Over the past two weeks, we have released our top 20 Detroit Tigers prospects which included detailed breakdowns of the 20 best prospects in the system. Now, it’s time for us to explore the remainder of the Detroit Tigers farm system and highlight some the interesting names from beyond the top 20 (see what I did there).…
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera: ‘I can’t wait to be at first (base) again’ Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera talks Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, about his spring training with a new coaching staff. Detroit Tigers LAKELAND, Fla. — We don’t see many capital-S Superstars grow old,
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What Detroit Tigers’ Zack Short thinks about Kody Clemens, Spencer Torkelson Detroit Tigers infielder Zack Short checks in Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, from spring training in Lakeland, Florida. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Spring training’s slate of games officially starts Sunday with seven Grapefruit League
If baseball is the national pastime, then the humble baseball cap is its logo. Children run all summer under sweat-stained bills, office workers toss on ballcaps as they flee to catch mid-day games and every superhero knows you need a cap to blend in with the crowd. It’s a shorthand for baseball — and an
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Former two-time American League MVP Miguel Cabrera, the elder statesman of the Detroit Tigers, took batting practice Friday, surrounded by up-and-coming prospects, at Joker Marchant Stadium. And then the soon-to-be 38-year-old explained why his body feels like it did in 2014, just two years after he sat on baseball’s throne as the
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Two of the most revered milestones in baseball — 3,000 hits and 500 home runs — are of the utmost importance to future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera, entering his 19th season in the majors and 14th with the Detroit Tigers. Currently, the 37-year-old is 134 hits and 13 homers shy of reaching
It feels like Tyler Alexander’s historic nine-straight-strikeout performance on August 2, 2020, for the Detroit Tigers against the Cincinnati Reds was an eternity ago; but just six months prior, fans were wondering if the Detroit Tigers may have found a long-man bullpen arm.
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Every morning, pitching coaches Chris Fetter and Juan Nieves make themselves available to any pitcher who wants a little extra time, time that’s not already budgeted into their busy practice schedules, to work on their mechanics. Just about every morning, Michael Fulmer has taken them up on
Miguel Cabrera shared his thoughts on the upcoming season, including how he’ll approach the big milestones moments that are on the horizon – 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. Manager A.J. Hinch also checks in with his thoughts on the future hall of famer, and the need to not tip-toe around the greatest players in
Lakeland, Fla. — It’s not the same, it really isn’t. Sure, every spring he’s in the best shape of his career. Every spring, he’s brimming with energy and enthusiasm. Every spring with Miguel Cabrera, hopes and high spirits abound. All that is true again as Cabrera, soon to be 38 years old, embarks on his
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — For the first time since last year’s spring training was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, Joker Marchant Stadium — the home of Detroit Tigers spring training — felt baseball’s presence. Miguel Cabrera at first base. Spencer Torkelson at third base, with Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal on the mound. They went through
LAKELAND, Fla. — The sound from the back fields at Tigertown this week was unmistakable, even beyond the outfield fences. There was no mistaking where the yelling was coming from. Miguel Cabrera was back on the field, egging guys on in practice, helping guys through the humdrum of a Spring Training workout. “I love to
One of my favorite traditions of when the Detroit Tigers head to Lakeland to start spring training is the storylines that are formed and in certain cases, attached to a Hall of Famer or forgotten about.
Detroit Tigers prospects like Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson are so skilled and physically impressive it can sometimes be easy to forget how young they still are. Torkelson was six when the first iPhone was released. Greene can’t drink legally for another seven months.
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Brandon Inge spent 13 seasons in Major League Baseball, played in one World Series, was part of a team that made another, once was an American League All-Star, signed enough autographs to fill the Library of Congress, and for a time was regarded as one of the most athletic players
They’ve come up together through the Tigers system, forming a bond as teammates and friends. Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal both hope to officially shed their “prospect” status this season after getting a taste of the major leagues last season, and they’re excited to be doing it together. We hear from the promising pair of
Speed. It’s one of those tools that can’t be taught, but how to use it effectively on the basepaths can. There have been plenty of players who could flat-out fly who never learned to properly steal a base, and plenty of players with good speed who were more effective at that nuance of the game.
LAKELAND, Fla. — Don Kelly last played for the Tigers in 2014. Andrew Romine played all nine positions for Detroit four years ago. The spirit of their versatility appears to be alive and well under new manager A.J. Hinch. While the Tigers took live batting practice on the workout fields behind Joker Marchant Stadium on
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — It didn’t take but a day or two for new Tigers’ manager AJ Hinch to figure out what previous managers already learned: If you don’t schedule Miguel Cabrera off the baseball field, he won’t ever leave. Cabrera, a month and a half shy of 38, has been his
Tigers lefty Gregory Soto tells our Matt Shepard he’s looking for consistency, then everything else will flow. #TigersST