Embed from Getty Images 47-114, with a .292 winning percentage. Yet no one in the Detroit Tigers coaching department lost a job. That alone is baffling and somewhat disappointing. Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said on Sunday when you lose 114 games in a season, there’s going to be changes made. No changes, only a…
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Detroit Tigers Double-A pitching is electric
Embed from Getty Images The Detroit Tigers promising pitchers at Double-A are turning heads. The organizations top pitching prospects are for the most part at Double-A in Erie PA, pitching for the Seawolves. The players have bonded together and have built something potentially special in Erie. While they have their individual paths to Detroit as…
Detroit Tigers top pick Riley Greene compaired to Ken Griffey Jr.
Embed from Getty Images He is just 18 years old. Yet, one of the Detroit Tigers most prized prospects is being compared to a Hall of Fame player. Starting his professional baseball career at the instructional Connecticut Tigers, Riley Greene lasted just 24 games. Because he was simply too good for the league. Riley Greene…
Detroit Tigers are willing to trade pitching for hitters
Embed from Getty Images This week the MLB trade deadline came and went. The Detroit Tigers made a pair of trades that saw the organization add three pitchers and one outfielder. Fans were upset, in the pitching talented Tigers minor leagues it did not seem more pitchers should be added. Detroit general manager Al Avila…
Previously unranked Detroit Tigers prospect Tarik Skubal is turning heads
Embed from Getty Images The Detroit Tigers drafted lefthander Tarik Skubal in the ninth round in 2018, Skubal has opened eyes as a pitcher with the potential to join top prospects Casey Mize and Matt Manning, something no one saw coming. Starting the season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Tarik Skubal put up some lofty numbers. Skubal was…
The Detroit Tigers developmental staff turned up a gem in Matt Manning
Embed from Getty Images In 2016 the Detroit Tigers took a big risk when they drafted pitcher Matt Manning. Manning was a basketball player and had other dreams. Yet the Tigers scouts saw something even though Manning had next to no clue what to do on the pitching mound. His first season of organized baseball…
The Detroit Tigers sign general manager Al Avila to an extension
Embed from Getty Images In perhaps the bottoming out season of a rebuild, and in a season in which wins have been mission impossible, the Detroit Tigers gave a new contract to general manager Al Avila. Needless to say reaction has been mixed around the Motor City. Deep into a rebuilding hole in which there…
Meet Doug Mientkiewicz the man spearheading the Detroit Tigers rebuild
Embed from Getty Images The Detroit Tigers rebuild is well known by now. The Tigers changed they’re philosophy to drafting and developing home grown players in order to win longer. A growing trend in Major League Baseball. This is where Toledo Mud Hens manager Doug Mientkiewicz comes into play. Doug Mientkiewicz played 12 MLB seasons,…
Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera moving to DH on the heals of “chronic changes” to his knee
Embed from Getty Images It was bound to happen sooner or later, right? Miguel Cabrera held off moving from first base to DH as long as he could.It seems time and the daily grind of playing everyday has caught up with the future Hall of Fame player. The Detroit Tigers made the announcement last night…
The Detroit Tigers select Nick Quintana in the second round of the 2019 MLB draft
Embed from Getty Images After selecting a High School player in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft, The Detroit Tigers dipped back into the college ranks for they’re second round selection. Third baseman Nick Quintana, from the University of Arizona. This was a very interesting pick for Al Avila and his scouting…
