Clearwater, Fla. — Did Tyler Alexander love it that the Tigers went out and signed veteran right-hander Michael Pineda, a move that will eventually will knock him out of the rotation and back to the bullpen? Not especially. But, was he going to pout and sulk about it? Was it going to affect him in any way?
Ronald Blum | Associated Press Automatic runners in extra innings are sticking around for a third straight season. Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, Major League Baseball and the players’ association reached a tentative agreement to keep the controversial rule starting each team with a runner on second base during extra innings for the 2022 regular
Here’s how each club’s lineup and starting rotation is predicted to look on Opening Day: BLUE JAYS1. George Springer, R, CF2. Bo Bichette, R, SS3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., R, 1B4. Teoscar Hernández, R, RF5. Matt Chapman, R, 3B6. Lourdes Gurriel Jr., R, LF7. Randal Grichuk, R, RF8. Cavan Biggio, L, 2B9. Danny Jansen, R, C
Rocket Mortgage and the Detroit Tigers announced a multi-year partnership Tuesday that makes the loan provider the exclusive mortgage partner of the team. The company will also be the presenting sponsor of Opening Day at Comerica Park on April 8, according to a news release. “As a company with deep Detroit roots, Rocket Mortgage is
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The first couple rounds of Spring Training roster cuts typically don’t generate a lot of attention. It’s standard practice — camps open with anywhere from 55-70 players, and in order to whittle that number down to 26 by Opening Day, a lot of players wind up packing up and moving to the
We’re still about three weeks away from Detroit Tigers Opening Day, and spring training games may bring us a few more injuries or breakouts, but there’s never a bad time to do some roster speculation.
It’s incredibly rare for a relief arm to have four reliable pitches, especially those who are not in some sort of piggyback/long man/bulk-type role, but it’s exactly what the Detroit Tigers are planning to have in the back end of their bullpen with Michael Fulmer.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-2, on Tuesday at BayCare Ballpark, dropping to a 1-3 record in Grapefruit League play in spring training. What happened The Tigers scored their first run in the sixth inning, when second baseman Jonathan Schoop tagged a 2-0 fastball from Phillies right-handed reliever Joe Gatto for a solo home run to left-center field.
Clearwater, Fla. — You listen to Spencer Torkelson talk about hitting and you’d swear he has thousands of at-bats in the big leagues already. Houston Astros All-Star Alex Bregman thought the same thing after having Torkelson on his podcast last year, and that was before Torkelson even played a full season of professional baseball. “I wish
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Rony Garcia has a smile on his face. He is thinking back to his favorite memory from the offseason. The 24-year-old right-hander, a former Rule 5 draft pick, always wanted to face 31-year-old outfielder Marcell Ozuna, a nine-year MLB veteran from the Dominican Republic. He assumed his first opportunity would come in the big leagues
From grounds crew prep to the crack of the bat off an Akil Baddoo triple, this episode of Sights & Sounds has it covered. Take in the scenes from an afternoon at Lakeland, when the Tigers host the Blue Jays.
New Tigers shortstop Javier Baez says he’s excited to be on the field with his new team and already feels the love of the fan base in Detroit. #DetroitRoots #MarygroveAwnings
With four Grapefruit League games under their belt, the Detroit Tigers 2022 major league camp is well underway. While the club waits for their newest addition, starter Michael Pineda, to arrive, the rest of the likely starting rotation took their first turns on the mound to good effect. On the position player side, the hitters
Rocket Mortgage, part of Rocket Companies, along with the Detroit Tigers, today announced a robust, multi-year partnership – making the nation’s largest home lender the Exclusive Mortgage Partner of the Tigers. As part of the collaboration, Rocket Mortgage will also be the Presenting Sponsor of Detroit Tigers Opening Day at Comerica Park on April 8.
As a collective here at Motor City Bengals, just like the fans of the Detroit Tigers, we all look at the off-season from completely different points of view. There are a percentage of Tigers who view not getting Carlos Correa as a “failure”. There also a selective few who believe that Al Avila not making…
LAKELAND, Fla. — Now, the story can be told. A story that could only happen at spring training because Lakeland is such a small place. One night last week, it was pouring rain. I finished a workout, drove to a LongHorn Steakhouse, sprinted to the front door, got under the awning and ducked inside, soaking
From 1977, when he was a 17-year-old outfielder from California drafted by the Chicago White Sox, until Sept. 4, 2018, Rod Allen was employed, some way, somehow, in professional baseball. It was a 40-plus run that took him from a player — with a bit role on the Tigers’ 1984 World Series championship team — to a coach, to
Up until a few days ago, Tyler Alexander had been battling for a fifth rotation spot for the Detroit Tigers. The club was public about their desire to acquire more pitching; likewise, Alexander wasn’t afraid of stating his case to be a permanent and trusted resource to the starting rotation.
Lakeland, Fla. — It was his first start of the spring and it was just two innings, but to think where Matt Manning was at this time last year (lost) and then see how he looked on Monday in the Tigers’ 3-1 exhibition loss to the Blue Jays at Joker Marchant Stadium (found) — it’s rather
Switch-hitter Robbie Grossman ended the 2021 season on a high and it’s obvious he brought the heat right back to Spring Training this year. In 2008, Grossman was drafted in the 6th round, 174th overall out of Cy-Fair High School by the Pittsburgh Pirates during MLB’s Amateur Draft in June of that year. After a…