Baseball awards season wasn’t quite over for the Detroit Tigers. After Tarik Skubal won the American League Cy Young award, and manager A.J. Hinch was a runner up to Stephen Vogt for Manager of the Year, that could have been it, but Baseball America announced on Wednesday that Chris Fetter was their 2024 MLB Coach
The 2024 Rule 5 draft took place this afternoon at the Winter Meetings in Dallas. The results of the draft are below. As a refresher, the Rule 5 draft is a way for players potentially talented enough for the big leagues but blocked by their current clubs to find opportunities elsewhere. Any players that were
While there wasn’t any major news out from the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday at the Winter Meetings, there were plenty of small items to report as Scott Harris, GM Jeff Greenberg, and manager A.J. Hinch all made the rounds with the baseball media assembled in Dallas. The only move that actually affects the roster was
The Tigers formally announced their previously reported signing of right-hander Alex Cobb this evening. In a corresponding move, outfielder Akil Baddoo was designated for assignment as noted by MLive’s Evan Woodbery. Baddoo, 26, was a second-round pick by the Twins back in 2016. The outfielder’s major league career wouldn’t begin until 2021, after he was
Nine-time All-Star Rocky Colavito has passed away, the Guardians announced. The longtime MLB slugger was 91. A native of the Bronx, Colavito signed with the Indians out of high school. He had consecutive 30-plus home run seasons in Triple-A and played his way to Cleveland by his age-21 season. Colavito carried that over against MLB pitching,
With their first prominent offseason move now in the books, the Tigers may be looking to follow up the Alex Cobb signing with some offensive help. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reports (via X) that Detroit has interest in seven-time All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who is a free agent for the first time in his
The first full week of December was a busy one on the free agency signing end of things. The A’s made a big signing, but also made big moves toward finalizing their move to Las Vegas, so that’s exciting for them. Meanwhile, things are continuing to be both dramatic and confusing in Tampa Bay. The
Tigers third baseman Jace Jung underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his right wrist in October, the team announced this evening. The talented infielder has already begun a hitting program and is expected to be full go for Spring Training. Jung is the in-house favorite for Detroit’s third base job. The Tigers have been frequently connected to
DALLAS — The Tigers’ quest to restock their rotation following last year’s “pitching chaos” led president of baseball operations Scott Harris down a familiar path. Detroit has reached an agreement with veteran right-hander Alex Cobb on a one-year contract pending a physical, MLB.com has learned. The Tigers have not yet confirmed the deal, as is
The Tigers and right-hander Alex Cobb are in agreement on a one-year deal, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (X link). The financial details of the deal for the Beverly Hills Sports Council client, which is pending a physical, are not yet publicly known. The Tigers have a full 40-man roster and will need to
Well, stick with what you know, is sometimes good advice. Detroit Tigers’ President of Baseball Ops, Scott Harris, inked right-hander Alex Cobb to a multi-year deal back in 2022 when he was GM of the San Francisco Giants. Now they’ll reunite on a one-year pact in Detroit. It wasn’t too long ago that the 37-year-old
It’s no secret the Tigers are looking to improve their rotation over the offseason, and three more potential targets for the team have emerged. According to Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, the Tigers are showing interest in right-handers Walker Buehler and Kyle Gibson and left-hander Andrew Heaney. Buehler is the biggest name of
For the 11th overall year, Major League Baseball and its Clubs have organized a charity auction during Baseball’s Annual Winter Meetings to benefit a special cause. As a continuation of the memorable effort of June’s MLB at Rickwood Field experience, the 2024 Winter Meetings Charity Auction will honor the legacy of the great Willie Mays.
While the baseball world waits for Juan Soto to hear from his most persistent suitors one more time, with no Odysseus and Telemachus to help him, the pace of free agent signings is starting to pick up as the Winter Meetings begin. There is also some buzz on Sunday evening that the Soto camp is