Well it didn’t work out in the Detroit Tigers favor, but at least the Alex Bregman drama is resolved. On Wednesday night, the long-time Astros star agreed to a three-year deal worth $120 million with the Boston Red Sox. Instead of former manager A.J. HInch, the soon-to-be 31-year-old Bregman will reunite with former bench coach
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On the first day of Spring Training 2025, the Detroit Tigers front office was particularly busy. First they worked out a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays for pitcher Mason Englert, who was designated for assignment to open a roster spot for the Jack Flaherty signing. Late on Wednesday evening, as Alex Bregman chose the
The Tigers announced the signing of free agent reliever John Brebbia to a one-year deal with a $2.75MM guarantee. The Icon Sports Management client receives a $2.25MM base salary for the upcoming season and is guaranteed a $500K buyout on a $4MM club option for 2026. Detroit placed Alex Lange on the 60-day injured list to
The Rays announced Wednesday that they’ve acquired righty Mason Englert from the Tigers in exchange for minor league lefty Drew Sommers. Tampa Bay opened a 40-man roster spot by transferring southpaw Nate Lavender to the 60-day IL. Englert was designated for assignment in Detroit last week. Englert, 25, was with the Tigers for the past
The Detroit Tigers made a trade on the first day of spring camp. After designating RHP Mason Englert in exchange for signing Jack Flaherty last week, they traded Englert to the Rays today for minor league lefty Drew Sommers. There are no real downsides to such a move. We might have preferred to keep Englert
Until the Tigers’ recent re-signing of Jack Flaherty, their one-year, $15MM deal with Alex Cobb had been their lone rotation add of the winter and was tied for their largest-scale pickup overall. The signing of Cobb came at a relative premium even though he was limited to just three regular season starts in 2024, with
Wednesday is a big day for Major League Baseball as pitchers and catchers officially report to their spring training camps ahead of the 2025 campaign. The Detroit Tigers’ battery pairs will descend upon Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, to get started. The morning temperatures hovered in the low-70s while the high is expected to
Among the strengths of the Detroit Tigers as Spring Training 2025 opens in Lakeland on Wednesday is certainly their starting pitching. With Jack Flaherty back in the fold, the club enters camp with a really strong trio of reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, 25-year-old Reese Olson, and Flaherty coming off one of the
The 2024 season was one of the wildest in Detroit Tigers history. They were now famously left for dead on August 11 with a 0.2 percent chance at the postseason. Yet the team rallied from eight games under the .500 mark and stormed down the stretch to snatch a wild card berth. Suddenly they were
The Cubs are considering Justin Turner as an alternative to Alex Bregman, write Patrick Mooney and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Turner will be limited to one year as he enters his age-40 season. Bregman has reportedly continued to seek a deal of six-plus years, while the Cubs seem to prefer a much shorter term. Turner
The Super Bowl is over and baseball season is almost here. On Wednesday, pitchers and catchers will report to Lakeland, and spring camp for the 2025 Detroit Tigers season will get underway. On Monday afternoon, the Tigers announced their Spring Training roster, including 18 non-roster invites. There will be plenty of interesting players to watch
Hey, it’s Monday, and pitchers and catchers are reporting THIS WEEK. (The Cubs actually reported yesterday!) That means we get to look forward to our first sightings of the team, and keeping an eye out for #bestshapeofhislife player makeovers. It’s an exciting time for baseball fans, as it finally means we can start to really
The Detroit Tigers farm system is in outstanding shape. That’s been well established this offseason, but it goes well beyond the top tiers of talent. The Tigers have a really excellent group of top positional prospects, the consensus best pitching prospect in baseball, and some strong up and coming pitchers like Jaden Hamm, Brant Hurter,
The calendar has flipped to February and the start of spring is just a matter of days away. While some notable free agents (including seven of MLBTR’s Top 50) remain unsigned, most clubs have already done the heavy lifting in terms of preparing their roster for the 2025 season. In the coming days, we’ll be