Today is going to be a busy day in the world of baseball. In addition to a full slate of regular season games, MLB’s Futures Game will be played at 3:00 (Eastern). Detroit Tigers fans are hoping that Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson, the organization’s top two hitting prospects, will do something memorable at the…
Rather than keeping an eye on the clock Friday, making sure he headed to the ballpark in time for another minor-league day and game, Cam Gibson had other plans on a summer morning. “Just finished up doing some school work,” he said during a phone conversation. “Sitting in my apartment, watching Wimbledon, getting ready to
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The Detroit Tigers had been humming along before their four-game series with the Minnesota Twins this weekend, having won or split the past five series since mid-June. That all came to a crashing end after a 5-3 loss on Thursday, a 4-2 defeat on Friday and another L on Saturday, this time by a score
The Tigers have heavily emphasized selecting college players throughout most of their rebuilding process. That may change this year. Again and again, Detroit has been connected to Brady House and Jackson Jobe, two of the most underdeveloped players at the top of the 2021 draft class. That opens the door to reasonable speculation about other
The first round of the 2021 MLB draft is scheduled to take place on Sunday evening, and the Tigers’ first of two selections is the third overall pick. Detroit fans have become accustomed to seeing their team perched atop the draft order; they’ve selected first, fifth, and first again in the last three drafts, respectively.
If you’re a regular reader at Motor City Bengals then you’ve probably seen some of our Detroit Tigers MLB Draft coverage over the past several months. Maybe you read every word of it, in which case, thanks! This post isn’t for you.
If all those Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson highlights interspersed into Detroit Tigers broadcasts — and our weekly updates — have you salivating to see them in real time, you’ll want to tune in to MLB Network at 3 p.m. today for the All-Star Futures Game live from Denver’s Coors Field. Greene and Torkelson are
Few sports reveal a leader’s influence less than baseball. Oh, it’s easy to second guess the manager when a pitcher is left in one batter too long or pulled one batter too early. And it’s easy to question the order — and makeup — of the day-to-day lineup. Mostly because we think we can make those decisions, too —
Before one man stands on a stage in Denver to announce the Detroit Tigers‘ first pick (No. 3 overall) in the 2021 MLB draft, about 30 members of the will meet Sunday inside a conference room at the team’s spring training facility in Lakeland, Florida. Planning for the draft started in January, when the Tigers hosted a series
It’s dueling mock time. With the start of the 2021 Draft just hours away, we present you with the last time both of us will project the first round, with Mr. Callis set to do one last names-only mock late on Sunday afternoon. As we both worked on this edition, the only thing that seemed
DAYTON, OH – The West Michigan Whitecaps excelled in all phases to snap their seven-game losing streak as part of a 4-1 win over the Dayton Dragons in front of 7,111 fans on Saturday night at Day Air Ballpark. The Whitecaps snapped their losing streak on the backs of a dominant performance by their pitching
Greenville, S.C. – Aberdeen hit three homers, including two from Gunnar Henderson, connected on 12 hits and plated five runs between the fifth and the sixth innings to slip past Greenville, 6-5, Friday night at Fluor Field. The series is tied at 2-2. On the night, Greenville hitters tallied seven
The SeaWolves were shut out by the Somerset Patriots, 5-0, on Saturday night at TD Bank Ballpark. The ‘Wolves need a win on Sunday to force a series split and to take the season series over the Patriots. Somerset took a lead in the first inning when Donny Sands clubbed an opposite-field, two-run home run
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Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press Out of necessity, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch must construct an elaborate puzzle every few games. He’s forced to mix and match a crew of relievers to finagle his way through nine innings. For 16 outs on Saturday, the pieces fit snugly. Then all the pieces were
Minneapolis — The Tigers rolled into Minnesota riding a string of five straight successful series and on a 31-23 run since May 8. Now, they are facing the possibility of heading into the All-Star break on a four-game losing streak. Momentum is a fickle thing in baseball. “I want to win every day,” manager AJ
We hear from A.J. Hinch after his Tigers blow a 4-0 lead en route to losing to the Twins 9-4 Saturday. #Leinenkugels
It was a “bullpen day” for the Tigers, and it started off relatively well against the Twins. Then, through a couple of recently-reliable relievers having off days, it ended in a 9-4 loss, ensuring the first series defeat for the Tigers in quite some time. Kyle Funkhouser got the start for Detroit. He’d had one