It’s never too early to start looking ahead and getting excited about some of baseball’s future stars. Teams stress the importance of strengthening their farm systems through the Draft and fans are about to get a glimpse of some of the biggest names to watch. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo, Greg Amsinger and Harold Reynolds will
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Detroit Tigers outfielder Victor Reyes homered in his Dec. 8 debut for Caribes de Anzoategui in the Venezuelan Winter League. Then, the 27-year-old secured player of the week honors for the first time in his career. Reyes hit .421 (8-for-19) with two doubles, one triple, two homers, nine RBIs, three walks and two strikeouts in his first
Andrew Romine remembers counting down the days. Ten days before Opening Day in 2014, Romine was shagging fly balls in the outfield during batting practice in spring training. Then-Los Angeles Angels general manager Jerry DiPoto emerged on the field, pointed to his young shortstop and sent a clear message. “Get off the field,” DiPoto yelled. ROSTER PREDICTION 2.0: Tigers fill
Whenever MLB’s lockout ends, the Detroit Tigers will reconvene in Lakeland, Florida, home of the team’s spring training facility, to embark on a new season. This year, the Tigers have a chance to snap their seven-year postseason dry spell, thanks to three offseason additions: catcher Tucker Barnhart, left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and shortstop Javier Baez. The Tigers
Second base stands out as the most glaring area of need in the White Sox lineup, yet the idea of moving Yoan Moncada back to the keystone doesn’t seem too likely, NBC Sports Chicago’s Vinnie Duber opines. Moncada began his career with regular second base duty in 2017-18, yet has played exclusively as a third
By TC Zencka | December 11, 2021 at 10:30am CDT Former Pirates right-hander Kyle Keller has signed a deal to join the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, MLBTR has learned. Keller is expected to compete for closer responsibilities with the Tigers. The 28-year-old Louisiana native spent the 2021 season with the Pirates,
The post included a photo of him doing a postgame interview in a Tigers uniform the night he became the fifth player in MLB history to play all nine positions in a game on Sept. 30, 2017. “I was a boy with a dream. A dream of becoming something great,” Romine posted. “To push harder,
By TC Zencka | December 11, 2021 at 11:35am CDT Andrew Romine has announced his retirement from baseball with a post on Instagram. Romine was a fifth round pick out of Arizona State University by the Angels back in 2007. The 34-year-old infielder played 11 years in the Majors, appearing in 609 big league games
There’s a new No. 1 prospect in the Detroit Tigers‘ farm system. Outfielder Riley Greene, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2019 MLB draft, has passed first baseman Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft, according to Baseball America‘s preseason Tigers top 10 prospects list. Greene is ranked No. 1, with Torkelson
The Detroit Tigers always intended to tender veteran catcher Dustin Garneau a contract for the 2022 season. But Garneau is the definition of a journeyman. He has played 160 games across parts of seven seasons for six teams: Colorado Rockies (2015-17), Oakland Athletics (2017, 2019), Chicago White Sox (2018), Los Angeles Angels (2019), Houston Astros
Time is on their side. Yes, it is. And so is a whole lot else. Age may be just a number to the rest of us, but in baseball, it can be an important data point. A 24-year-old hitting .330 at Double-A isn’t quite like a 19-year-old putting up the same number. Those who can
DETROIT — The Tigers will head into 2022 with a bolstered roster, but their coaching staff will be unchanged from last season’s end. Among the overlooked bits of news from last month’s moves, manager A.J. Hinch confirmed recently that he and the Tigers will retain the coaching staff in the same roles for next season.
The Detroit Tigers added a pair of right-handed relievers — Elvis Alvarado and Nick Kuzia — to the organization in Wednesday’s minor-league phase of the 2021 Rule 5 draft. International signees or high school draft picks from 2017 and college draftees from 2018 needed to be protected from this year’s Rule 5 draft. Among these groups, players not on the
The Minor League phase of the Rule 5 Draft is complete. The pick-by-pick results are below. Typically, the Rule 5 Draft consists of Major League and Minor League phases, but since all Major League transactions are frozen until a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is in place, only the Minor League phase took place during this
Matthew Boyd doesn’t want his time with the Detroit Tigers to end. But he understands baseball is a business. The Tigers non-tendered him at the Nov. 30 deadline, meaning the 30-year-old did not receive a contract for the upcoming season and became a free agent for the first time in his career. “It hurt, just being
Detroit Tigers reliever Joe Jimenez stood on the mound Friday to pitch the ninth inning, making his season debut for Gigantes de Carolina in the Puerto Rican Winter League. The 26-year-old clashed with three batters: Vimael Machin, Nelson Velazquez and Mark Contreras. He retired his opponents in order, striking out Machin and Contreras, to earn the save
There’s a new person in charge of the fan experience at Little Caesars Arena and other Ilitch-owned properties. Chris McGowan comes to the area after nine years with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. His official title is president and chief executive officer of Ilitch Sports + Entertainment (IS+E), the business division of the Detroit Red
For the past two seasons, Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario has been the best player on the roster. The 28-year-old — boasting a team-high 4.8 WAR — played 201 of a possible 220 games, hitting .278 with 53 doubles, 23 home runs and 96 RBIs. He also posted a .356 on-base percentage, 10.2% walk rate and 22.1% strikeout rate. He was worth plus-three defensive runs
DETROIT — Christopher Ilitch, President and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc., announced on Monday that accomplished sports and entertainment executive Chris McGowan has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Ilitch Sports + Entertainment (IS+E), the business division of the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, The District Detroit, Olympia Parking and the Ilitch joint
By Ben Walker | Associated Press Buck O’Neil never uttered a single word of bitterness or regret about not being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Till the end, he urged those who loved and rooted for him to do the same. Now, long after a near miss that left many wondering if he’d ever