In a move that had been highly anticipated over the past couple of weeks, the Detroit Tigers and owner Chris Illitch announced the inevitable; that Detroit Tigers General Manager Al Avila had been relieved of his duties; citing lack of progress, specifically at the major league level, during year seven of his tenure.
TOLEDO, Ohio – A California native, Spencer Torkelson has already had quite a journey in his early professional baseball career. Torkelson began his career at Arizona State, where he hit a total of 54 home runs in his career. His 54 home runs put him at second in Sun Devil TOLEDO, Ohio – A California
The Detroit Tigers are looking to avoid a series sweep at the hands of the Cleveland Guardians Thursday afternoon, but that’s not what most of the fan base is talking about following an eventful Wednesday for the organization. No, I’m not talking about the rather lackluster call-up of Kerry Carpenter, who struck out three times
Everything went downhill — and fast — in 2022. The Detroit Tigers aren’t damned, but the organization has a lot of work to do. Owner Christopher Ilitch spoke Wednesday about the past, present and future of the franchise. He mentioned the word “progress” at least 20 times. It’s apparent, based on their 43-69 record, the Tigers
Decency has its place in life. Just not enough to keep trying to rebuild a baseball team when the footings continue to crumble. Chivalry has its limits. Christopher Ilitch has his limits, too, and on Wednesday afternoon, after seven long years of fire sales and wrong-sided trades and overhyped prospects and losing — lots and lots
DETROIT — For nearly two seasons now, A.J. Hinch has emphasized to his players the importance of focusing on winning that day’s game. Don’t worry about the past or look too far into the future. Don’t worry about forces outside of your control. Just focus on winning the game. In that sense, it isn’t a
Prospecting for baseball players is like prospecting for gold: lots of shiny objects, but more often empty pans. Al Avila, 64, was fired on Wednesday for too many empty pans and, in truth, not enough gold from the river. Seven years after the Detroit Tigers gave him the general manager job, they took it away.
Detroit — It had to happen, not just because the Tigers were losing too many games and too many players, and wasting too much time. GM Al Avila was fired because he lost the trust and patience of fans, media and, most importantly, the owner. It wasn’t necessarily a bold move by Chris Ilitch Wednesday, or
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TOLEDO, OH.: Down 5-0 after an inning and 6-0 through nine outs, the Toledo Mud Hens rallied back to secure their second straight walk-off victory in as many days over the Omaha Storm Chasers, 8-7, in ten innings on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Field. As they did on Tuesday, TOLEDO, OH.: Down 5-0 after
BELOIT, WI – The West Michigan Whitecaps rallied from two different two-run deficits and took their first lead of the ballgame on a go-ahead RBI-single from Esney Chacon in the tenth inning as part of a 5-4 win over the Beloit Sky Carp on Wednesday at ABC Supply Stadium. Chacon, BELOIT, WI – The West
We hear from A.J. Hinch after blown chances doom his Tigers to a 3-2 loss to the Guardians on Wednesday. #Leinenkugels
Johnny Kane sits down with MLB.com writer Jason Beck to discuss the next steps the Tigers need to take in order to move forward.
Detroit — For the most part, Christopher Ilitch delivered the news like you would expect from the CEO. Directly. Unemotional. “I’m looking for us to make progress each and every year and if we do that, ultimately, we’re going to accomplish our objectives,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “I felt our progress certainly stalled this season.”
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch spoke to the public about an hour before Wednesday night’s game against the Guardians. He said he felt for former GM Avila — who had been fired earlier in the afternoon — the man who gave him a chance to manage when he “was on the outside of baseball looking in” and can relate because he
Detroit — Rookie Kerry Carpenter hadn’t even been officially activated yet when Tigers manager AJ Hinch assembled the team in the clubhouse and told them general manager Al Avila, the man who one way or another was responsible for them all being in that room, had been fired. Welcome to the big leagues, indeed. The
On one of the more momentous days this organization has had in the last eight years, no one would blame you for forgetting that there was still a game to play. That’s right, folks, the call up of the International League’s Player of the Week in Kerry Carpenter absolutely set the world on fire. Pause
Our broadcast team heard from Ilitch and Hinch firsthand this afternoon and now share their reactions to the news of Avila’s firing.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch reacts to the firing of GM Al Avila on Wednesday.
Detroit baseball fans have sat through nearly a decade of poor management from Tigers GM Al Avila. Finally, ownership pulled the plug. How many rebuilding years is too many rebuilding years? Avila wasted the final years of Miguel Cabrera’s career, mismanaged one of the more elite farm systems in baseball, failed to take advantage of…