As the Major League Baseball offseason continues on and the “Hot Stove” period begins to heat up if you will, expect the moves made by all 30 clubs gradually trickle in. The Detroit Tigers aren’t expected to be big players in the major league free agent market, but openly plan on signing players to minor … Read more
Opening Day is drawing even closer, final cuts are being made and rosters are being finalized as of this writing. One thing Tigers fans can count on come Monday, April 3 is seeing youngster JaCoby Jones indeed cracking the 25-man roster out of spring training. And after competing for the position all spring, Jones will be … Read more
This afternoon while the Detroit Tigers were wrapping up their Grapefruit League game against the Philadelphia Phillies, reports came out that RF Steven Moya was placed on outright waivers. The move came after a bevy of moves this morning to trim the roster down to 25 — 26, with J.D. Martinez on the disabled list. Moya has been … 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
(03.20.17 @ 5:30 P.M. ET): MLB.com Tigers reporter Jason Beck says that J.D. Martinez will be receive more evaluation on his foot sprain later this week. J.D. Martinez will undergo a stress CT scan on Friday by Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte. Still no definitive timetable on his return. — Jason Beck (@beckjason) March … Read more
With a new collective bargaining agreement put in place for the next five seasons, all of Major League Baseball can turn off the panic meter and resume all off-season business. With the Winter Meetings right around the corner next week, teams will be very active in assessing their rosters and figuring out who will be … Read more
As we head into the long off-season, of baseball many people are left to wonder what could be and what will be when the new season starts. Many experts of teams begin to look at the rosters of teams and start to wonder what will be. For Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila, that is no different, … Read more
In a rather surprising move on Tuesday prior to their game against the Kansas City Royals, the Detroit Tigers struck a deal with the Atlanta Braves. The Tigers today have acquired INF Erick Aybar from Atlanta in exchange for INF Mike Aviles and C Kade Scivicque. pic.twitter.com/6gzcmT8Hmg — Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) August 16, 2016 Additionally, the Tigers have … Read more
One of the more noteworthy moves the Tigers made coming out of the All-Star break was opting to keep Tyler Collins and optioning Steven Moya back to Triple-A Toledo. Moya was originally called up when outfielder J.D. Martinez was injured back in mid-june; he’s been sidelined ever since and is likely less than two weeks away. There were … Read more
Since our last minor league update within the Detroit Tigers organization, we have seen some noteworthy promotions and demotions with certain players. We also looked at how the Low Class-A affiliate West Michigan Whitecaps are following up from their 2015 Midwest League (A) championship with a strong 2016 campaign thus far, already having clinched a spot for the … Read more
Following the conclusion of Saturday’s 8-4 loss to the Royals, the Detroit Tigers made a roster move, one that may come as a surprise to some but by and large shouldn’t be much of a shock. Prior to tomorrow's game, the Tigers will reinstate OF Justin Upton from the bereavement list. — Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) July … Read more
With the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game officially in the books, it’s time to look forward to the second half of the season. The Detroit Tigers currently sit at 46-43, 6.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians in the American League Central Division and 4 games behind in the A.L. Wild Card race. If the … Read more
We’re 89 games into the 2016 Major League Baseball season. Can you believe that? We can’t either. The Detroit Tigers have somehow managed a winning record of 46-43 through the unofficial first half of the regular season. They always say in pretty much every major sport: If you take care of business at home and win … Read more
The last time the Detroit Tigers faced Toronto Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez, they mustered just two runs on three hits, striking out 12 times. They did however walk off the Jays in extra innings for a 3-2 victory back on June 7. On Saturday, Sanchez opposed the Tigers again, who were hoping to snap a seven-game Toronto … Read more
The Detroit Tigers entered Wednesday afternoon’s game on an 11-game losing streak against the Cleveland Indians in 2016 thus far. Michael Fulmer toed the slab and looked to put an end to the gut wrenching streak the Tribe held over the Tigers. Fulmer went six innings, scattering five hits, gave up two runs (one earned) … Read more
A season-best and current major league-best six-game winning streak was on the line for the Detroit Tigers on Monday the 4th of July as they continue their 11-game road swing against the Cleveland Indians, whom all of America knows by now that we can’t be them this year, 0-9. Detroit already faced some adversity prior to the … Read more
