Detroit Tigers
Schooped: Why the Tigers Need to Move on From Jonathan Schoop
Background The date is December 21, 2019. The Detroit Tigers, coming off their second worst season in franchise history at 47-114, decide to sign two veterans who were both teammates in the past season with the Minnesota Twins in C.J. Cron and Jonathan Schoop. Both players signed to the same contract, a one year, $6.1 […]
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Saying Goodbye to a GOAT: Miggy’s Farewell Season
You know what they say, “There’s no crying in Baseball”… However, just over five months from now when the sunsets on Miguel Cabrera’s phenomenal career, I can almost guarantee that Miggy and Tigers fans watching from around the world will shed some tears. When Cabrera entered the big leagues in 2003, he was a 185-pound […]
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Gage Workman off to a great start with the Erie SeaWolves
Erie SeaWolves infielder Gage Workman was named this week’s MiLB player of the week. Workman batted .333 this week with eight hits, seven RBIs, and 2 Home Runs. The Detroit Tigers drafted Workman in the 4th round, 102 overall, back in 2020. He played three seasons with the Arizona Sun Devils. In college, he had […]
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Tigers Vs. Rays Series Recap: The More Things Change, The More Things Stay The Same
The 2023 Detroit Tigers started their season this weekend in Saint Petersburg against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Tigers came into this season with the bar for offense very, VERY low, but most fans (including myself) thought there would be improvement. However, watching this series over the weekend, it seems as if nothing has changed […]
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Rays Shutout Tigers 4-0 on Opening Day
The baseball season is finally here, and the Rays capped off the festivities with a fairly perfect opening-day victory over the Detroit Tigers. The opening-day lineup for the home team looked like the one that most had predicted; Diaz, Brandon Lowe, Franco, and Paredes in the infield, with Arozarena, Siri, and Margot in the outfield. […]
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Tigers Make a Trade Before Start of 2023 Season
The Tigers have done it again… They have made a trade, just like they did at the end of Spring Training in 2022. This time around, it isn’t as big of a splash as when they acquired Austin Meadows from Tampa Bay, but it is still an intriguing trade. Zach McKinstry is once again on […]
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Ty Madden has Value to the Future of the Detroit Tigers Pitching Staff
Ty Madden has a lot of upside. A four-pitch pitcher who commands the mound well has landed Madden at #5 in the Detroit Tigers pipeline. Madden hides his pitches well, and the ball explodes out of his release. Coming out of the University of Texas, Madden was a three-pitch pitcher, but he refined his changeup […]
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The Battle for the Final Tigers Roster Spot: Akil Baddoo vs. Kerry Carpenter
It is the final week of Spring Training, and as per usual, rosters are being finalized across the league. For the Detroit Tigers, it’s pretty simple: the final roster spot is down to Kerry Carpenter or Akil Baddoo. Both players are red hot this spring, and as a result, the decision to cut one of […]
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Detroit Tigers Make Big Roster Moves and Announce Opening Day Starter
The Detroit Tigers have announced that for the 2nd season in a row, left-handed pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez will be on the mound as the opening-day starter. Rodríguez will face the Tampa Bay Rays lineup on March 30th, on the road in Tampa, to kick off the 2023 season. This decision shouldn’t surprise anyone as the […]
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Rhys Hoskins Suffers Serious Knee Injury vs. Tigers
The defending National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies may have just lost one of the best hitters in their lineup for the 2023 season. Thursday afternoon, in a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers, 1st baseman Rhys Hoskins went to make a play on a ground ball hit by Detroit outfielder Austin Meadows in the […]
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