It seemed that a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Major League Baseball’s (MLB) players and owners was getting close again on Wednesday afternoon. The once huge gaps between the two sides had narrowed to just $2 million on the lowest tier of the competitive balance tax (CBT), and just $10 million on the minimum
Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. issued the following statement today: “In a last-ditch effort to preserve a 162-game season, this week we have made good-faith proposals that address the specific concerns voiced by the MLBPA and would have allowed the players to return to the field immediately. The Clubs went to extraordinary lengths to
LAKELAND, Fla. — No, Colt Keith says, he doesn’t have any thoughts of being a two-way player, even though he was scouted in high school as both a hitter and a pitcher before the Tigers drafted him as a third baseman in 2020. Still, Keith admits, he tried to talk his way into a cameo
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers prospect Spencer Torkelson is ready for Major League Baseball’s lockout to end. There’s optimism for labor peace between MLB and the MLB Players Association, as both sides continue negotiations Wednesday in New York in hopes of a new collective bargaining agreement. MIZE EYES NEW ROLE: Why Tigers’ Casey Mize is ‘definitely interested’
Lakeland, Fla. — Nah, that wasn’t going to fly. Not even in a controlled scrimmage against two minor-league minicamp squads. Phillies right-hander Nick Duron, pitching in the eighth inning of a 10.5-inning slog Tuesday in Clearwater, struck out Tigers’ infield prospect Colt Keith on three pitches. As Keith was walking back to the dugout, Duron
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers prospect Trei Cruz isn’t angry, but he wishes he would have known the specifics of his injury sooner. Cruz, the 73rd overall pick in the 2020 draft, played the first four games of his professional career for High-A West Michigan before dislocating his shoulder on a swing, sending him to the injured
Pamela Moore knows firsthand how a quality education opens doors to the world. A native Detroiter and Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) alumna, Moore earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance and an MBA from Wayne State University. After finishing her education, she spent several years serving each of Detroit’s last three mayors, specifically working
Tuesday evening’s CBA proposal from the owners to the players left many feeling like they were negotiating in good faith for the first time in this cycle’s renegotiation process. A notable element of that proposal was a the implementation of an international draft, the specifics of which were made available to the public. Reporting indicates
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Though Eric De La Rosa was born and raised in California, he has Dominican roots and speaks Spanish fluently. So when teammates in the Tigers’ Minor League minicamp need help with English, he’s often there to help. That puts him in a unique position with some of the Tigers’ highly touted outfield
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers traveled Tuesday to BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida, for a noon scrimmage against the Philadelphia Phillies as part of minor-league minicamp. The Tigers were managed by Double-A Erie skipper Gabe Alvarez. He was accompanied by bench coach/third base coach Tony Cappuccili, hitting coach Max Gordon, pitching coach Dan Ricabal, bullpen coach
MLB and the Grand Ol’ Game will eventually soldier forward at some point and will likely keep the vast majority of its audience over time. There. I said it. I know it’s very fashionable these days to declare baseball has created its own existential threat. Many are saying “I’m out” or words to that effect.…
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Chavez Fernander isn’t afraid when he’s on the mound. He showed this trait in Saturday’s minor-league minicamp scrimmage at Joker Marchant Stadium. The right-handed pitcher, a 35th-round draft pick in 2018, entered for the sixth inning and was tasked with facing some of the Tigers’ best prospects. “With anybody in the box,
For the past few weeks we’ve been projecting the rosters for each of the Detroit Tigers’ four full-season minor-league affiliates. Rogelio has been handling the pitching, while I’ve been projecting the lineups. Today we turn our attention the Erie SeaWolves, Detroit’s Double-A affiliate.
West Michigan Whitecaps fans were excited when the Detroit Tigers announced they would be the new High-A affiliate of the Tigers. This gave the opportunity to see the high end of Detroit’s prospect talent before anyone else would across the system.
As most of you already know, Chris Ilitch was one of the four owners who voted against the MLB’s proposal last week that included a competitive balance tax (CBT) threshold of 220 million dollars. The proposal was never going to be accepted by the players due to the threshold being too low, but Ilitch felt…
LAKELAND, Fla. — Two weeks ago, Detroit Tigers prospect Wilmer Flores sprinted to first base during pitchers fielding practice. He felt discomfort in his left hamstring. The right-handed pitcher sustained his hamstring injury Feb. 19 and spent the next day, his 21st birthday, in the trainer’s room. It marked his first injury as a professional. GET TO KNOW
Lakeland, Fla. — By the end of this week, there will be some 165 players crammed into the minor league clubhouse at Tiger Town, filling up the five fields behind Joker Marchant Stadium. The 62-player minicamp will bloat into the Tigers’ full minor league spring training. Already on Monday the invasion of gray-shirted young hopefuls had
Tigers fans, at least the loud ones, seem united in wanting a new owner for Detroit’s MLB franchise. This chorus reached something of a crescendo last week when The Athletic reported that Chris Ilitch was one of four MLB owners who opposed any significant raise in the Competitive Balance Tax, which might as well be
LAKELAND, Fla. — Riley Greene was the Tigers’ first-round pick in 2019, taken No. 5 overall. Spencer Torkelson was the No. 1 overall pick, taken a year later. The two hitters have formed a close bond rising up through Detroit’s system together and both are knocking on the big league door. Jonathan Mayo: I know
LAKELAND, Fla. — It’s the Tork and Riley show. OK, maybe we’ll let the Tigers marketing folks come up with something catchier, and yes, there’s much more to this restocked farm system than Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene. But there’s no question the dynamic duo is at the front of everyone’s minds as they get