Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Willi Castro took a shot at the tiki bar on Monday afternoon and then went on a leisurely stroll around the park. OK. Relax. Not one of those shots. Castro hit an impressive home run into a tiki bar beyond the right-center field fence — more than a 400-foot
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Bradenton, Fla. — The good baseball folks at FanGraphs have made a keen observation about new Tigers’ right fielder Nomar Mazara. How does a guy have a hard-hit rate that’s in the top 10 percentile in baseball last season, an exit velocity that’s in the top 18 percentile and come out
After top top hitting prospects grabbed the spotlight on Day 1 and Day 2 of camp, the pitchers came out strong on Tuesday. Top-100 hurlers Casey Mize, Ian Anderson and Matthew Liberatore each twirled scoreless outings for their respective teams in their 2020 Spring Training debuts. Mize, who ranks as MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 right-handed
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize strolled out of the bullpen Tuesday at LECOM Park with catcher Grayson Greiner and pitching coach Chris Fetter by his side. Last year, Mize made his seven starts in his MLB debut season. His command, seemingly for the first time in his
BRADENTON, Fla. — Spencer Torkelson’s first Spring Training game appearance as a Tiger on Tuesday had a little irony to it. Among the humbling moments that the top overall Draft pick endured in his first week of camp was a slip and fall around first base during baserunning drills on Friday. The drill took place
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watching Riley Greene’s dad watch the Detroit Tigers’ prospect bat vs. Yankees As Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene hits against Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole during the March 1, 2021, exhibition, Greene’s dad, Alan, watches. Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press BRADENTON, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Bradenton, Fla. — Casey Mize has five above average to elite pitches. That’s why the Tigers took him with the first overall pick in the draft in 2018. That’s why he’s been on top of the club’s prospects list since he signed. That’s why he has a chance to be
Manager A.J. Hinch offers his insight after his Tigers beat the Pirates 6-1 Tuesday. #TigersST
We hear from Casey Mize after he throws two scoreless innings Tuesday and says it was a blast doing it in front of fans again. #TigersST
BRADENTON, Fla. — Casey Mize came to Spring Training looking to win a rotation spot. He knew better than to try to do that with his first outing. He learned that from his last time here. One year after Mize allowed runs but closed strong in his Grapefruit League debut at the same park, he
Tag along for a day in the life of A.J. Hinch at spring training. The new Tigers manager is known for his attention to detail, and that comes through when discussing the future of Spencer Torkelson, the focus on hard contact, and even the way he approaches signing autographs.
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Bradenton, Fla. — Game of adjustments, right? You hear that phrase day after day, year after year, around the game of baseball. Here’s what that looks like: Tigers right-hander Casey Mize got two quick strikes on veteran right-handed hitter Todd Frazier leading off the second inning Monday at LECOM Park, but he
We all know the drill. Don’t get too excited about spring training. For the past three seasons, that’s been pretty easy for fans of the Detroit Tigers. However, as the better prospects are beginning to make their presence felt, and the 2021 roster is fortified with a decent selection of veteran players and reclamation projects,
Time: 1:05 p.m.Place: LECOM Park, Bradenton, Fla.Media: MLB.TV (Pirates’ feed), Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize vs. RHP J.T. Brubaker Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene and Dillon Dingler on today’s travel roster for Tigers, who face the Pirates at 1:05 in Bradenton. Casey Mize gets the start. pic.twitter.com/VXlVZrzoQY — Jason Beck (@beckjason) March 2, 2021
Yesterday we looked at three Statcast standouts from the first Detroit Tigers spring training game of the season. We won’t be doing this for every game…but it’s kind of fun when the young players and prospects are in camp, so let’s give it another whirl!
As a Rule 5 draft pick, with limited experience in the upper minors, Akil Baddoo faces an uphill battle to make the 26 man roster. But, for a rebuilding team looking to add depth and talent, the Detroit Tigers have every intention of giving him a chance to stick.
Detroit Tigers prospect Alex Faedo had probably heard the whispers in college from those worried that his herky-jerky three-quarter slot may end up leading to injury. Despite some efforts by the team and Faedo to clean things up with his motion, that forecast by the draft and college baseball gurus, unfortunately, became a reality in…
Kirkland Crawford| Detroit Free Press Grapefruit League: Detroit Tigers (1-1) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0) When: 1 p.m. Tuesday. Where: LECOM Park, Bradenton, Florida. TV: None. Radio: WXYT-AM (1270; other radio affiliates). First-pitch weather forecast: Cloudy, 79 degrees. Probable starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Casey Mize (0-3, 6.99 ERA in 2020) vs. Pirates RHP JT Brubaker (1-3, 4.94
The Detroit Tigers have been remarkably consistent over the past four seasons. The team has posted winning percentages of .395, .395, and .397 in three of those seasons, the only outlier being their .292 percentage in 2019. The Tigers sunk to the bottom of baseball in 2017 and have failed to improve since then. Tigers’
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press TAMPA, Fla. — Alan Greene glanced at the scoreboard in George M. Steinbrenner Field, scanned the batting order and realized his son, Riley, was about to come up to bat for the Detroit Tigers. Alan was watching the game on Monday afternoon with a group of friends — and one