When the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Major League Baseball and its’ players ended on December 1, 2021, MLB immediately imposed a lockout of the players, even though no games were scheduled for another four months. They didn’t have to lock the players out. That was a choice, a tactic intended to put pressure on
LAKELAND, Fla. — You look at Colt Keith on a backfield at TigerTown and you think: “Dang, that kid just keeps growing. He is freakin’ huge.” The 20-year-old Detroit Tigers prospect went through a growth spurt in the offseason, adding an inch of heighth and 30 pounds of muscle. Now, he’s up to 6 feet
The 2022 college baseball season is now underway, which is an exciting time for prospectors everywhere. It means that draft boards will start to change, players will breakout and stocks will fall. Since the draft boards are not stable whatsoever, now is a good of time as any to start guessing at who the Detroit
LAKELAND, Fla. — Keider Montero looked up and smiled. He was thinking about the spin rate when he throws his curveball, one of his biggest strengths as a 21-year-old pitching prospect for the Detroit Tigers. The Venezuelan right-hander also boasts a strong arm and throws strikes. But the curveball, with 3,200 revolutions per minute, is his specialty.
LAKELAND, Fla. — You look at Colt Keith on a backfield at TigerTown and you think: “Dang, that kid just keeps growing. He is freakin’ huge.” The 20-year-old Detroit Tigers prospect went through a growth spurt in the offseason, adding an inch of heighth and 30 pounds of muscle. Now, he’s up to 6 feet
The word on Roberto Campos’ raw power is spreading, and you can add Dan Dickerson to the growing list of believers in the 18-year-old prospect. The radio play-by-play voice checks in with his observations, while teammate Parker Meadows simply asks, “What’s he eating?” Take a look for yourself at a player who is still finding
We can often get caught up in the hitting and counting stats of prospects to gauge their progress. But the truth is often a player’s defensive development can just as much determine how quickly he ascends toward the Majors. Put another way, plus (or better) fielding tools can give prospects just as high a floor
Lakeland, Fla. — This game can flat-out crush your spirit. One minute you are a hot-shot prospect, sharing the same outfield with the club’s shiny new first-round pick, and a couple years later you are still foundering in A-ball while that shiny new first-round pick is about to break into the big leagues. This is just
Last week Rogelio started trying to project the starting pitching rotations for each of the four full-season Detroit Tigers affiliates, and this week I’m taking at shot at predicting the lineups for each club.
LAKELAND, Fla. — If a “Prospect House” exists in Tigers Minor League minicamp, Parker Meadows is in it. The High-A West Michigan outfielder is rooming with former Whitecaps teammate Spencer Torkelson in a four-bedroom rental whose current residents include Riley Greene, Ryan Kreidler and Eric De La Rosa. That’s the good news for Meadows. The
LAKELAND, Fla. — Reese Olson is enjoying his first spring training in TigerTown. The 22-year-old pitching prospect joined the Detroit Tigers last July, when the Milwaukee Brewers traded him for a couple months of Daniel Norris. Olson took the mound Thursday for his first live batting practice session of minor-league minicamp. The Tigers paired Olson with Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene and Ryan
The evolution of a pitcher never stops. For anyone who is aiming to play in the major leagues, you seize every opportunity. The work to improve never stops For the Detroit Tigers left-hander Gabe Sequeira, the change in his mechanics gave him an opportunity to stand out in Lakeland in 2021.
One of our favorite points in the preseason calendar is the release of a new FanGraphs top 100 prospect list. There aren’t any big surprises in this year’s edition from a Detroit Tigers’ perspective, but it’s always instructive to read their commentary. In the larger scheme of things it’s also the perfect entrance point into
With little to no progress being made between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the owners, we unfortunately have another day of no Detroit Tigers Spring Training or MLB coverage for the Motor City faithful. At least we have Lou Whitaker’s number retirement ceremony to look forward to.
LAKELAND, Fla. — No way. This dude cannot be 19. Izaac Pacheco looks like a grown man. He is tall and strong and he looks so familiar. There was just something about him … but I couldn’t place it. The dark hair. The dark eyes. The way he carries himself. The quiet confidence. Pacheco stood in
Ronald Blum | Associated Press Jupiter, Fla. — Sometime soon, lockout costs become real: Max Scherzer would forfeit $232,975 for each regular-season day lost, and Gerrit Cole $193,548. Based on last year’s base salaries that totaled just over $3.8 billion, major league players would combine to lose $20.5 million for each day wiped off the 186-day regular-season
Ronald Blum | Associated Press Jupiter, Fla. — Major League Baseball said only five days remain to salvage March 31 openers and a full season, telling locked out players that games would be canceled if a labor contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday. After the third straight day of negotiations with little movement, MLB went
Tigers pitching prospect Ty Madden put his skills to the test against two of the most highly touted hitting prospects in all of baseball, staring down Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene during live BP sessions in Lakeland. Meanwhile, the #3 overall pick of the 2021 MLB Draft, Jackson Jobe, faced live professional hitters for the
LAKELAND, Fla. — Jackson Jobe walked into the video room. He was greeted by Detroit Tigers director of pitching Gabe Ribas, upper-levels pitching coordinator Steve Smith, lower-levels pitching coordinator Stephanos Stroop and assistant pitching coordinator Jorge Cordova. “The new guys here have a lot of knowledge,” Jobe said Wednesday. TRENDING: Why Tigers’ Wilmer Flores, brother of MLB veteran,
The Tigers have several intriguing relief prospects in their Minor League minicamp, but Zack Hess was a notable omission from the roster that came out last week. There was a good reason: The former LSU reliever turned High-A West Michigan closer underwent Tommy John surgery last month. Hess will miss the entire 2022 season. He