The Detroit Tigers and Toledo Mud Hens announced the season opening roster for the 2023 season set to start this Friday, March 31 at Fifth Third Field. Manager: Anthony Iapoce Pitching Coach: Doug Bochtler Pitching Strategist: Ollie Kadey Bench Coach: Tony Cappucilli Hitting Coach: Mike Hessman Athletic Trainer: Jason Schwartzman The Detroit Tigers and Toledo
The Detroit Tigers came into Tropicana Park looking to keep A.J. Hinch’s perfect 9-0 Opening Day record intact. They failed. Eduardo Rodriguez pitched pretty well, but some shaky bullpen work and squandered chances offensively sunk their chances as they fell 4-0. The first two innings passed briskly in a duel of southpaw starters. Both Shane
Bot 3 DET 0 TB 1 Result of AB Jose Siri’s epic homer (1) AB: Jose Siri | P: Eduardo Rodriguez
Detroit Tigers (0-0) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (0-0) Time/Place: 3:10 p.m., Tropicana FieldSB Nation Site: DRaysBayMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-5, 4.05 ERA) vs. LHP Shane McClanahan (12-8, 2.54 ERA) Game 1 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Rodriguez 91.0
The Tigers announced Thursday that they’ve designated right-hander Edwin Uceta for assignment. That move, coupled with yesterday’s outright of Rony Garcia, will open the two roster spots necessary to select the contracts of lefty Chasen Shreve and righty Trey Wingenter. Both relievers are now formally on Detroit’s Opening Day roster. Additionally, the Tigers optioned lefty
Way back during the Winter Meetings, just a couple months into his tenure as Tigers president of baseball operations, Scott Harris laid out his vision for Detroit’s roster. “One thing we won’t waver on is we’re going to invest in our young players,” Harris said in December. “We are going to earmark at-bats and innings
During the summer of 2019, the Detroit Tigers selected Hagerty High superstar Riley Greene with the fifth overall pick in the MLB draft. At the time, I was just getting into sports writing and interning for a now-defunct Detroit sports website while finishing up my degree at the University of Central Florida. If you’re not
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
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
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
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
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