Well it was a long, cold winter, particularly for fans of Major League Baseball. We’re really glad to be back. On top of everything else going on in the world, baseball fans watched their sport bury itself under a mountain of bad public relations and acrimony for three months before the new CBA was finally
DUNEDIN, Fla. — It’s easy to get lost in the stars. Or the near stars. Or the potential stars. The Detroit Tigers have a handful of those. In fact, they’ve been the talk of camp in central Florida the last few weeks. Robbie Grossman understands why. He’s also excited about Javier Baez and Eduardo Rodriguez
Dunedin, Fla. — If Tigers general manager Al Avila is mulling giving Tucker Barnhart a contract extension — as a tweet from MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi intimated Thursday — it’s news to him. Happy news, for sure, but it’s the first he’s heard about it. “No, no discussions about that,” Barnhart said back in Lakeland Thursday morning.
It’s a fun, fun time to be a prospect hound. Of course, part of what’s great about being a prospect hound is there’s always something fun to look ahead to. But right now? This moment? It’s awfully good. That’s because not only is there a group of really exciting prospects at the top of the
March 31: Greene makes highlight catch vs. JaysRiley Greene watched how the blustery winds handled fly balls in batting practice Thursday and knew he was in for an adventure. “The wind was insane today,” Greene said. “During BP, I was just sitting there laughing. There were fly balls hit to the middle of the outfield,
Dunedin, Fla. — Riley Greene just had to laugh at it. “That wind was insane today,” he said. “During batting practice I was sitting there laughing. I was shagging balls and there were fly balls hit to the middle of the outfield that were landing in the middle of the infield.” Gusts up to 21 mph
DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Tigers traded for Tucker Barnhart last November with the flexibility that he could be a one-year stopgap or a contract extension candidate. So far, no talks on the latter have taken place, but both sides appear to be open to it. “No discussions about that. But I love it here, I
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,