Spring Training has arrived and the full squad of 2025 Detroit Tigers are in camp this week preparing for their first Grapefruit League matchup of the season. On Saturday, the Tigers will welcome in the Philadelphia Phillies with Kenta Maeda getting the start at 1:05 p.m. ET. The offseason didn’t go quite as hoped, but
The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts. This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Anthony Franco of
The big names playing with the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2024 were Max Clark, Kevin McGonigle, and Josue Briceño, but quite a lot of other talented players started to make a name for themselves as well. Two of our favorite young rising pitching prospects were on hand, and while we’ve covered Rayner Castillo already, southpaw
One player we didn’t talk a lot about this offseason was Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez. Another woeful offensive season battling injuries progressed to the point that even his defense suffered in 2024. His year ended quietly with arthroscopic hip surgery that he’s only now fully rehabbed. The Tigers went to the postseason with Báez
Though Alex Bregman signed with the Red Sox, the Tigers were one of the finalists. It was reported last week that Detroit had an offer of six years and $171.5MM on the table with an opt-out after year two, though there were some deferrals involved. This week, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press provides
In Part 1 of this two-part series we reviewed the setup to a September stretch run that ultimately ended up with the Tigers back in the playoffs for the first time in a dog’s age. We also looked at the games in the first half of the month which, for the most part, went pretty
Most of the top national sites for prospect scouting have already published their top 100 rankings, and the Tigers have been well represented on all of them. Fangraphs released their new top 100 on Monday, and the same is true as the Tigers place six prospects on the list. However, there is one new face
The Detroit Tigers are finally starting to see some improvements in their international pipeline. Catcher Enrique Jimenez may be the next to follow Keider Montero, Wenceel Pérez, and Josue Briceño to the major leagues or high into the national rankings. The Venezuelan born catcher was ranked the 32nd best prospect in the 2023 signing period
Alex Bregman has been signed with the Boston Red Sox for almost a week now, and yet no one seems ready to move on. Agent Scott Boras reached out by letter to the Detroit Free Press on Monday, claiming that the Detroit Tigers were indeed one of Bregman’s top choices and that Scott Harris had
Baseball is back! Perhaps that’s a slight overstatement, but pitchers and catchers reported for all clubs last week, full squads will report soon, and it has been truly delightful to start seeing photos pour in out of both Florida and Arizona. We’re seeing players sporting new jerseys, formerly injured players showing how well-healed they are
Spring training is underway for the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, Florida. There were many takeaways in the first five days of camp, including Riley Greene’s diet, Spencer Torkelson’s comments, Casey Mize’s sliders and Jace Jung’s opportunity, among other things. Most notably, the Tigers have a businesslike vibe behind the scenes without letting their emotions get
Way back in July 2021, former Detroit Tigers general manager made the best trade of his seven-year tenure running the club. The Milwaukee Brewers were in the hunt and looking for left-handed help in their bullpen. Somehow, Avila was able to convince them to hand over pitching prospect Reese Olson in exchange for a half
Beyond two quite well received drafts for the Detroit Tigers under Scott Harris, the front office has also done an outstanding job juicing the farm system even further with trades. We’ve already covered fourth ranked Thayron Liranzo, eighth ranked Hao-Yu Lee, and 12th ranked Trey Sweeney. Now we come to the 20th ranked prospect in
For the first time in many a year, the Detroit Tigers found themselves in a playoff run in 2024, playing meaningful games into September. While they ultimately lost to Cleveland in the American League Division Series, the run they went on was one heck of a fun roller-coaster. It provided weary fans a welcome respite