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
The Tigers have designated right-hander Mason Englert for assignment, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press. He’s the corresponding move for Detroit’s re-signing of Jack Flaherty on a two-year deal, which the team agreed to earlier in the week and formally announced this morning. Englert, 25, came to the Tigers as a Rule 5
Now, here’s the thing. I knew the moment I came up with this thread idea that every single one of you would answer the same way: Tarik Skubal. Obviously. Yes. Scott Harris please rent a dump truck, fill it with money, and drive it to his house. But still, this is a young team stacked
The Detroit Tigers farm system is getting a lot of praise these days. The bigger names are well known, but a less discussed strength of the system is the stockpile of raw but talented arms in the lower levels of the system. They drafted their fair share of prep arms in 2023 and then snagged
The beginning of the spring training schedule is right around the corner, with the Detroit Tigers opening up their 2025 preseason against the Philadelphia Phillies in Lakeland on Friday, Feb. 22. Then the real deal starts on Thursday, March 27, when they travel west for the MLB opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Last season,
The Detroit Tigers agreed on a two-year contract with Jack Flaherty almost five days ago. The deal will pay the right-hander $25 million in 2025, with a player option for $10 million in 2026 that becomes a $20 million player option should Flaherty make 15 starts in 2025. The lack of a big multi-year offer
The Whitecaps Community Foundation hosted its annual Winter Banquet at the JW Marriott, celebrating its ongoing impact of supporting local youth softball and baseball programs. The evening also featured conversations with former Tiger Kirk Gibson and current Tigers VP and Assistant GM Ryan Garko.
A week before spring training officially kickstarts with pitchers and catchers reporting on February 12th, FanDuel Sports Network Detroit has released the broadcast schedule. There’s the typical mixture of TV broadcasts, radio broadcasts, and games without any broadcast at all. In a bit of good news, 9 games will be on TV at FanDuel Sports
As new prospect rankings emerged this winter from the major national sites, they rapidly joined our consensus opinion that the Detroit Tigers have one of the best, if now the best farm system in the game. The Tigers have had six players consistently ranked in national top 100 lists, with a few more just outside
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 Steve Adams of
While the Detroit Tigers have finally started to see a bit of progress with international free agents, there still isn’t that much to write home about. Wenceel Pérez and Keider Montero made pretty good first impressions in 2024, and Josue Bricéno is one of the fastest rising power-hitting prospects in the game. Still, we may
The Detroit Tigers finalized their coaching staff for the minor league system on Monday. Most of the big changes were already announced early in the offseason, but they’ve certainly shaken things up with new assignments for their managers. The development system is retaining a lot of continuity though, as the Tigers have a pretty solid
Ilitch Holdings CEO Chris Ilitch and his wife Kelle Ilitch have filed for divorce, prompting questions about his stake in his family’s business empire, which includes the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings. Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/02/04/chris-ilitch-wife-divorce-kelle-detroit-red-wings-tigers/78095329007/
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