Embed from Getty Images As the Detroit Tigers rebuild is moving along. The Tigers minor leagues are nearing top 10 status. Yet the 2019 Spring training is giving a look at what will be. Here is a hint. It looks pretty darn good. This is the first Spring training the Detroit Tigers have had all…
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A recent poll at the Detroit Free Press has the Detroit Lions winning a title
Embed from Getty Images The Detroit Free Press polled the four professional sports beat writers and asked which team would win the next championship for the city. The Detroit Lions were the winners. As I read the pros and cons for each team winning a championship I looked at the state of all four teams….
Casey Mize impresses during Spring training
Embed from Getty Images Eight months after being drafted number one overall in the 2018 MLB draft. Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize wowed during the opening of Spring training. The Tigers have found their future ace. Casey Mize was a non-roster invite to the big league Tigers camp. He is expected to shoot through the…
In order to prolong his career the Detroit Tigers should move Miguel Cabrera to full time D.H.
Embed from Getty Images It happens to the best of them. Age catches up with all of us. That is the case with Detroit Tigers first basemen Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera, already a first ballot Hall of Fame caliber player who has made life rough for MLB pitchers. A groin tear, two herniated disks in his back in…
In the right move the Detroit Tigers are going back to the smaller “D” on the ball cap
Embed from Getty Images All is right with the world again. Well in terms of Detroit Tigers baseball anyway. Gone is last seasons over sized Old English “D” enter the good old smaller “D.” Listening to the fans anger the Detroit Tigers have done an about face. Last season they tried to say the…
Detroit Tigers prospect Wenceel Perez
As bullish as I am on Detroit Tigers prospect Isaac Paredes. I am doubly bullish for Tigers young prospect Wenceel Perez who is only 19 years old and a switch-hitting SS. He is as close to can’t miss as there is in the prospect ranks. The Detroit Tigers signed Wencell Perez at just 16…
In the 2019 MLB draft the Detroit Tigers must get an impact bat
Embed from Getty Images The Detroit Tigers farm system is loaded with great pitching prospects. Having drafted a pitcher with their first round draft pick nearly every year. The rebuilding Tigers need a big bat. That could happen this Summer. 7 out of the top 10 draft prospects are position players. That is good…
Detroit Tigers pitching prospect Casey Mize is the No. 2 rated prospect
Embed from Getty Images Pitching is generally not an issue in Detroit. The next wave of great Tigers pitchers will arrive in Motown over the next two years. Leading the way is last June’s No. 1 overall draft pick. Casey Mize. MLB Pipeline last Tuesday released their annual top 10 prospects. Detroit Tigers fans…
Detroit Tiger fans can circle 2020
Embed from Getty Images The Detroit Tigers in the midst of a rebuild are getting closer to competitive baseball again. While the Detroit front office is and has remained tight lipped about a time table there are some clues that point to 2020. While it has only been a year since the Detroit Tigers…
Detroit Tigers: winter meetings
Embed from Getty Images As MLB general managers and owners gather in Las Vegas the Detroit Tigers needing a short-stop may be willing to listen to offers on a few of their other players. Day one of the 2018 MLB winter meetings bring rumors that teams are asking Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila…
