It was reported earlier this week that once-heralded Detroit Tigers prospect Steven Moya would play the 2018 season overseas in Japan. On Thursday, the team bid farewell to two more minor league free agents. Left-handed centerfielder Anthony Gose has signed a minor league deal with the Rangers, I’m told. — anthony fenech (@anthonyfenech) November 30, … Read more
There was big Tigers organizational news made on Monday, as converted outfielder Anthony Gose made his pitching debut Monday night down in High Class-A Lakeland. Gose had been down in extended spring training working everything out, from mechanics to arm strength, stretching him out to begin his pitching career. For those who remember, the 26-year-old … Read more
The Tigers early on Sunday announced a plethora of roster moves, the most noteworthy being veteran reliever Mark Low cut from the team, effectively becoming a free agent (assuming he clears waivers). Among the other moves announced was reassigning multiple players to minor league camp, most notably outfielder Anthony Gose. Gose, 26, was considered an … Read more
We are just a little more than a week away from Opening Day, and the 25-man rosters for every team begins to take shape. The Tigers in particular have bee tasked with making some difficult and bold decisions, and they did so early on Sunday. The team announced a wave of roster moves in camp, … Read more
As of today, there are two weeks left until Opening Day, that unofficial/official holiday all baseball fans look forward to each spring. And, given that today is the first day of Spring, the season of re-birth, it’s time the center field competition for the Detroit Tigers gets called. The winner: JaCoby Jones. With the new season upon … Read more
Spring training. It’s pointless, right? Oh, but on the contrary. The baseball preseason serves many purposes. Among those is for the fringe major league players needing to make a big statement to the organization, in hopes of just staying on the big league roster come Opening Day. There’s a bevy of those on every team … Read more
As Spring Training nears the midway point, the Detroit Tigers are no closer to deciding on who will replace Cameron Maybin in center field. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. You know the candidates, as we’ve put together our own thoughts on each of them previously. Yesterday Anthony Fenech tweeted out a series of tweets on … Read more
It has been well versed the chasm left in the dark reaches of center field for the Detroit Tigers. Since they decided to trade away Cameron Maybin, everyone and their brother has tried to figure out who will be the man running down fly balls up the chute for the Tigers this season. With a few … Read more
Spring Training has claimed its first casualty, Tyler Collins. Reports came out today that Collins suffered a lat strain, “up near the armpit, while attempting to throw long toss,” according to Jason Beck. Tyler Collins said he strained his lat up near the armpit while trying to long-toss a few days ago. He doesn't think … Read more
When the Tigers signed veteran infielder and former Tiger Omar Infante to a minor league deal back in December, the widely-believed thought was that he would be competing for a backup infield position on the club and give the incumbents a run for their money. But I guess his invite to spring training means fighting for … Read more
Centerfielder Anthony Gose has had his share of challenges with the Detroit Tigers. After Gose was assigned to the Toledo Mud Hens last season, he had problems assimilating with the team and got into a heated argument with Lloyd McClendon. After the incident with McClendon, Gose ended up off the 40-man roster and seems to be replaced by newcomer Mikie Mahtook, JaCoby … Read more
The Detroit Tigers announced a small roster move on Wednesday, saying that outfielder Anthony Gose has cleared waivers. OF Anthony Gose has cleared waivers and he has been outrighted to Triple A Toledo. — Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) January 25, 2017 Gose was removed from the 40-man roster after the team acquired outfielder Mikie Mahtook from Tampa Bay earlier … Read more
Mikie Mahtook is now a member of the Detroit Tigers. Tigers GM Al Avila acquired Mahtook from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for either a player to be named later or cash considerations. Along with the trade comes the news that Anthony Gose has been designated for assignment. Mahtook will have a chance to compete for the center … Read more
The Detroit Tigers made a rather noteworthy transaction on Wednesday regarding their depth at outfield. They have agreed to a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays to acquire outfielder Mikie Mahtook in exchanged for a player to be named later. The Tigers announced today that the club has acquired OF Mikie Mahtook from Tampa Bay in exchange for … Read more
Ever since the trade of Cameron Maybin in the offseason, fans have been wondering who will be patrolling center field for the Detroit Tigers in 2017. DSN contributor and editor Alex Muller did a run down of the options for Detroit in a recent article. In an interview on 97.1 The Ticket radio, Tigers General Manager Al Avila gave a less-than-ringing endorsement of … Read more
With each passing day, the Detroit Tigers are losing valuable time to find themselves a center fielder out on the market. It is worth noting however that the closer we get to spring training without news of Detroit signing a free agent, the more likely it becomes that they will roll the dice with a platoon … Read more
