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The Tigers have signed right-hander Ben Taylor to a minor league contract, per a team announcement. The club also signed righty Cale Coshow, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press tweets. Additionally, MLBTR has learned that yet another righty, Ricardo Pinto, is joining the organization. Taylor threw 23 1/3 major league innings as a member
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Joey Wentz bounded off the mound on a back field behind Joker Marchant Stadium, fielded a ground ball and tossed it to first base. He was full of excitement and happiness. “I’ve never seen a pitcher happier to do (pitcher fielding practice) in the first couple
The fans have spoken. In a Detroit News poll with 1,057 votes, Detroit-area sports fans picked the Tigers to edge out the Lions as the local team most likely to finally compete for a championship and break the long drought of the four rebuilding franchises. ►Tigers: 33.43% ►Lions: 32.96% ►Pistons: 19.46% ►Red Wings: 14.15% The
Tyler J. Davis | Detroit Free Press Don’t expect any current Detroit Tigers to start the All-Star game in the near future, at least if you believe one set of MLB rankings to be true. The Tigers were one of three teams that didn’t have any players ranked among the game’s top 100, regardless of position. Detroit,
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers were one of nine teams with scouts watching right-hander Wily Peralta pitch in a showcase Thursday at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Tigers were already in conversation with Peralta’s agent, but the positive signs at the showcase convinced them to offer a
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler has a locker in the team’s spring training facility. He is isolated. That’s because of the COVID-19 protocols and — maybe the real reason — his spot on the depth chart. “I’m in a staff locker room,” Dingler, 22, said Friday. “But there’s about six players
The Tigers have agreed to a contract with free-agent right-hander Julio Teheran, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network. It’s a non-guaranteed deal, though Teheran will earn a $3MM base salary if he makes the Tigers’ roster. He could rake in another $1MM in incentives if he starts 20 games for the team. The 30-year-old Teheran
Former Atlanta Braves starter Julio Teheran Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Eagles: Lane Johnson has positive message to fans after Carson Wentz trade by John Buhler Longtime Atlanta Braves starter Julio Teheran will head to Detroit Tigers Spring Training.
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Every day, it seems, the Tigers are either adding or in talks to add more pitching. Veteran Wily Peralta agreed to a minor-league deal Thursday night. And on Friday, as talk swirled of a possible reunion with Rick Porcello, Tigers general manager Al Avila ended up with a very different
The Tigers rounded out their starting pitching competition with one more veteran starter on Friday, agreeing to terms with former Braves All-Star Julio Teheran on a Minor League contract with an invite to Major League Spring Training, according to a source. While Teheran doesn’t get a guaranteed contract, he’ll get a $3 million base salary
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers have signed right-hander Julio Teheran to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training, a source told the Free Press on Friday night. The source requested anonymity because the team has not yet announced the move. The 10-year MLB veteran is set to
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — On Friday, for the first time this spring, Tigers manager AJ Hinch was late to his morning Zoom call with the media. Now, in the recent past, whenever the manager was late to a press conference, it usually meant there was a roster move or some other
The Tigers have discussed a potential reunion with right-hander Rick Porcello, Jason Beck and Jon Morosi of MLB.com report (Twitter link), although the two sides are still “a ways apart.” Tigers general manager Al Avila said earlier this week that he was still looking for arms and that adding “at least one more starter would
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — So there was Tyler Alexander, minding his own business, intently paying attention to the morning pitchers’ meeting when all of a sudden all eyes were on him. He’d become the center of attention, an abject teaching point. “It was cool, I guess,” the Tigers’ left-hander said Friday. “I’m a pretty
Associated Press | The Detroit News Minneapolis — The Minnesota Twins and right-hander Matt Shoemaker finalized a one-year, $2-million contract Friday, another experienced addition to the rotation on the first day of workouts for pitchers and catchers at spring training. Shoemaker, an Eastern Michigan alum and Trenton native, will start his ninth major-league season, after spending two
Associated Press | Associated Press Windermere, Fla. — Former All-Star baseball player Johnny Damon was arrested Friday in central Florida on a charge of resisting an officer after he was pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence, according to court and jail records. Damon, 47, was booked into the Orange County Jail early Friday after
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — When Casey Mize finished throwing his bullpen Thursday, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch pulled him aside. The conversation wasn’t brief. “His pitches are elite across the board,” Hinch said Friday, the third day of pitcher-catcher workouts in spring training. “When he understands the impact of the elevated
Tigers general manager Al Avila has said it: Detroit needs more pitching. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch is not going to say that. There’s a reason for that: Hinch wants to make it clear that he believes in the pitchers they have. That’s part of his job. “Obviously as a manager, you want as many options
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Every day, it seems, the Tigers are either adding or in talks to add more pitching. Veteran Wily Peralta agreed to a minor-league deal Thursday night. With right-hander Taijuan Walker signing with the New York Mets on Friday, the door is now possibly open for a reunion between