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
The Detroit Tigers rather long history of failure in developing hitters, as well as their lack of success with international free agents, has been discussed often here at Bless You Boys over the last half decade or more. One must look all the way back to 2014, when Eugenio Suarez provided a solid rookie campaign
The Major League Baseball Players’ Association (MLBPA) made some new proposals to owners as the two sides met in New York on Sunday, in an effort to break the stalemate in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Among the new proposals that the players made are: Allowing MLB to make three specific rule
Over the last few years, the Detroit Tigers have had a strong penchant for SEC right-handers in the draft. Of course, the SEC produces an awful lot of good pitchers, so they’re not hardly alone in this. Two of the Tigers’ last five first round picks have fit the description. In 2017 they selected Alex
I love baseball. Since I was a little kid, I have always loved baseball. I loved playing baseball since Little League, if not sooner. I loved going to the games, the sight of the green, green grass, the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, and the smell of hot dogs. I love
LAKELAND, Fla. — Full count. Two on. Detroit Tigers prospect Dillon Dingler was guessing fastball. And he guessed right. Facing right-hander Blake Holub, the Tigers’ 2021 15th-round pick, Dingler crushed a fastball over the left-field fence on Saturday in a minicamp scrimmage at Joker Marchant Stadium. The ball landed on the berm and bounced to the
LAKELAND, Fla. — Casey Mize is on the fast track to a leadership role. The 24-year-old right-hander paced the Detroit Tigers in starts and innings as a rookie last season. The former No. 1 overall pick has set the foundation to develop into an ace-caliber arm, but his MLB career is just getting started. “I think I’ve
Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings owner Chris Ilitch comes across as cheap when compared to his late big spender father, Mike Ilitch. Detroit Tigers owner Chris Ilitch was one of four MLB owners who voted against raising the competitive balance tax during the recent round of negotiations, a far cry from his late father Mike…