The Detroit Tigers have done pretty well in the pitching department the past few years, but beyond Jackson Jobe, their system is finally led by positional prospects. Jobe is set to join the party full-time in 2025, and the club got good work out of several other pitching prospects last year, but the well isn’t
Detroit Tigers’ ace Tarik Skubal has been the 2024 AL Cy Young award winner for months. On Saturday night in New York, he finally got to collect it. The Baseball Writers Association of America presented the award at the 100th Centennial New York Baseball Writers’ dinner. As you might expect, the southpaw looked less comfortable
7:37pm: Nightengale reports that the Tigers are no longer in the running. If Pressly does agree to move, it’s expected to be to the Cubs. 6:57pm: The Astros have officially asked Ryan Pressly whether he’d approve a trade to the Cubs, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 reports that
12:40pm: Per a report from Chandler Rome, Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic, the Tigers are also in the Pressly talks but it “may be unlikely” for the righty to approve a trade to Detroit. 9:19am: The Astros have been shopping right-hander Ryan Pressly throughout the winter, but those efforts didn’t gain much
With the month of February now just a week away, Alex Bregman remains a free agent. That has led to speculation that he may have to pivot his focus and try to secure a short-term pact, but that doesn’t seem to have happened yet. Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 reports today that Bregman has received
Most of the month of January has now passed, and things have gone very quiet in regard to Alex Bregman’s free agent market. While the Detroit Tigers and a few other suitors like the Red Sox and the Cubs are reportedly still engaged, there has been no change to indicate that anyone is moving closer
The relationship didn’t last long enough to get attached, but Detroit Tigers fans had some good times with right-hander Jack Flaherty in 2024. Of course, it didn’t hurt that Flaherty had perhaps the best four month stretch of his career under the watchful eyes of Tigers’ pitching coach Chris Fetter and his staff. Still, Flaherty
The Tigers are interested in adding a late-inning reliever who has experience as a closer, writes Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free-Press. Petzold identifies top unsigned reliever Carlos Estévez as one of a number of bullpen targets in whom the Tigers have shown interest. Spending on relief pitching has picked up this month. Estévez’s own market
Prospect list season continued on Wednesday as Baseball America weighed in with their top 100 ranking of the top young players in baseball. They aren’t quite as high on the Detroit Tigers’ farm system as Baseball Prospectus, leaving both Josue Briceño and Jace Jung off their list. However, the Tigers still grade out better than
When the Tigers took Spencer Torkelson with the first overall pick in 2020, Baseball America described him as “the safest pick at the top of the draft” and a potential “middle-of-the-order force,” à la Pete Alonso. And keep in mind, they weren’t talking about present-day Alonso, who is struggling to find a market in free
Former Detroit Tigers player Carlos Guillén — a three-time All-Star who played 14 MLB seasons — joins the “Days of Roar” podcast to discuss teammate Ichiro Suzuki joining the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Guillén also talks about three other names in the Hall of Fame conversation: C.C. Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez and
Spring training is now just a few weeks away but many free agents are still unsigned, with Alex Bregman arguably being the most notable. The Tigers are one club that have been connected to him but Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports that talks are “at a standstill.” At the start of the
The road from draft day to the major leagues is often long for catchers. Such was the case for Detroit Tigers backstop Dillon Dingler. A popular second round, 38th overall, selection back in the shortened 2020 draft, Dingler took years to slowly start to put things together offensively. Finally, after a major breakout with the
We’ve already covered Scott Harris’ best trade deadline acquisition with the Tigers with our fourth ranked prospect, catcher Thayron Liranzo. Infielder Hao-Yu Lee isn’t too far behind. After a strong second half in 2023 after coming over from the Phillies in the Michael Lorenzen trade with the Phillies, Lee backed it up with an excellent