surveys with fan focus groups to get their opinions on past jerseys. Included in the survey
Eric De La Rosa didn’t know what to expect when Detroit Tigers director of player development Kenny Graham called him out of the batting cage. Players were competing in a hitting drill as part of the instructional league in Lakeland, Florida, home of the Tigers’ spring training complex. De La Rosa was coming off a much-needed strong 2021 season,
Detroit — Most days, Kody Clemens can be found working out inside the spacious, turf covered office building that former big-leaguer Kip Wells has transformed into the KW32 training center in west Houston. Other days, he’s taking batting practice or doing fielding drills at Houston Memorial High School. But every once in a while you’ll catch
Detroit Tigers reliever Joe Jimenez needed confidence. Coming off a 5.96 ERA for the Tigers in 2021, Jimenez traveled to his home country this winter to pitch for Gigantes de Carolina in the Puerto Rican Winter League, doing so for the first time since the 2015-16 offseason. “I wanted to work on my delivery in Puerto
If you like fun facts and baseball, your favorite family lineage may very likely be the Fielders. As in Cecil and his son Prince, who makes his debut on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2022. The two achieved one of the craziest, odds-defying feats in the history of the sport:
Every MLB franchise has its icons. But these players are the icons of the icons. Here’s the greatest player in franchise history for all 30 MLB teams, as assembled by the MLB.com staff. BLUE JAYS: Roy HalladayUpon becoming a full-time starter in 2002, through his 2011 campaign with the Phillies, Halladay was one of the