DUNEDIN, Fla. — Detroit Tigers left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin will be sidelined for “at least a couple of days” with a groin injury that forced him to miss Wednesday’s game, manager AJ Hinch said. Chafin showed up Thursday at the TigerTown complex in Lakeland for treatment. Outfielder Derek Hill, competing with Victor Reyes for a spot on
DUNDEIN, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, on Thursday at TD Ballpark, dropping to 5-6 (with two ties) in Grapefruit League play. What happened Right-hander Matt Manning started for the Tigers and allowed three runs across three innings, while Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah countered with four scoreless innings in an efficient start. “It’s all about
Manager AJ Hinch insisted when he took the manager position for the Detroit Tigers that if the organization was going to be competitive, they had to get the pitching right. The previous season was disastrous for the group, including for top prospect Casey Mize, who made seven starts and supplied a 6.99 ERA.
Detroit Tigers centerfielder Riley Greene catches a line drive in the first inning of the game against the Philadelphia Phillies during spring training at BayCare Ballpark. Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports
Dave Skretta | Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball finalized the rules change Thursday to bring back automatic runners in extra innings for a third straight season. Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, MLB and the players’ association agreed to keep the controversial rule that starts each team with a runner on second base
Just being able to write about the Detroit Tigers and any sort of realistic shot at making the playoffs is so refreshing, when such thoughts have been non existent for the past five years, basically since former owner Mike Ilitch passed away. But here we are, with the much heralded prospects arriving in the major
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Robbie Grossman, who hit 23 homers and 23 doubles in 2021, has reset his bar for 2022. #DetroitRoots #MarygroveAwnings
We continue our series of Detroit Tigers 40-man roster previews with José Cisnero, a veteran reliever with a great story and an impressive arm. The Detroit Tigers began their current rebuild in earnest in 2017, and for the next few years the club seemed to cycle through and endless number of former prospects, fringe big…
LAKELAND, Fla. — Opening Day is eight days away. The Detroit Tigers have 39 players remaining in major-league camp to fill the team’s Opening Day roster, which will have 28 spots, two more than normal to compensate for reduced workloads mandated by a condensed spring training. Those 39 players include three injured players (starter Spencer Turnbull, catcher Jake
Chuck King | Associated Press West Palm Beach, Fla. — Washington Nationals fans have reasons to doubt 2022 will be their year. They got 29 more of them Wednesday. Former Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez and teammate Cade Cavalli allowed 10 runs each while the Nationals were shellacked 29-8 by the St. Louis Cardinals in a spring training game
Individual prospect successes sell jerseys. System-wide prospect successes sell World Series tickets. Look at last year’s Fall Classic. The Braves claimed a title with the help of homegrown talents Freddie Freeman, Ozzie Albies, Dansby Swanson and Max Fried among others — to say nothing of the club’s best prospect of the last decade, Ronald Acuña
Clearwater, Fla. — Tarik Skubal wanted to keep throwing the heater. It was the fourth inning of the Tigers’ 7-1 spring win over the Phillies Wednesday and Skubal was trying to put bow on a brilliant outing. He’d beaten Johan Camargo with four straight four-seam fastballs — 94-95 mph. Camargo, a veteran switch-hitter batting right-handed, was tardy,
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Michael Pineda sat by himself in the clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium Wednesday morning while the rest of the team hit the road to face the Phillies. Now, however, Pineda’s Tigers debut is finally in sight, if not his eventual slot into Detroit’s rotation. After about a week and a half of
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers topped the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-1, on Wednesday at BayCare Ballpark, improving to 5-5 (with two ties) in Grapefruit League play. What happened Making his third spring training start, left-hander Tarik Skubal gave the Tigers momentum with a spectacular performance. He turned in four scoreless innings on three hits, one walk and five strikeouts. “He
Clearwater, Fla. — The Tigers’ pitching staff got deeper and more experienced on Wednesday. But before we discuss the impact of the imminent arrivals of starter Michael Pineda and long-reliever Wily Peralta, whose work visas have been approved, a word of caution from the skipper. “Pineda has yet to throw in a spring game, neither has
LAKELAND, Fla. — Ryan Garko was talking with a group of writers in the lobby of the Tigers’ administration building Wednesday morning when executive vice president of baseball operations/general manager Al Avila walked through on his way to the clubhouse. Avila looked over, smiled proudly and kept walking. “Star in the making,” he shouted. “My
If the Detroit Tigers have an opportunity for the post-season, these are the four players who will need to help them pave the way. If you look across the major sports publications online and look at the MLB off-season grades, you will see the Detroit Tigers have fared pretty well. ESPN’s David Schoenfield ($) gave…
LAKELAND, Fla. — They are coming, sooner rather than later, though their manager, AJ Hinch, remains poker-faced about when that moment will be. When it comes and Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson finally arrive in Detroit — whether on the same day or not — they will add more crackle to what’s already cooking in the
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Michael Pineda is pitching Saturday for the Detroit Tigers in his first spring training appearance. The right-hander had his work visa approved, the Tigers learned Wednesday morning. He signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract March 18 but had to wait for his tourist visa to transfer to a work visa. Now, Pineda can work for the Tigers.