Major League Baseball is back Tigers fans! With spring training now in the rearview mirror it is time to turn our attention to the 2023 MLB regular season, which has the Detroit Tigers facing the Tampa Bay Rays on the road to open up the schedule. While hope always springs eternal ahead of the first
The 2023 Major League Baseball season is nigh as the 30 professional franchises prepare for another summer schedule. With spring training now firmly in the record books, fans around the nation now have a better idea of what is in store for the upcoming campaign. Opening day marks the moment when the hopes and dreams
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers are ready to start the 2023 season. The 26-man roster features two catchers, six infielders, four outfielders, one designated hitter, five starting pitchers and eight relief pitchers. The Tigers begin their 162-game schedule at 3:10 p.m. Thursday against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. The Tigers finished 66-96
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch will be the first to tell you: “I couldn’t hit in the big leagues.” Those were his words to an aging and unproven minor-league catcher, back in 2021. Hinch, now 48, went from being a third-round pick in the 1996 MLB draft out of Stanford to a
Left-hander Chasen Shreve and right-hander Trey Wingenter have made the Tigers’ Opening Day roster, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports (Twitter link). Both were in camp as non-roster invitees, so the Tigers will need to make a pair of corresponding 40-man roster moves. Shreve, 32, is the more experienced of the pair, having
Johnny Kane catches up with Eduardo Rodriguez, who talks about his excitement about being the Opening Day starter and what the team’s expectations are for the 2023 season.
The Tigers announced that right-hander Rony García has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. It was reported earlier today that the club plans to add lefty Chasen Shreve and righty Trey Wingenter to its roster prior to tomorrow’s season opener, which will require them to open two spots. This move creates one opening
ST. PETERSBUGH, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers added to their group of outfielders in the minor leagues. The Tigers acquired outfielder Grant Witherspoon on Wednesday from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations. The Rays selected Witherspoon in the fourth round (No. 120 overall) in the 2018 draft from Tulane. He could report to
St. Petersburg, Fla. − Tigers president Scott Harris was asked Wednesday how the renovations at Comerica Park were going and he started talking about the upgrades that have been made to the Tigers’ clubhouse. Hmm. The home opener is a week away. Is the work on moving in the center field fences 10 feet and
St. Petersburg, Fla. − Tigers president Scott Harris and manager AJ Hinch sat side by side in the Tigers’ dugout at Tropicana Field on Wednesday afternoon. As Hinch was putting the team through a final workout ahead of the season-opener Thursday against the Rays, Harris was busy making a few last-minute roster alterations and one
A final flurry of moves wrapped up the preseason for the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. They finalized the Opening Day bullpen, set the rotation for the first turn, and made a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays to acquire outfielder Grant Witherspoon. They also place right-hander Beau Brieske on the injured list with upper arm
2:51pm: The Tigers sent cash to the Rays in exchange for Witherspoon, tweets Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Detroit will still need to open a 40-man roster spot before tomorrow to accommodate the additions of Shreve and Wingenter. 2:06pm: The Tigers have acquired minor league outfielder Grant Witherspoon in a trade with the
Tampa — He’s always been the one pillar standing. When Placido Polanco, Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez and Jhonny Peralta left, Miguel Cabrera was still there, giving the Tigers a face and a foundation. When Rick Porcello and Max Scherzer left, when David Price, Anibal Sanchez, Prince Fielder, Ian Kinsler, Justin Upton and Torii Hunter all
No matter how much teams prepare as Opening Day nears, there’s always an unknown or two — or five — that remain. As we build up to the start of a new regular season, each MLB.com beat reporter highlights one great unknown for their club. Blue Jays: Ricky TiedemannThe Blue Jays’ prized prospect is ranked
Year 1 of the Scott Harris era will be about analysis. We’ll know a whole lot more about this team’s long-term future in six months. Detroit — Finally. The NCAA Tournament is winding down, and the Masters is right around the corner. That can only mean one thing: It’s time for baseball season. The Tigers
Before the Tigers broke camp, our Natalie Kerwin challenged Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene to a round of putt-putt golf.
It has been a rough decade for Detroit Tigers fans, who are now entering their ninth year since their beloved Motor City Kitties’ last playoff appearance back in 2014. However, as the adage goes, hope springs eternal ahead of a fresh campaign, and this time around the Olde English D has new management in place
The weather is certainly winter-like this week in Detroit, but we have two things to remind us that it’s spring once again: The Detroit Tigers opening the 2023 season against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday afternoon and, of course, the annual installments of the Free Press’ burning questions heading in to the season. Last season
How do we sum up a 2022 season and 2022-23 offseason that saw the Detroit Tigers bellyflop to fourth place in the American League Central (and inherit the longest playoff drought in MLB — by a few hours over the Los Angeles Angels), the Philadelphia Phillies ride a managerial firing and a slugger-heavy lineup constructed
Dan Dickerson, the radio voice of the Detroit Tigers, and Craig Monroe had finished their first radio broadcast together in 2022 and were walking back to the hotel in Cleveland. “All right, how did it go?” Monroe asked. “You did great,” Dickerson said. “But one thing, you can’t talk over me delivering a pitch.” Monroe