Spencer Torkelson, the former #1 overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft by the Detroit Tigers, has had a rough start to his Major League career. In 83 games played this season, Torkelson has hit just .197 (52-for-264) with 5 HR and 21 RBI, but the bigger issue is his strikeout-to-walk ratio to…… MORE
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Tigers Take Two Collegiate Infielders In First Two Rounds Of 2022 MLB Draft
The first two rounds of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft took place last night out in Los Angeles, and Al Avila and the Detroit Tigers decided to utilize their first two picks on not just bats, but college bats. Jung, the San Antonio native, was the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2021…… MORE
Tigers Pick Up Cody Sedlock From Baltimore For Cash Considerations
Let’s see how this small move for the Detroit Tigers pans out. The recently turned 27-year-old was the 27th overall pick in 2016 MLB Draft out of the University of Illinois and made his Major League debut earlier this season on May 29th at Boston tossing three innings and giving up five runs on six…… MORE
Miguel Cabrera & Gregory Soto Named 2022 American League All-Stars
The Detroit Tigers will have two representatives this year in the upcoming All-Star Game out in Los Angeles. The 39-year-old Cabrera has played in 73 games this season hitting .295 with 3 HR and 31 RBI, while the 27-year-old Soto has appeared in 32 games (30 1/3 innings pitched) posting a 2.67 ERA to go…… MORE
There’s A New #1 Overall Prospect In Major League Baseball, And He Happens To Reside In Detroit
Fans of the Detroit Tigers can finally smile about something in what has been a tumultuous 2022 season thus far, and his name is Riley Greene. Greene, the #5 overall pick of the 2019 MLB Draft, has been raking offensively since being called up from the minors and overcoming a foot injury to start the…… MORE
Joel Zumaya Publicly Speaks On Personal Frustrations With Tigers Front Office
We’ve all seen it on social media over the past few weeks. Former Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya is NOT happy about the current state of the organization and has not been afraid to voice his displeasure with Tigers owner Chris Ilitch and general manager Al Avila. Last night, Zumaya made an appearance in West Michigan…… MORE
Tigers Great Willie Horton To Serve As Honorary American League Coach For 2022 All-Star Game
Detroit Tigers legend Willie Horton as been invited by Houston Astros Manager Dusty Baker to serve as an honorary American League coach for the upcoming 2022 All-Star Game held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Horton, the Detroit native, spent 15 seasons with the Tigers hitting .276 with 262 home runs and 886 RBI while…… MORE
Breathe Easy, Tigers Fans, There’s No Opt-Out Clause In A.J. Hinch’s Contract
A.J. Hinch is currently in his second season as manager of the Detroit Tigers, and after a 77-85 campaign in 2021 that saw the Tigers play like one of the best teams in Major League Baseball after a brutal April, this season has been met with numerous injuries and a lackluster offense. For months, many…… MORE
Tigers Casey Mize To Have Tommy John Surgery
Unfortunately, it was the dreaded news that every Detroit Tigers fans saw coming. Tigers Manager A.J. Hinch recently made the announcement that Casey Mize will undergo Tommy John Surgery and will obviously miss the rest of the 2022 season. As for the 2023 season? Mize will probably miss some, if not all, of that season…… MORE
Major League Baseball Rejects Monmouth University’s Proposal To Overturn Armando Galarraga’s Near-Perfect Game
It was worth a shot. For almost all Detroit Tigers fans, the date June 2, 2010 will forever be etched in history as the Armando Galarraga near-perfect game, or in so few words, the night the Galarraga and the Tigers were “Jim Joyced” (i.e. hosed, screwed, robbed, etc.) from a perfect game happening. Many have…… MORE
