Don’t be surprised if you see Funkhouser in more high-leverage situations. Entering Tuesday’s action, Funkhouser has a 2.13 ERA and an opponent’s batting average of .146 in nine games. He is becoming a real matchup strength for the Tigers. Funkhouser’s value to Tigers manager A.J. Hinch is that he can be a long or short
As the Detroit Tigers headed into May, the outlook was bleak to put it nicely. Fans were upset as they were 8-19 and had the worst run differential in all of baseball. There were a few positives including the start of Akil Baddoo but once again, Miguel Cabrera was written off as a bad player.
Tigers plays of the month.
Welcome to Detroit Tigers Draft Month! We’ll be offering MLB draft content for all of June to keep you informed about this year’s crop of amateur talent, beginning with We’re kicking things off with a fun little mock draft from the staff here at MCB. There are five of us participating, and our only directive…
After Detroit Tigers reliever Kyle Funkhouser was optioned to Triple-A Toledo during spring training, he changed his mentality. He was one of the first two healthy players, alongside Beau Burrows, to get eliminated in the chase for a spot on the Opening Day roster. The decision was made March 12, about three weeks before the regular season. Failure
DJ LeMahieu moved all around the country as a kid, but he developed a special bond with Metro Detroit — and it’s one that he is assuring will last a long time. The New York Yankees All-Star and Gold Glover confirmed this week what has long been a poorly kept secret: He is the financial backer
That was quite a month of May for our Detroit Tigers. After looking bombed out and depleted through most of April and early May, they’ve turned things around in a big way, putting together a 14-13 record for the month. While still last in the AL Central after Minnesota won on Sunday, they’ve done enough
Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal put on a headset and stood at the end of the dugout, Skubal was doing an in-game interview on Bally Sports Detroit on Monday afternoon as the Tigers played in Milwaukee, and something went whizzing by his head. Some gum maybe. Or some seeds. And Skubal looked stunned. “Throw it back,
It’s Memorial Day, which means a full slate of day baseball. While we await the start of the action, let’s round up some news and notes from around the game… The Indians have purchased the contract of Heath Fillmyer from the Lancaster Barnstormers, per the Atlantic League club. Fillmyer has been assigned to Triple-A. The
As we inch toward the start of summer, trade chatter around Major League Baseball will inevitably heat up in anticipation of the July 30 Trade Deadline. But some teams in years past haven’t waited until the last minute to do their midseason shopping. Many have pulled off deals that involved MVPs, Cy Young Award winners,
Milwaukee — Jonathan Schoop had it right. It stinks to lose a game like this, but it doesn’t have to leave any scars. “I think we played good baseball,” the veteran second baseman said after the Tigers were walked-off in the bottom of the 10th, losing 3-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday. “Our bullpen
This Wednesday, June 2, is Lou Gehrig Day, the day he began his consecutive games streak that would end at 2,130. (A more round number than Cal Ripken’s 2,632.) Both Gehrig’s and Ripken’s streaks seem incredibly disassociated from the game of baseball as it is played today, and really, any sport: Suffice it to say,
Editor’s note: This is the 14th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. One sure way to blow up a team’s fortunes in the MLB Draft is to, yes, succumb to that old temptation: drafting a hyper-talented high school pitcher.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch speaks with the media following today’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. #Leinenkugels
Jonathan Schoop helped get the Tigers offense going in today’s game against the Brewers. He chats with the media post game. #DetroitRoots
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The Tigers had a chance to make it 5-0 in Manfred Ball games this year, but failed to push a run across in the tenth, losing in the bottom of the inning 3-2. We’ve seen some interesting usage from manager A.J. Hinch, but their Memorial Day matchup in Milwaukee was the first time we’ve seen
Detroit Tigers reliever Bryan Garcia was the team’s closer when the 2020 season ended. Once manager AJ Hinch was hired, though, pre-defined roles were discarded. Instead, Hinch focuses on high-leverage situations, in which Gregory Soto, Michael Fulmer and Jose Cisnero have shined recently to help the bullpen to a 1.94 ERA since May 16. Garcia, 26, has
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch gave Tyler Alexander a soft fist bump on the chest and smiled. The left-handed reliever — starting Monday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers — had just walked away from the on-deck circle and into the dugout. Nomar Mazara came off the bench to pinch-hit for him in the second inning,
Milwaukee — This was a mismatch on paper. The Brewers were throwing their ace, Corbin Burnes, and the Tigers, well, they were throwing the kitchen sink, Johnny Wholestaff — a bullpen game to fill the slot of injured starter Jose Urena. But this is why they go ahead and play the games on the field. This