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.
After a several-month closure, the iconic Anchor Bar will reopen just in time for Detroit Tigers Opening Day on April 8. Anchor Bar is scheduled to reopen April 5, offering lunch and dinner service beginning at 11 a.m., according to a news release. The bar has been temporarily closed since January. It’s long been noted as
The baseball journey of Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson has sparked a close friendship on and off the field. #DetroitRoots #MarygroveAwnings
Ryan Lavarnway, 34, Yale educated, is entering his 15th season of professional baseball. He will be starting the season with the Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate in Toledo. The Tigers are his 13th organization. He has put the ‘journey’ into journeyman and the question he gets asked over and over is, why? Here is his answer: As
We’ve made no secret of our love for the Detroit Tigers’ social media and PR teams. Throughout a really rough half decade for the team, the folks whose work is to promote players and entertain fans have been a consistent bright spot. Their video series ‘The Offseason’ took it to a new level over the
LAKELAND, Fla. — Wily Peralta is full of emotions. He misses his teammates. He misses baseball. He misses the Detroit Tigers. “All the guys treated me right,” Peralta told the Free Press, speaking on the phone from his home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. “They made me feel like part of the team right away, since
Lakeland, Fla. — These are strange, uncertain times for Blaine Hardy. The former Tigers reliever posted a video of himself on Twitter over the weekend throwing his still-nasty array of breaking balls, changeups and cutters in 40-degree weather to JUCO hitters at Central Lake College in Brainerd, Minnesota. “Nicky was harping on me for the longest
As Spring Training began, Tigers officials were candid in saying that top prospects Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene would be given genuine opportunities to make the Opening Day roster. One week before the start of a highly anticipated season in Detroit, the close friends are on the verge of fulfilling their dream of debuting together
The Detroit Tigers have received infamously little in trade returns during the Al Avila era, but Jeimer Candelario has been a rare clear win. The back-to-back Tiger of the Year award winner has been a crucial part of the organization’s rebuild both on and off the field, and now that the future is starting to
It was a logical order, but it was notable that Cabrera was lower in the middle of that order than he has traditionally hit. Handling a great player’s career as it winds down can be one of the toughest, most delicate tasks for a manager. It can be a balancing act between the inevitable acknowledgment
Major League Baseball’s arduous 2021-22 offseason featured a 99-day lockout that ultimately resulted in an abbreviated spring training and a delayed Opening Day. Things have frantically fallen into place since the new labor deal came together on March 10, with every team trying to jam most of its winter moves into just a few weeks.
Apple TV+ is your home for a doubleheader of MLB action every Friday night this season, and on Tuesday the first-half schedule of games was announced. You can watch all of these game for free on Apple TV+. The 2022 slate begins on April 8 when Max Scherzer and the Mets take on Juan Soto
Tigers starting pitcher Casey Mize has lofty goals for himself and his team this season. #DetroitRoots #MarygroveAwnings
Comerica Park has been the home of the Detroit Tigers for north of 20 years now and its dimensions have long been a topic of debate across the baseball landscape. Some will point to extra-base numbers to support the park is fairly neutral offensively while others will use the eye test and gesture at the…