Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — Wanting to slash salary to avoid paying luxury tax, the New York Yankees opted to make a rare trade with the Boston Red Sox. Boston acquired struggling reliever Adam Ottavino along with minor league right-hander Frank German from the Yankees on Monday for a player to be
Daniel Norris has spent past offseasons driving across the country in a van, surfing off the coast of Nicaragua and hiking through the mountains of Hawaii. His biggest trip this offseason was a trek last week to Matthew Boyd’s home in Seattle, complete with a trip down memory lane. It Daniel Norris has spent past
Tigers pitcher Matt Boyd says that he had a houseguest last week, teammate Daniel Norris, who his kids
Jake Seiner | Associated Press The Cactus League and Arizona community leaders have asked Major League Baseball to delay the start of spring training due to coronavirus concerns just over three weeks before pitchers and catchers are supposed to report. The Cactus League made the request in a letter to Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred obtained
JC Reindl | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Michigan online sports betting begins: What you need to know Michigan authorities are letting casinos and their partners to allow online sports bets more than a year after gambling was made legal here. Tyler J. Davis, Wochit The opening weekend for legal online sports betting
It has now been 45 years since the advent of MLB free agency, and 44 years since the Detroit Tigers signed their first ever free agent, the flashy and loquacious Tito Fuentes. A few days ago Mike Petriello of MLB.com took a look at another former Detroit Tigers player, Max Scherzer, and wondered if he…
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — Daniel Norris remembers the first time he shared a living space with Matthew Boyd. It was back in 2013, in Lansing, when they were both pitching for the Lugnuts, the Blue Jays’ Low-A affiliate. “I told him he could come live with us,” Norris recalled in a Zoom
As spring training approaches, Tigers pitch Daniel Norris says he wants to be a starter.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Matthew Boyd: Detroit Tigers ‘dialed in’ to report Feb. 17 for spring training Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd talks Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, about his expectations for spring training in Lakeland, Florida. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Matthew Boyd’s 2020 season for the Detroit Tigers was a disaster.
Casey Mize, the #2 rated right-handed pitching prospect according to MLBPipeline.com, is looking to do more than just build upon his debut season.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers VP of player development: ‘Feel very good about talent’ in minors Detroit Tigers vice president of player development Dave Littlefield checks in Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, about the team’s minor-league system. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Last week, Detroit Tigers left-handed reliever Gregory Soto
Comerica Park has a chance to host some history during the 2021 season, as Miguel Cabrera sits just 13 home runs away from 500 and 134 hits away from 3,000. If he notches them at home, those moments will join the long list of memories over the ballpark’s history. Here’s Comerica Park has a chance
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ AJ Hinch thinks team can win in 2021 with ‘mindset change’ Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch breaks down the team’s offseason entering the 2021 season Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press The sports calendar has seemingly been out of whack
We are starting a series of articles reviewing the Detroit Tigers’ biggest foes will be in 2021. We start with Shane Bieber, the 2020 Cy Young Award winner. During the shortened 2020 season Shane Bieber outperformed everyone’s expectations as he unanimously won the American League Cy Young Award while being the second player in Cleveland’s…
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ AJ Hinch thinks team can win in 2021 with ‘mindset change’ Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch breaks down the team’s offseason entering the 2021 season Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press The sports calendar has seemingly been out of whack
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Michael Fulmer describes ’embarrassing’ 2020 season Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer speaks Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, about preparing to work with new pitching coach Chris Fetter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Derek Holland will never forget his first 11 pitches against the Detroit
Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — The Yankees made another high-risk offseason addition to their starting rotation, acquiring right-hander Jameson Taillon from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday for four prospects. Pittsburgh received right-handers Roansy Contreras and Miguel Yajure, infielder Maikol Escotto and outfielder Canaan Smith. Taillon, 29, has not pitched since May 1,
Now that A.J. Hinch is the manager of the Detroit Tigers, Derek Holland doesn’t seem to care one bit about his cheating scandal with the Astros. Major League Baseball fans across the country remain furious with A.J. Hinch and the Houston Astros. The team’s sign-stealing scandal rocked the bigs, which led to Hinch and the…
Jerry Green | Special to The Detroit News Until then, the home-run sluggers were beefy white men with ruddy jowls. Babe Ruth. Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg. Then came Henry Aaron. Slender. Black. Dignified. Gracious. Henry Aaron exploded the stereotypes and succeeded mightily against the prejudices that had lingered in Baseball for nearly a century. There
The Detroit Tigers could use a left-handed catcher. The Oakland A’s have one in Austin Allen. Does it make sense? Let’s discuss. Since the off-season has begun, we here at Motor City Bengals have tried to come up with trade ideas that realistically, may not ever happen but would make sense for the Detroit Tigers…