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
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0, on Wednesday at BayCare Ballpark, falling to 7-9 in Grapefruit League play. What happened Left-hander Tarik Skubal started and went three scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and three walks — with six strikeouts — across his 70 pitches (38 strikes). This spring, Skubal has
Lakeland, Fla. — AJ Hinch was talking about the competition among left-handed relievers for the final one or two spots in his bullpen. This was Tuesday after Derek Holland had pitched so well in a spring loss to the Yankees. And, out of nowhere, he declared, “The only one guaranteed (a spot) is Daniel Norris.”
The Detroit Tigers are looking to exit their years-long rebuild. To do so, some among the group of top prospects will need to leave their prospect status behind and emerge as quality big league players. Tarik Skubal, the number 3 prospect in the system per MCB, is in a position to be the first among…
Derek Holland was ready to inherit a jam in the middle of an inning in Tuesday’s 7-4 loss to the Yankees. Pitching coach Chris Fetter had warned Tigers relievers that their appearances would start feeling more like game situations. He was not expecting bases loaded and nobody out. It wasn’t entirely by design. Michael Fulmer
Here are the 2021 guaranteed-to-be-right-as-long-as-you-don’t-check-back-a-year-from-now hitting sleepers, as comprised by a combination of “interesting analytical data” and “gut feel,” which is really all you can do in these cases. These players haven’t yet had full-season breakouts, and a glimpse at surface-level stats may or may not cause them to be that interesting. We think they’re
With just over two weeks left until Opening Day, there are a surprising number of question marks about the 2021 Detroit Tigers roster. Surprising mainly because the Tigers actually have several difficult decisions facing them. For three seasons now, the players who mattered were obvious, while many of the final spots simply went to whoever
LAKELAND, Fla. — Derek Holland warmed up on the mound with the bases loaded and no outs in the third inning Tuesday against the New York Yankees. He prepared to face Mike Tauchman, Tyler Wade and Rob Brantly — three left-handed hitters. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch needed a combination of strikes and weak contact. The
LAKELAND, Fla. — Four years ago, Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer didn’t need to prove anything in spring training. He just won the 2016 American League Rookie of the Year, shortly after the Tigers acquired him in July 2015 from the New York Mets in exchange for Yoenis Cespedes. It seemed Fulmer was on the
One year ago, the sports world stopped. We thought it’d be a minute. It would seem like forever. Only now are things, sort of, getting back to normal. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s latest state order allows up to 750 fans at Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings home games, and up to 1,000 once the Detroit Tigers start
Award winners can come from anywhere — the contenders, the pretenders and even the basement-dwellers. Some teams have an abundance of award candidates, others make us squint a bit. But all of them have at least one guy who could conceivably win a Most Valuable Player, Cy Young or Rookie of the Year honor in
Lakeland, Fla. — The admission came toward the end of his post-game Zoom interview. Michael Fulmer went immediately into the weight room after his somewhat erratic, somewhat encouraging start in the Tigers 7-4 spring loss to the Yankees at Joker Marchant Stadium on Tuesday. He first needed to blow off some steam. “Let’s be honest,” he
Lakeland, Fla. — The odds against Christin Stewart starting the season with the Tigers were long the day outfielder Robbie Grossman was signed to a two-year, $10 million deal. They grew longer when the club subsequently signed outfielder Nomar Mazara. Finally, all bets were off after Stewart struck out 10 times in 17 plate appearances this
Lakeland, Fla. — Derek Holland had been forewarned. Pitching coach Chris Fetter had told him and the other relievers that manager AJ Hinch was looking to throw them into the fire. He was looking to challenge them by sending them into pressure situations. “He said we were going to start treating these like real games,” Holland
The Detroit Tigers trimmed the spring training roster today with a series of moves that have the roster down to 41 players. The players that were optioned to Toledo: Mini-camp: INF Kody Clemens Stewart struggled in camp, going 2-for-17 in spring training. While I had Lange hanging around towards the end of spring training fighting…