It was a day of celebration for the Detroit Tigers prior to their matchup this afternoon at Comerica Park against the Toronto Blue Jays. Slugger Miguel Cabrera was honored with a special pre-game ceremony that included video tributes and speeches from the likes of manager A.J. Hinch and former catcher Alex Avila, as well as … Read more
One of the great hitters of the modern era of baseball, Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is a bonafide future Hall of Famer when his playing career ends. But until then, he’s continuing to rack up the numbers, having reached the milestone of 3,000 career hits earlier this season. Prior to this afternoon’s game against … Read more
Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was less than a year removed from his historic Triple Crown season in 2012 when he made history against a future Hall of Fame pitcher. On August 9, 2013, Cabrera became the first batter to hit home runs in consecutive at-bats against legendary New York Yankees closer, Mariano Rivera. As … Read more
On Saturday, Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez played his final Major League Baseball game. Following the game, Nicholas Castellanos’ son Liam ran into Victor Martinez’s son Victor Jose and he had a question. Liam asked Victor Jose why his dad was retiring and Victor Jose’s response was perfect! “He’s too old,” Martinez said. After … Read more
Victor Martinez had a tremendous career and during that time, he had some memorable moments. One of those moments came on July 19, 2011, when the Detroit Tigers played the Oakland Athletics at Comerica Park. Embed from Getty Images Watch as Martinez, who was on first base, comes all the way around to score after … Read more
On Saturday, Victor Martinez of the Detroit Tigers took the field for the last time as a player as he will be retiring from Major League Baseball. Martinez started off with the Cleveland Indians back in 2002, but for the final seven seasons of his career, V-Mart has been with the Tigers. Embed from Getty … Read more
On Saturday at Comerica Park in Detroit, Victor Martinez played his final Major League Baseball. Prior to the game, the Detroit Tigers honored Martinez, including giving him a beautiful Tigers’ chair. You've earned this, V-Mart.#ThanksVMart pic.twitter.com/DrPj9g2579 — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) September 22, 2018 Martinez also had an opportunity to address Tigers fans and things got … Read more
On Friday, Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez announced that he would be playing his final Major League Baseball game on Saturday at Comerica Park. Rather than playing out the rest of the season, Martinez said he wanted his final game to take place in front of Tigers fans. Embed from Getty Images Well, on … Read more
Prior to Friday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, Tigers’ DH Victor Martinez announced that he would play the final game of his career on Saturday at Comerica Park. Embed from Getty Images Before the game, Martinez chatted with fans, signed autographs, and even posed for a few photos. The game … Read more
On September 10, 2002, Victor Martinez made his Major League debut with the Cleveland Indians. Now, 16 years later, Martinez will play the final game of his career in a Detroit Tigers uniform. Martinez revealed that his final game will be on Saturday at Comerica Park when the Tigers take on the Kansas City Royals. … Read more
For his first eight seasons in Major League Baseball, Victory Martinez took the field for the Cleveland Indians. During that time, he hit 103 home runs and had 518 RBIs in 821 games. Now, V-Mart is in his 16th and final season as a pro and he is playing his final games in a Detroit … Read more
The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone. The Tigers made just one transaction but as fans learned a year ago, key trades can still be made in the month of August… they just require a little extra work. A quick refresher on the waiver wire works: A team can place non-injured players … Read more
Five-time All-Star Victor Martinez is likely calling it a career at the end of the 2018 season. The switch-hitting DH alluded to his retirement in a reflective interview with MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince. In the interview, V-mart recalled leaving the field during last year’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays where he needed electroshock therapy to … Read more
Communication is a two-way street. One cannot deny this. It is especially important for a new Major League manager to make as many connections to his veteran players as soon as possible once hired. By all accounts, Ron Gardenhire has done a very good job of taking on his new role as the Detroit Tigers … Read more
It had been long awaited. The Detroit Tigers got a look at one of their top pitching prospects in Lakeland yesterday. After being shut down for 241 days, Alex Faedo finally made his Detroit Tigers debut. Of course, it is only spring training. However, for the Tigers number one draft choice in last year’s draft … Read more
We know that by and large, Spring Training has little meaning. But players do need to go out and get into a rhythm before Opening Day, stay healthy doing so, and perhaps most importantly for some, earn a starting role or even just a spot on the roster. Like every other team in spring camp … Read more
