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,”
Come month’s end, FSD will be MIA. Fox Sports Detroit will officially be rebranded as Bally Sports Detroit on March 31, the final step in Disney’s sell-off of 19 regional sports networks after acquiring them from Fox in March 2019. The U.S. Justice Department ordered the regional sports networks to be sold, to avoid monopoly
Marlins prospect Jazz Chisholm and Red Sox prospect Bobby Dalbec could each add some power to a big league lineup during the regular season this year, but why wait? On Wednesday, Chisholm slugged his second homer of Spring Training, and Dalbec belted his second grand slam. Chisholm, the No. 66 overall prospect with 55-grade pop,
Lakeland, Fla. – Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal and Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm have never faced each other in a big-league game, but they sure have some history. Both drafted in 2018 – Bohm in round one, Skubal in round nine – they’ve gone at each other in rookie ball in the Gulf Coast League,
By Connor Byrne | March 17, 2021 at 4:38pm CDT Orioles manager Brandon Hyde issued a fairly encouraging update on right-hander Felix Hernandez, who left his outing Tuesday with discomfort in his pitching elbow. Hyde told Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com and other reporters that the issue is “just bothering him a little bit right now,”
So long, Fox Sports Detroit. Well, so long to that name, at least. Fox Sports Detroit, home to Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers and other local sports coverage, will be known as Bally Sports Detroit starting March 31 — the day before the Tigers’ Opening Day telecast. The deal has long been in the works but was recently confirmed by the network’s
One pitch after another, Tarik Skubal kept coming after Bryce Harper. Only one of them was a fastball. Skubal was trying to strand runners at second and third base Wednesday and find a way out of a third-inning jam he created with back-to-back walks to open the frame. Harper was trying to stay alive in