Before the Detroit Tigers clashed with the Chicago White Sox on July 4, Gregory Soto learned he would represent his team in All-Star Game. The remainder of his afternoon wasn’t entirely a celebration. The left-handed reliever gave up a three-run homer to Jose Abreu in the ninth inning, allowing the White Sox to trim their deficit to
Toledo, Ohio – The Mud Hens started their six game series with the Iowa Cubs on the right foot, securing a 2-1 victory. The pitching was superb all night for the Hens, with starter Mark Leiter Jr. making one of his best starts of the season. His final line was 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1
The Erie SeaWolves returned to UPMC Park with a win on Tuesday night. Pushing seven runs across early, Erie took down the Bowie Baysox 7-5. Riley Greene knocked his 10th home run of the season and drove in four runs, while Chance Kirby tossed five innings for his second win in Double-A. Kirby provided Erie
After a 7-3 loss to the Twins on May 7, the Tigers were a dismal 9-24, and Jonathan Schoop was hitting only .185/.217/.250 through his first 115 plate appearances of the 2021 season. Since that date, however, things have greatly improved for both player and team. Detroit has quietly gone 31-27 over the last two-plus
DENVER — Garrett Crochet is the exception, not the rule. The 11th overall pick in 2020, Crochet went from the Draft to the White Sox alternate training site to the big leagues last summer. He became the first player to make his pro debut in the Majors since the Reds’ Mike Leake in 2010 and
Who do you think should be the 2021 MLB All-Star Game Most Valuable Player presented by Chevrolet? Select one player below. The ballot will lock at the end of the game. T. Anderson Tim AndersonSS .309 AVG6 HR 32 RBI.770 OPS M. Barnes Matt BarnesP 4-22.61 ERA 63 K0.89 WHIP C. Bassitt Chris BassittP 10-23.28
By Jake Seiner | Associated Press Mike Trout has helped the Los Angeles Angels score a lot of runs over the years. Preventing them has been a bigger issue. LA’s scouting department is going all out to solve that problem. The Angels became the first club ever to select exclusively pitchers over a full amateur
Based on how COVID messed up 2020’s scouting season, the Tigers might be in line, ironically, for something of a gift from Tuesday’s final 10 rounds of the 20-round Major League Baseball Draft. Players were harder to inspect last spring, summer, and into autumn. There was less data on hand. Fewer exposures allowed for the
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Contrary to what his 6-foot-8, 280-pound frame might suggest, RJ Petit has always been in love with baseball. His basketball career consisted of church ball as a kid. “I like to call myself the Scottie Pippen of church basketball,” Petit joked. “I never really had the feel or touch for scoring or anything like that,
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The dust is still settling from the 2021 MLB Draft, but teams like the Detroit Tigers are already hard at work scouting for next year’s draft. There was even a high-school all-star game in Denver last weekend, though with MLB’s muddled schedule of events, you can be forgiven for missing it.
We asked fans on twitter to submit their best questions for Casey Mize, and they delivered. Host Daniella Bruce appreciates the assistance, but not as much as she appreciates Casey’s thoughts on teammate Jake Rogers’ mustache…which is proving to be somewhat controversial.
If you like big sluggers from the left side of the plate, this is the video for you. Izaac Pacheco is a sweet swinging high school shortstop who the Tigers tabbed as their 2nd round pick of the 2021 draft. The 6-4, 225-pounder says he is looking forward to joining the franchise’s other talented prospects
Bryant Packard is picking up steam on the Road to Detroit after shedding a few pounds and locking in at the plate. The product of East Carolina University, he’s doing what he’s always seemed to be able to do wherever he’s gone – crushing baseballs. Now he’s doing it as a member of the West
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press Denver — Banning or limiting defensive shifts would be an effort to restore Major League Baseball to how it was played before offense was suffocated by analytics, according to baseball commissioner Rob Manfred. Speaking before Tuesday’s All-Star Game to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Manfred said seven-inning doubleheaders and starting
Detroit — Day 1 brought the drama. Day 2 brought the depth. What’s in store for Day 3? The Tigers, who took high school right-hander Jackson Jobe with the No. 3 overall pick Sunday night, were working early and often Monday. They selected six pitchers and high school shortstop Izaac Pacheco, among others. Monday featured the second
The Detroit Tigers made 10 selections in the 2021 MLB draft on Tuesday, completing the 20-round draft with 21 total picks over the past three days. On Sunday, the Tigers made two selections in the MLB draft: Heritage Hall (Oklahoma) High School right-hander Jackson Jobe in Round 1 (No. 3 overall) and Texas right-hander Ty
A rundown of local players selected in the 2021 MLB draft: Nebraska RHP/SS Spencer Schwellenbach (Saginaw Heritage) Vitals: 6 feet 1, 200 pounds. Bats/throws: Right/Right. Drafted: Second round (No. 59 overall) to Atlanta Braves. The buzz: Schwellenbach’s, the 2021 Big Ten Player of the Year and 2021 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year, hit .284 with six homers and 40
The Detroit Tigers front office must be fans of Fallout Boys’ 2006 single “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race” or the real truth which is Detroit continued to load up on arms with potential upside as they close out the 2021 MLB Draft.