Every baseball season brings inevitable roster churn, and there are a few Detroit Tigers who may find themselves out of a roster spot very soon. It’s an unfortunate reality in a highly competitive business, but if the Detroit Tigers actually want to get better, they need to part ways with players who aren’t up to…
Stop me if you’ve heard this in some form…”Detroit Tigers shortstop Willi Castro had an unsustainable BABIP in 2020 and he’s going to meet the Regression Monster in a dark alley this season.” A view that begs the question: Is Willi Castro the future at shortstop in Detroit or just the present?
Over the last two weeks, we’ve been updating Top 30 Prospects lists for every organization. We’ve ranked, graded and reported on 900 rising talents who hope to make an impact in the Majors. And yet it’s never enough. Going 30 deep still doesn’t give us enough space to include every intriguing phenom or future big
Detroit Tigers fans will have the chance to get back into the Comerica Park stands. Don’t expect any sellouts quite yet and don’t forget your debit card. Limited ticket sales to Tigers games will begin Thursday, the team announced Friday. Just under 8,200 seats, about 20% of Comerica Park’s capacity, will be sold. Gov. Gretchen
The Detroit Tigers and every team in baseball for that matter add depth to their roster by signing free agents to one-year contracts or to minor league deals. These players can add value in a number of ways, but for bad teams, they can be low-risk, high-upside acquisitions. Kind of like, the baseball GMs version…
Lakeland, Fla. — Niko Goodrum is tired of hearing people talking about things he doesn’t do well on a baseball field. The man is a switch-hitter and not only can he play seven positions on the diamond but he can play them well. He was a Gold Glove finalist at shortstop last year and lost his
Lakeland, Fla. – One minute you are in the conversation to be the club’s opening day starter and the next you are quarantined and can’t get into the building. Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Friday morning that right-handed starter Spencer Turnbull was being kept away from the Tiger Town facilities “for a few days” in
The restocked Tigers farm system reached an intriguing intersection in 2020. Its top pitching prospects, the heart of the rebuilding effort that began four years ago, began to graduate to the big leagues last summer. At the same time, its buildup of hitting prospects accelerated with the selection of Spencer Torkelson with the top overall
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull, in the conversation for the Opening Day starter, has left the team’s spring training facility and entered quarantine because of COVID-19 protocols. “He’s unavailable at this point,” manager AJ Hinch said Friday. “He’s not at the facility today, and he won’t be here for the coming days.
We’re getting down to the final 10 days of spring training, and that means it is roster decision time. To break down what we’ve see from the 2021 Tigers so far, we’ve got an old friend along on this one. Kenon Carter, former prospect writer for Bless You Boys, and host of the Detroit Tigers
Single-game tickets to go on-sale Thursday, March 25 on Tigers.com Comprehensive health & safety protocols include required pre-arrival health screenings, mandatory mask wearing, physically distanced seating, contactless experience and CDC-recommended cleaning enhancements DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers are thrilled to welcome back the best fans in baseball to Comerica Park for what will be an
Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration will allow crowds of up to 20% of capacity limits at outdoor stadiums and will impose new testing requirements for youth sports. The updated order, which was released Friday morning, means that the Detroit Tigers can accommodate more than 8,200 fans for its April 1 home opener and succeeding games,
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The MLB All-Star Game will be held on Tuesday, July 13 down in Atlanta. For the Detroit Tigers, it has been a series of solo representations in the Midsummer Classic the last few seasons. Here’s the recent Tigers who have appeared:
We’re now two weeks away from Opening Day at Comerica Park, meaning we’re now at a point where questions gravitate towards the Opening Day roster. Not surprisingly, a lot of those questions revolve around Rule 5 pick Akil Baddoo and his bid to make the Tigers outfield. If Baddoo makes the team, which looks like
Lakeland, Fla. — Back in mid-February, before spring training got rolling, AJ Hinch looked over his roster and frankly didn’t see a lot of tough decisions ahead. “I could name the team right now,” he said. “Something would have to really surprise us.” Well, surprise! Rule 5 outfielder Akil Baddoo has been a marvel — slashing
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal’s bread and butter is his four-seam fastball. It sits around 95 mph but reaches the upper-90s, and when he executes up in the strike zone, he seems unstoppable. But when a pitcher doesn’t have his best stuff he must adjust. The ability to do so is often
By Mark Polishuk | March 17, 2021 at 1:36pm CDT Bobby Witt Jr. has been one of the stars of Spring Training, as the highly-touted prospect has wowed teammates and observers at the Royals’ camp. As a result, Dayton Moore is “very much open-minded of him being on this team as we break this camp,”