It’s understandable if Detroit Tigers fans are a bit envious of San Diego Padres fans. After all, the Padres just had one hell of a day, trading for both Blake Snell and Yu Darvish, and then signing Ha-seong Kim, the best international free agent on the market.
Those within the Detroit Tigers organization think the team is closer to contention than the average pundit. An MLB rebuild takes time. Unlike, say, the NBA, where one top-ranked prospect can change the course of a team’s history, the best up-and-comers in baseball take years to develop in MiLB’s system. The Tigers are a classic…
The 2020 baseball season offered us plenty of excitement in a short span, from the July 23 Opening Day matchups all the way through Game 6 of the World Series. Even with fewer games than normal, there were feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. It’s hard to pick just one
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Every July in a tiny village in upstate New York, the living history of baseball is on full display. It’s long been tradition for living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame to return to Cooperstown for the annual induction weekend, and, health permitting, almost all of them do.
On December 13 of 2019, I took the position of co-expert for Motor City Bengals. One of my responsibilities of course is to write about the Detroit Tigers on a semi-daily basis. In total, I have written over 200 articles, done about 61 podcasts in a year in which we saw only 60 games. Along…
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Tom Wilson, a fixture in sports and entertainment in southeast Michigan for four decades, announced he will retire from Ilitch Companies at the end of the year. The Detroit native’s legacy includes having a huge hand building two sports arenas in metro Detroit, the Palace of Auburn Hills and Little
The 2020 season was not all doom-and-gloom despite the rancid record and the accompanying antagonizing fanbase. Although it was another year in which the Detroit Tigers finished in the bottom five of the league, there were encouraging performances from some unlikely sources that could make 2021 and beyond a bit more interesting.
Jay Cohen | Associated Press Chicago — San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller reunited with an old friend in another blockbuster move Tuesday night. The aggressive Padres got Yu Darvish in a trade with the Chicago Cubs, adding another ace to their rotation after announcing a deal for Blake Snell earlier in the day.
The purpose of a farm system is to develop talent for its parent club, whether it be directly with young players or indirectly with trades. This year, however, that simple objective was complicated by the pandemic, which resulted in a lost Minor League season, a shortened Major League schedule and a five-round Draft. As a
Even though the 2020 season lasted only 60 games, it saw its fair share of notable individual performances. There were two no-hitters, 10 three-homer games, six five-hit outbursts and much more. Some of these games produced stat lines never before seen in baseball history — at least as far back Even though the 2020 season
The best seasons of José Ureña’s career came with Juan Nieves as his pitching coach in Miami, including Ureña’s 14-win season in 2017. When Ureña looked for a new opportunity this offseason after spending his entire six-year career in Miami, seeing Nieves as the new assistant pitching coach in Detroit The best seasons of José
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Jose Urena ‘happy’ to join team on one-year deal Detroit Tigers right-hander Jose Urena speaks Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, about joining a new organization and what he hopes to accomplish. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press The newest member of the Detroit Tigers is
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — More than two years later, Jose Urena still insists the pitch just got away from him. If you knew anything at all about this lanky, Dominican-born right-hander before the Tigers signed him last week for one year at $3.25 million, it was probably that on Aug. 15, 2018,
We hear from the newest member of the Tigers pitching corps, Jose Urena.
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The Detroit Stars were a charter member of the Negro National League in 1920 (Photo Credit: MLBemuseum.com) On December 16, Major League Baseball announced that it will now officially recognize seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920-1948 as major leagues. Historians have long considered baseball played in these leagues as comparable in quality to
The Detroit Stars were a charter member of the Negro National League in 1920 (Photo Credit: MLBemuseum.com) On December 16, Major League Baseball announced that it will now officially recognize seven profession Negro Leagues that operated between 1920-1948 as major leagues. Historians have long considered baseball played in these leagues as comparable in quality to
CLEVELAND, OHIO – JULY 28: Starting pitcher Carlos Rodon #55 of the Chicago White Sox pitches during the first inning of game 2 of a double header against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on July 28, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Mike Fitzpatrick | Associated Press Two months ago, Blake Snell got yanked off the mound with a two-hit shutout going in the final game of the World Series. Now, the Tampa Bay Rays are ready to ship him out of town. The San Diego Padres are close to completing a blockbuster trade to acquire Snell
As reported yesterday by ESPN’s Buster Olney, ($) right-hander Corey Kluber is set to throw in front of scouts on either January 12 or 13th. The Detroit Tigers haven’t confirmed whether their scouts will attend, but let’s take a look at if adding Corey Kluber is a good idea or a bad idea.