Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — When Casey Mize finished throwing his bullpen Thursday, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch pulled him aside. The conversation wasn’t brief. “His pitches are elite across the board,” Hinch said Friday, the third day of pitcher-catcher workouts in spring training. “When he understands the impact of the elevated
2020 2nd Round Pick Dillon Dingler is impressing many at his first big league spring training. The former Ohio State catcher earned praise from new Tigers manager and former MLB catcher AJ Hinch, who likes the leadership he’s seen from the 22–year-old Dingler.
Tigers general manager Al Avila has said it: Detroit needs more pitching. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch is not going to say that. There’s a reason for that: Hinch wants to make it clear that he believes in the pitchers they have. That’s part of his job. “Obviously as a manager, you want as many options
The Tigers are four years deep in their rebuilding process, which means we’re four deep into Tigers bloggers constantly jawing about how the team needs to diversify the way they go about asset acquisition. While the team hasn’t done much in the Asian markets or by gambling on high-value reclamation projects, they’ve overhauled their strategy
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Jack of all trades, master of none. In a nutshell, this figure of speech fits Detroit Tigers reliever Buck Farmer, the factotum of the bullpen. That bodes well for new manager AJ Hinch, who is going to push his relievers to pitch multiple innings this season. If Farmer has the hot hand, Hinch will let him
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Every day, it seems, the Tigers are either adding or in talks to add more pitching. Veteran Wily Peralta agreed to a minor-league deal Thursday night. With right-hander Taijuan Walker signing with the New York Mets on Friday, the door is now possibly open for a reunion between
The Tigers’ ongoing search for pitching help could lead them to a familiar face. Detroit has shown interest in a potential reunion with its former top pick turned veteran starter Rick Porcello, MLB.com has learned, though the two sides remain apart on potential contract terms. If the two sides can bridge the gap, it would
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. – The Tigers on Thursday agreed to terms on a minor-league deal with veteran right-handed reliever Wily Peralta. Eventually the 31-year-old will join the Tigers’ big-league camp, but he is sorting through visa issues. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, who first reported the deal, said Peralta would earn $1.5
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — He has been here before. This is where it happened. Right in Joker Marchant Stadium. AJ Hinch was a member of the Cleveland Indians in 2003, getting ready to play a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, when he was walking from the bullpen
The Red Sox announced this afternoon that they’ve claimed righty John Schreiber off waivers from the Tigers and placed left-hander Chris Sale on the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man roster spot. The Sale move shouldn’t come as a shock, given that he underwent Tommy John surgery on March 30 last year. It was
Recent seasons have seen a bunch of exciting new aces make the leap, like Dinelson Lamet and Corbin Burnes in 2020 and Shane Bieber and Lucas Giolito in 2019. Let’s figure out who might be next. MLB.com convened five reporters to draft 10 breakout pitcher candidates for the coming season — five from the American
Teams began to open Spring Training camps on Wednesday, the first on-field step toward the launching of the 2021 season. While the initial focus will be on new faces in new places — Nolan Arenado with the Cardinals, Francisco Lindor with the Mets, Yu Darvish and Blake Snell with the Padres — there also are
Reliever Joe Jimenez says that he’s confident the Tigers will take another step forward this season because of the pieces they added during the off-season. #TigersST
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Joe Jimenez doesn’t fully understand. His struggles for the Detroit Tigers in 2020 were products of a dip in fastball velocity, getting hit hard when he lost control of his slider and rarely using his changeup. Then, suddenly, everything improved. “Something clicked,” said the 26-year-old Thursday, the second
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. – Yes, AJ Hinch likes versatility. He likes options both with his starting lineup – a day to day lineup, not an everyday lineup. Yes, he’s not big on setting hard-and-fast job descriptions, especially with his bullpen and certainly not in February. But don’t get it twisted. “I don’t
Tigers pitcher Buck Farmer says that he’s working on becoming more confident throwing his slider-curve, so he doesn’t fall into that two-pitch mix of fastball and change-up. #TigersST
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The Tigers have signed right-hander Wily Peralta to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league camp, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. The deal comes with a $1.5MM base salary and up to $300K in incentives. This is the first we’ve heard about Peralta in quite some time, as he didn’t surface
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla — The Detroit Tigers have signed veteran right-hander Wily Peralta to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training, a source with knowledge of the agreement told the Free Press on Thursday night. The 31-year-old will compete for a job in the starting rotation but could shift to
The Tigers added to their pitching depth Thursday by agreeing to terms with veteran reliever Wily Peralta to a Minor League contract with an invite to Major League Spring Training, according to a source. The 31-year-old Peralta will make $1.5 million if he makes the Major League roster, with another $300,000 possible in incentives, according