Most of the top national sites for prospect scouting have already published their top 100 rankings, and the Tigers have been well represented on all of them. Fangraphs released their new top 100 on Monday, and the same is true as the Tigers place six prospects on the list. However, there is one new face
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The Detroit Tigers are finally starting to see some improvements in their international pipeline. Catcher Enrique Jimenez may be the next to follow Keider Montero, Wenceel Pérez, and Josue Briceño to the major leagues or high into the national rankings. The Venezuelan born catcher was ranked the 32nd best prospect in the 2023 signing period
Baseball is back! Perhaps that’s a slight overstatement, but pitchers and catchers reported for all clubs last week, full squads will report soon, and it has been truly delightful to start seeing photos pour in out of both Florida and Arizona. We’re seeing players sporting new jerseys, formerly injured players showing how well-healed they are
Alex Bregman has been signed with the Boston Red Sox for almost a week now, and yet no one seems ready to move on. Agent Scott Boras reached out by letter to the Detroit Free Press on Monday, claiming that the Detroit Tigers were indeed one of Bregman’s top choices and that Scott Harris had
Way back in July 2021, former Detroit Tigers general manager made the best trade of his seven-year tenure running the club. The Milwaukee Brewers were in the hunt and looking for left-handed help in their bullpen. Somehow, Avila was able to convince them to hand over pitching prospect Reese Olson in exchange for a half
Beyond two quite well received drafts for the Detroit Tigers under Scott Harris, the front office has also done an outstanding job juicing the farm system even further with trades. We’ve already covered fourth ranked Thayron Liranzo, eighth ranked Hao-Yu Lee, and 12th ranked Trey Sweeney. Now we come to the 20th ranked prospect in
For the first time in many a year, the Detroit Tigers found themselves in a playoff run in 2024, playing meaningful games into September. While they ultimately lost to Cleveland in the American League Division Series, the run they went on was one heck of a fun roller-coaster. It provided weary fans a welcome respite
Way back in July of 2019, former Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila signed 16-year-old Cuban outfielder Roberto Campos to a $2.85 million bonus. At the time, this was the largest payout to an international free agent in the team’s history. Only the $3.2 million they just paid Dominican teenage outfielder Cris Rodriguez this past January
Heading into 2025, Kerry Carpenter is one of the Tigers’ most accomplished young hitters. A career .276/.338/.512 hitter across 236 games in the majors, Carpenter missed time last year due to a lumbar spine stress fracture but raked when healthy, crushing the ball to the tune of a .284/.345/.587 slash line with 18 homers in
The Tigers were linked to Alex Bregman for much of the offseason, and reports indicated that they were one of the finalists for the infielder’s services before Bregman signed a three-year, $120MM deal with the Red Sox earlier this week. It would appear that Detroit might have been the top bidder in terms of pure
A new year of major league baseball is underway, and hope springs eternal. For Detroit Tigers first baseman, Spencer Torkelson, that hope revolves around finding some solid footing at the major league level and becoming something like the slugger the club hoped they had drafted back in 2020. The problem is that hope may be
Expectations for Parker Meadows were high coming into 2024. After years of struggles in the minor leagues, 2023 saw Meadows finally get it to together and rocket to the majors. A league average slash line, improved K rates, and premium centerfield defense in Toledo led to a call-up and more of the same came during
The Tigers are signing utility player David Hensley to a minor league deal, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. It seems likely that the 28-year-old be in camp as a non-roster invitee. Hensley was a 26th-round pick by the Astros in 2018. He got to the majors with Houston four years later. Hensley appeared in 46
Alex Bregman is headed to Boston on a three-year deal that comes with a massive $40MM average annual value (albeit with deferrals). The two-time All-Star was also known to have multiple six-year offers on the table, one of which was from the Astros. The Tigers also proposed a six-year offer, as first reported by Evan