It was pretty tough to be upset with the Detroit Tigers’ 2021-22 offseason — up until approximately 2 a.m. Saturday morning, Sure, there was that pesky 99-day lockout, when we all wondered if we’d actually get Major League Baseball — the uncut stuff, not the watered-down 19-year-olds wandering around TigerTown — at all this year. But
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Michael Pineda didn’t receive any significant interest on the free-agent market before MLB’s lockout. Then, the 33-year-old had to wait 99 days. “It’s tough,” Pineda said Sunday morning. “It’s hard. I’ve been in the league for a little bit, and I’ve never seen nothing like this. I’m not going to say I was a
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TAMPA, Fla. — Class was in session on Saturday morning. The pupil: Javier Baez, the Detroit Tigers‘ new shortstop. The teacher: Ramon Santiago, the Tigers infield coach. The classroom: the edge of the infield dirt. It was the morning before Baez’s first spring training game in a Tigers uniform. The Tigers were going through batting practice,
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Casey and Tali Mize invite you in for a tour of their new home, smartly located within driving distance of the Tigers’ workout facilities in Lakeland, FL. They’ve settled in nicely, but do find themselves wondering why one particular teammate hasn’t yet accepted their invitation to stay during Spring Training.
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the New York Yankees, 8-7, on Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field, evening their record at 1-1 in Grapefruit League play in spring training. What happened The Tigers scored two runs in both the first and second innings, thanks to Javier Baez, Spencer Torkelson and Robbie Grossman. Left-hander Tarik Skubal
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Lakeland, Fla. — So what do we make of this? For the first time since 2015, the average launch angle, swing-and-miss percentages and strikeouts across Major League Baseball went down in 2021. Launch angles on balls put in play by hitters, after steadily climbing from 11 degrees to 13.4 degrees in 2020, it dropped to 12.6 degrees
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TAMPA, Fla. — Right-handed reliever Kyle Funkhouser isn’t expected to be available pitch when the Detroit Tigers open the regular season April 8. The 28-year-old, a high-leverage member of the bullpen, has been shut down in spring training with right latissimus dorsi soreness. He began experiencing the soreness in his back approximately one week before MLB’s lockout
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LAKELAND, Fla. — On Friday morning, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch called left-hander Tyler Alexander into his office. “He’s been very upfront and honest with me,” Alexander said. Hinch explained the Tigers were gearing up to sign right-hander Michael Pineda, thus pushing Alexander out of the starting rotation and back to his swingman role with
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