Season 2 of HOME, the Tigers in-season documentary series, begins with the magic of an Opening Day that ended in dramatic fashion, thanks to El Mago himself, Javy Báez. Two more additions to this year’s Tigers squad are also profiled: outfielder Austin Meadows, who began the year as the team’s hottest hitter; and first baseman
A Detroit fan wore a Tigers-themed Patrick Mahomes jersey to a Kansas City Royals game, and KC supporters didn’t know what to make of it. Mahomes was a Tigers draft pick back in the day, but a Detroit fan still repping the Texas Tech product has to be a troll. If not, then I’m just…
It’s not a bad time to be a Meadows. Austin Meadows, 26, was the last player to be added to the Detroit Tigers’ roster this spring, when GM Al Avila pulled off a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays for the power-hitting outfielder. Now, his younger brother, Parker, who has been in the organization since he
Lakeland, Fla. — You’re sitting on lobby furniture opposite a man with dark eyes and features that connote some kind of exotic lineage — maybe Italian, perhaps Slavic, in origin. He is 6-foot-2, thick and solid, with the build of a middle linebacker. You ask this man, this ex-big-league outfielder and first baseman who had some
Whenever the New York Yankees roll into Detroit, I always go back to the game in 2017 where Miguel Cabrera fought Austin Romine, the benches cleared THREE times, and eight different players and coaches were ejected.
Injuries have been coming in mounds for the Detroit Tigers this season. During spring, they were forced to maneuver around injuries to Andrew Chafin, Kyle Funkhouser, Jose Cisnero, and Riley Greene. Now, they find themselves with another pile of injuries to deal with between Javier Baez, Casey Mize, and Matt Manning.
The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A Affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and UPMC announce today an extension of their naming rights partnership of UPMC Park until 2030. In 2016, the SeaWolves and UPMC began their naming rights partnership of the downtown ballpark. Since that time, UPMC Park underwent over $20 million in The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A Affiliate
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eric Haase grew up watching Miguel Cabrera. These days, Haase is getting an inside look at Cabrera’s chase for 3,000 hits. He watched his idol track down 500 home runs last season, accomplishing the feat in August at Rogers Centre in Toronto. “He’s just been so consistent and so good for so
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps rally came up just short on a chilly Easter Sunday as part of a 5-3 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts at LMCU Ballpark. After building a 5-0 lead, Lansing was forced to hang on as the Whitecaps scored the final three runs COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The
Miguel Cabrera sees clips of his first Major League hit and he laughs. “It was a walk-off home run. I was like 40 pounds lighter,” he said after hitting his 496th and 497th home runs on July 29, 2021. “That’s what I remember. I played left field. Every time I [see] a picture from 2003,
As his Whitecaps settle in for a typical week’s work, West Michigan manager Brayan Pena sighs. Contentedly. On one night, he knows Wilmer Flores, a right-handed mowing machine, will start a Midwest League game for the Tigers’ high-Single A partner. Another day, he pencils in Ty Madden, who a year ago was the Friday night,
The SeaWolves dropped the series finale to the Somerset Patriots on Sunday afternoon at TD Bank Park by an 11-4 final. The Patriots took the lead in the first against SeaWolves starter Markus Solbach when Josh Breaux homered to center with two outs for a 1-0 lead. Erie tied the The SeaWolves dropped the series
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals postponed Sunday’s game, scheduled for 2:10 p.m. because of inclement weather at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. The fourth matchup in the four-game series has been rescheduled for July 11 as part of a split doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium. Game 1 is slated for
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new face appeared in the clubhouse Saturday morning. “Happy to be back,” Wily Peralta said. The Detroit Tigers called up Peralta, who signed a minor-league contract in March, from Triple-A Toledo to bolster their bullpen. The 32-year-old arrived in Kansas City around 1 a.m. Saturday due to a delayed flight in his voyage from
Jackson Jobe’s inaugural flight Sunday as a Lakeland Flying Tigers pitcher was akin to the Wright Brothers’ first lift-off: short. Jobe, 19, who was the Tigers’ first pick a year ago and third overall in the 2021 MLB Draft, worked in his first professional game, a one-inning cameo that saw him throw 19 pitches and
Something had to change. Parker Meadows knew it. His numbers through those first years as a Tigers prospect, with all the import that comes with being a second-round draft pick, were flat-out sad, with 2021 a particularly graphic example of how far he had fallen. Meadows had a .210 batting average in 97 games (94
Kansas City, Mo. — It’s an at-bat and a game long forgotten by Miguel Cabrera, just one of the 110 games he played at Kauffman Stadium over the years, one made more unremarkable by it coming at the tail end of the dreadful, COVID-shortened 2020 season. But it is an at-bat Royals right-hander Carlos Hernandez will never
The former AL MVP aims to win a World Series in Houston this season and has his eye on 300 wins down the road. PHOENIX — Justin Verlander missed the venom, the hatred, all of the viciousness the Houston Astros absorbed last year when fans returned to ballparks. It was the first chance to express
The Tigers series finale in Kansas City on Sunday was postponed because of inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Monday, July 11. The games are scheduled for 2:10 and 8:10 p.m. The Tigers (4-5) took two of the first three games in the series, falling 3-1
Update: The game has been postponed due to rain and rescheduled for July. Detroit Tigers (3-5) vs. Kansas City Royals (3-4) When: 2:10 p.m. Sunday. Where: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Tigers radio affiliates). • BOX SCORE Weather forecast: Cloudy, windy, low-40s. Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Tyler Alexander (0-1, 5.06 ERA)