We’ve now passed through the final week of January (all 674563 days of it), and have arrived in February, the month that baseball returns! While the Tigers had their own exciting news late Sunday evening, there was a lot of other stuff that went down this past week. A former commissioner (who actually seemed to
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The Detroit Tigers’ 2024 amateur draft may someday be known as the great arm talent draft, in contrast to Dave Dombrowski’s failed reliever draft over a decade ago. The Tigers drafted shortstop Bryce Rainer in the first round, then spent the next four picks on pitchers. They doubled back for a few position players with
On Sunday night, the Tigers came through with a pretty good free agent signing. They brought back RHP Jack Flaherty on a two-year deal that could be worth as much as $45 million if he has a healthy season in 2025 and opts into the second year of the deal. The cost does little to
The Tigers selected Madden out of the University of Texas back in 2021 with the 32nd overall pick in the competitive balance A round of the amateur draft. He was a fairly advanced college starter who threw 94-98 mph with a very pretty promising slider and decent versions of a cutter, changeup, and curveball. Right
Jack Flaherty is returning to the Motor City, as ESPN’s Jeff Passan (multiple links) reports that the right-hander has signed a two-year deal with the Tigers worth $35MM in guaranteed money. The frontloaded deal pays Flaherty $25MM in 2025, and he can opt out of the second year of the contract this fall to re-enter
The Competitive Balance Rounds are a pair of bonus rounds within the MLB draft, designed to give an extra pick to the game’s smaller-market teams. Teams that fall within either the bottom 10 in revenues and market size are eligible, and since 2017, the league determined the eligible teams based on a formula involving market
Over the last few weeks, a little undercurrent of chatter involving right-hander Jack Flaherty and the Detroit Tigers began to percolate. Now it has come to fruition as Jeff Passan reports that the Tigers and Flaherty have agreed on a one-year deal at $25 million with a player option for $10 million available to him
Friday marked the one-year anniversary of Colt Keith’s long-term contract with the Detroit Tigers. The six-year deal, complete with contract escalators and three option years that could take the deal to nine years and as high as $82,000,000, while guaranteeing $28,642,500, was pretty well received, and promoted by the team as part of a new
February starts tomorrow but Alex Bregman is still unsigned. Throughout the winter, he has reportedly been sitting on a six-year, $156MM offer from the Astros. Jon Heyman of The New York Post reports that he also has a “lucrative” six-year offer, with an opt-out after the first year, from another club “that may not be
Once upon a time, many years ago, in the sweltering heat of a Kansas City summer, I tossed a ball to Phil Coke, and he very obligingly signed a baseball for me. Now, being a fool, the only pen I had with me was ballpoint, and the signatures I collected from Coke (and Gene Lamont!)
Jackson Jobe stayed atop the prospect rankings in 2024, and Jaden Hamm was the breakout pitcher of the year in the system, but don’t forget about right-hander Troy Melton. After a major breakout season in 2023, Melton had a quieter year tackling the Double-A level, but there is still plenty to like in his game.
The Tigers finalized a one-year deal to add Tommy Kahnle to the back of their bullpen this afternoon. President of baseball operations Scott Harris spoke with reporters shortly after that signing was announced. Asked about next steps, Harris pointed to both the position player group and the relief corps as continued target areas. “We’re going
The Tigers have designated right-hander Alex Faedo for assignment, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to newly signed reliever Tommy Kahnle, whose one-year deal has been made official. Faedo, 29, was the 18th overall pick back in 2017. The former Florida Gators standout has pitched
The Tigers are adding to a one of their primary strengths from the 2024 season, reportedly agreeing to terms on a one-year, $7.75MM deal with veteran right-handed reliever Tommy Kahnle. The Ballengee Group client’s contract is still pending the completion of a physical. Kahnle, 35, has been oft-injured in recent years but when healthy has