When the Detroit Tigers visit San Francisco for a pair of games against the Giants on June 28-29, they may find an old friend waiting for them in black and orange. Left-handed starter Matthew Boyd, a Tiger from 2015-21 and a free agent this offseason, agreed to a one-year, $5.2 million deal with the Giants
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor and Carlos Monarrez • Producer: Tad Davis • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Guest: Evan Petzold, Free Press Tigers beat writer • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys welcome Free Press Tigers beat writer Evan Petzold, who is in Lakeland, Florida, covering the team in spring training. After a long rebuild, the Tigers
The Detroit Tigers, while trying to build a playoff team, have been linked to Zack Grienke and Michael Pineda. Greinke decided to return home to Kansas City shortly after the report came out–and we may have just gotten some insight as to why.
It was reported Wednesday night that the Tigers have had trade discussions with the Oakland Athletics regarding starting pitchers Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea. Detroit had been making waves in free agency before MLB’s lockout, but even rumored involvement in the trade market for big targets has been nonexistent. Now, with a new CBA in
LAKELAND, Fla. — Now, thinking back, Dan Dickerson considers it a gift. From a legend. Back in 2003, Dickerson was getting ready to take over as the Detroit Tigers‘ radio play-by-play announcer, replacing the great Ernie Harwell. And Dickerson had an idea. He wanted to record Harwell reading “Voice of the Turtle,” hoping to play
It’s that time of year again. With the 2022 baseball season right around the corner, MLB Pipeline has spent the past week breaking down the game’s top 10 prospects by position and unveiling its annual Top 100 Prospects list. Now, it’s time to dig deeper. Featuring many of the game’s future young stars, the Top
The breakout players of 2021 included pitchers such as Julio Urías, Carlos Rodón, Logan Webb, Freddy Peralta and Trevor Rogers. Who will be the next wave in 2022? MLB.com picked out a group of young pitchers to keep an eye on. All of them have the potential to have a big year this season. Here
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2022 Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com on Saturday at 11 a.m. ET. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Once again the list of baseball’s top 10 outfield prospects
The Tigers have brought right-hander Wily Peralta back to the organization on a minor league contract, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports (via Twitter). He’ll compete for a roster spot in big league camp after a solid showing in Detroit last year. Peralta would earn a $2.5MM base salary if he makes the
LAKELAND, Fla. — The second pitch of Michael Fulmer’s live batting practice session against hitters Wednesday morning sent Willi Castro swinging so hard that he fell over as he missed, leaving both of them laughing as Tigers teammates reacted. It was an offspeed pitch as Castro went hunting for Fulmer’s fastball. It was a reminder
Lakeland, Fla. — There’s been this little dance going on the first few days of camp. Questions would be asked about potential free agent signings and the answers from manager AJ Hinch and general manager Al Avila would be either shadowy or some sarcastic form of, “You’ll be the first to know.” The music stopped,
Lakeland, Fla. — For a minute there, the conversation with well-traveled catcher Ryan Lavarnway threatened to morph into a standup bit. Hey, did you go to Yale? “I did,” he said. “Got the T-shirt.” How many teams have you been on now? “This is my 11th uniform and 13th team on paper,” he said. “In
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch needed upgrades. General manager Al Avila has provided. The latest addition to the roster came Wednesday morning, when the Tigers agreed to a two-year, $13 million contract with left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin. He has an opt-out clause after the first season. “We’re talking about a guy who’s
The young right-hander is impressing teammates after making his debut in 2021.
LAKELAND, Fla. — Pitchers were throwing live batting practice on four fields on Wednesday morning at TigerTown. Observers had a chance to watch Matt Manning, Gregory Soto or Matt Fulmer. But Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch paid special attention to two young pitching prospects: Ty Madden and Dylan Smith. And after it was done, Hinch
If all goes according to the Detroit Tigers’ plans, the team – and its fans – will have some late nights to finish the regular season. They’ll also have a busy end of July and start of August. The Tigers’ original Opening Day was already set to leave fans a bit sleepless, with a 10
Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball has scheduled 30 additional doubleheaders to make up some of the 91 games postponed by the lockout that delayed opening day until April 7. MLB released a revised schedule Wednesday, extending the last day of the regular season by three days to Oct. 5. The first game of
The Tigers are “still in the mix” for free agent starters Zack Greinke and Michael Pineda, The Detroit News’ Chris McCosky reports (Twitter link). While the Tigers also re-signed Wily Peralta on a minor league deal earlier today, the club is clearly still interested in adding further reinforcements to its rotation, and using Peralta in
Andrew Chafin: The Detroit Tigers’ new “power shagger.” The mustachioed lefty is not only a free-spirited presence in the clubhouse but he was one of the top available relief pitchers this offseason. And the Tigers inked him Wednesday to a two-year deal worth $13 million. Chafin got the nice payday and extra year on his contract — instead of
The Tigers have an agreement with lefty reliever Andrew Chafin, according to Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press. Chafin’s contract will be a two-year deal in the $13MM range, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. That is indeed the contract value, reports Jon Heyman of MLB Network, who notes the inclusion of an