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…
Michael Fulmer left a bases-loaded jam on the mound as he exited with nobody out in the third inning of the Tigers’ 7-4 Grapefruit League loss to the Yankees on Tuesday. He then walked back to the clubhouse and left his frustrations in the weight room. “I was frustrated as all get out,” Fulmer said.
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers lost to the New York Yankees, 7-4, on Monday at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. The Tigers dropped to 7-8 in Grapefruit League play. What happened Battling to secure a rotation spot, right-hander Michael Fulmer pitched into the third inning but struggled through his 63 pitches (32 strikes). He gave
He will forever be remembered around here as one-sixth of the package of prospects that made Miguel Cabrera a Detroit Tiger. Matt Walbeck will remember Eulogio “Frankie” De La Cruz for so much more than that. “He was one of those guys that could really light up a clubhouse,” said Matt Walbeck, De La Cruz’s manager
Lakeland, Fla. — For sheer weirdness, nothing during decades of covering Tigers spring camps beat 1995. It was the year when players were on strike. It was the spring when guys wanted so badly to be “big-leaguers” they didn’t mind taking the lockers of established stars who were in the process of guaranteeing the Major League Players
The Detroit Tigers are deep into their rebuild now, and after a pretty ugly start, it looks as though they are finally starting to win their trades. The phrase “win a trade” is a bit misleading, because it implies the other team (or teams) lost the deal. Sometimes trades work out well for both sides,…
College bats with power and strong baseball bloodlines are attractive assets to teams in the MLB Draft. In Kody Clemens, the Detroit Tigers got both. Clemens came into the Tigers system as a second base only prospect out of the University of Texas. With solid power potential and a hard nosed style of play, he
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Lakeland, Fla. — As manager AJ Hinch said Tuesday morning, a player being willing to do something isn’t the same as him liking it. Niko Goodrum, who got the start in center field here in the spring game against the Yankees, is more than willing to do anything he’s asked. But that doesn’t mean he likes
The next Tigers starter of the future became a Toledo Mud Hen for the present on Tuesday. But Matt Manning, the No. 25 prospect on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects list, could bypass the Glass City altogether. Baseball’s decision to delay the Triple-A season by a month and revive the alternate training site format for
There are few things on this earth I enjoy more than a good play on words. For me, the almighty pun reigns supreme in terms of the best type of wordplay, but high on the list is the anagram. For those unfamiliar (and you’ll figure it out pretty quickly down below), an anagram uses the
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers continue to trim the roster as spring training winds down. The second round of cuts on Tuesday optioned five players to Triple-A Toledo: right-handed pitchers Matt Manning, Franklin Perez and Alex Lange, infielder Zack Short and outfielder Christin Stewart. This means these players — along with the four pitchers
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
Sánchez made his first career Spring Training appearance, after a visa issue and a false-positive COVID-19 test delayed his campaign. The Marlins’ top prospect worked around a pair of hits and a walk for 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Sánchez utilized three ground balls, including two double plays to get out unscathed. McClanahan pitched a perfect
Lakeland, Fla. — Baseball is intriguing on so many levels, even in an otherwise drowsy, mid-camp Grapefruit League game like the Tigers 4-0 loss to the Blue Jays on Monday at Joker Marchant Stadium. Before the game, manager AJ Hinch was asked what he hoped to see out of lefty Matthew Boyd, who was making his
Editor’s note: This is the third 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 of the few mysteries within Brady House’s baseball portfolio is whether a man 6-foot-3, 212 pounds, who doesn’t turn 18 until June, can stay nimble
Pitching and defense were the theme of the day, as the Tigers fell to the Blue Jays 4-0. Despite the tough day for the Tigers bats, prospect Riley Greene still found a way to get on base.