With only three games remaining on their Grapefruit League calendar, the Detroit Tigers entered their contest with the New York Yankees on Monday just looking to get those last reps in. Pitchers and hitters should be dialed in and conditioned for the season by now, so it’s more about the finer points. However, in the
TAMPA, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees, 5-2, on Monday at George M. Steinbrenner Field, improving to 13-11 in Grapefruit League play. What happened The Tigers scored their five runs on six hits and two walks. They struck out 13 times. Right-hander Jose Urena made his final spring start and pitched into the fifth inning.
The Tigers watched the Twins and White Sox vault from rebuilding teams with loads of young talent to playoff contenders to division favorites over the past few years. It’s not Detroit’s turn to make the jump just yet, but it’s time for the Tigers to turn the corner. A.J. Hinch’s arrival as manager and Chris
The Tigers opted to mix and match at first base to open the season, but they’ll still have Renato Núñez just down the road in case they change their minds. The slugging first baseman decided not to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract and will report to the alternate site in Toledo, Ohio, when
Ah for the days when we had league MVP candidates wearing the Olde English D. A run at the big prize seems highly unlikely for any of the 2021 Detroit Tigers roster, but then again, stranger things have happened. In fact, they seem to be happening constantly these days. A ship getting stuck in the
Show Caption Hide Caption Why Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch decided to keep Akil Baddoo, Harold Castro Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch talks Saturday, March 27, 2021, about his Opening Day roster decisions. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press TAMPA, Fla. — Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter tested positive for COVID-19 and will be away from
TAMPA, Fla. — In a surprising move, Detroit Tigers first baseman Renato Nunez is staying with the organization, despite not getting cut Friday from consideration to make the 26-man Opening Day roster. The slugger turns 27 next week and will report to Toledo. He is be stationed set to compete at the alternate training site in April before Triple-A
Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter was looking forward to his first Opening Day in the Major Leagues, but he will have to watch from afar. The first-year coach is in isolation after receiving a positive test for COVID-19 on Sunday night, manager A.J. Hinch announced Monday morning. The Tigers have put additional coaches in camp
Lakeland, Fla. — Offsetting news Monday that the Tigers had lost pitching coach Chris Fetter for the time being to COVID-19 protocol, manager AJ Hinch revealed that first baseman Renato Nunez has decided to stick with the Tigers rather than pursue work with another club. Nunez, a right-handed hitting first baseman who next week turns
Detroit — The Tigers will not have their new pitching coach in the dugout on Opening Day on Thursday. Manager AJ Hinch announced Monday that Chris Fetter had tested positive for COVID-19 and would be away from the team “for the foreseeable future.” “I’m devastated for him,” Hinch said. “No. 1, we’re going to navigate through
Having closed out the last weekend of spring training baseball, we are a few short days away from the start of the season. The roster has been set and the team has two more warm ups before heading north. Let’s take a look at what folks are talking about. The first bit of news emerged
With Opening Day for your Detroit Tigers drawing close, the players and coaching staff are making their final preparations to begin the 2021 season. Unfortunately, they’ll have to do so without the presence of one of their key coaches. New Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter has been sidelined by a positive COVID test, and will
After undergoing a substantial reorganization, Minor League Baseball is embarking upon a new era in 2021. There are now 120 teams competing in 11 newly-named leagues, comprising four levels of play (Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Low-A). This is the first in a series of league-by-league articles, highlighting one unique fact about each team. The Triple-A
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Houston Astros craved a championship. General manager Jeff Luhnow — fired more than two years later, along with future Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch, for his role in the well-documented sign-stealing scandal — needed right-hander Justin Verlander to make a run at the franchise’s first World Series title. On Aug. 31, 2017, the Astros acquired Verlander
The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated almost every aspect of American life for the last 12 months. And the sports scene around these parts has been no different. The Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, along with Michigan and Michigan State, have all changed how they work, travel and operate on a
When it comes to making predictions for the 2021 MLB season, one doesn’t need to wander too far out on a limb to, say, pick Mike Trout to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. But where’s the fun in that? Instead, ahead of Opening Day on Thursday, MLB.com asked its beat reporters to
Three young Detroit boys pumped their fists in the air as their mom pulled into the parking lot next to Triumph Church on Sunday morning. The boys weren’t excited about worship service. They wanted to meet the Detroit Tigers’ mascot, PAWS. To celebrate the start of the Tigers’ baseball season on Thursday, the team hosted a giveaway
Dunedin, Fla. — What the Tigers have in Tarik Skubal is akin to what dog-owners have in their new pedigreed puppy. A lot of work ahead. And a lot of fun watching as some blessed DNA takes over and creates a certain, well, magnificence. Skubal has the physical stuff down. He affirmed as much Sunday at
The Tigers set their rotation a few days ago, knowing they wouldn’t have Spencer Turnbull for the start of the season. Now they’re not counting on having the young right-hander ready to rejoin their rotation until at least mid-April. “I know he’s been able to do a little bit of physical activity on him, but
With the final days of Spring Training at hand, top prospects are making bids to lock up roster spots heading into the 2021 big league season. Atlanta’s 16th-ranked talent Alex Jackson impressed both at and behind the plate to headline Sunday’s prospect performers. Jackson, who’s been in the running for a catching spot behind starter