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Spencer Torkelson looks to broaden his game after his 2023 breakout

Spencer Torkelson looks to broaden his game after his 2023 breakout

Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports The Tigers first baseman finally started mashing as expected in 2023. Now it’s time to clean up a few nagging weaknesses. Angst over Spencer Torkelson in the fanbase reached a fever pitch around May 31 of last year, when Riley Greene went down with what was initially feared to be a stress fracture of his fibula. Eduardo Rodriguez hit the injured list with a ruptured ligament in his finger. Kerry Carpenter was still weeks from returning to action. The Detroit Tigers season went into a death spiral as they lost nine games in a row. After...
Mar 27, 2024
Jace Jung promoted to Triple-A as Mud Hens announce 2024 starting roster

Jace Jung promoted to Triple-A as Mud Hens announce 2024 starting roster

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Ty Madden looks to be staying at Erie a while longer, while Wilmer Flores and Brant Hurter are the top two pitching prospects promoted. When I previewed the 2024 Toledo Mud Hens roster the other day, we still had a couple of key roster questions. Those have mostly been answered as the Mud Hens unveiled their Opening Day roster for the season on Wednesday. They’ll start the 2024 season at home against the Nashville Sounds starting on Friday. The most notable name added to the roster is infielder Jace Jung, one of the Tigers...
Mar 26, 2024
Joey Wentz and Alex Faedo make the Opening Day bullpen

Joey Wentz and Alex Faedo make the Opening Day bullpen

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The Opening Day roster is now set as Beau Brieske is optioned to Triple-A, while RHP Miguel Diaz’s fate remains uncertain. The Tigers have announced their final roster moves prior to Opening Day. Right-hander Alex Faedo and lefty Joey Wentz will be the final two members of their eight-man bullpen, joining Alex Lange, Jason Foley, Shelby Miller, Andrew Chafin, Tyler Holton, and Will Vest. Right-hander Beau Brieske, despite a fantastic camp, has been optioned to Triple-A Toledo. Right-hander Miguel Diaz, also in the running down the...
Mar 26, 2024
The Toledo Mud Hens should be a force in the International League this season

The Toledo Mud Hens should be a force in the International League this season

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via More importantly, the Tigers have better prospect depth at the Triple-A level to draw on this season than all but a few teams. While this is a Toledo Mud Hens preview, it’s of course just a part of the Tigers story this season. We’ve written quite a bit about the prospect depth the Detroit Tigers have at their disposal throughout the offseason. The Tigers should have the pitching to compete, but entering the new season the offense still projects to be underwhelming. On the plus side, most of the club’s best hitters are...
Mar 25, 2024
2024 Tigers season preview: Jack Flaherty looks primed after work in the Tigers pitching lab

2024 Tigers season preview: Jack Flaherty looks primed after work in the Tigers pitching lab

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/ Flaherty has always had an outstanding slider. The Tigers have helped him clean up his mechanics and improve his fastball, setting the stage for a good year. We’ve learned a few things about new Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty this spring. The past 4-5 years he’s been a depth starter looking to recapture his earlier success, but until the Tigers signed him out of the blue, we hadn’t really looked that deeply into his peak years with the Cardinals. We also didn’t know that he was a well respected voice for players within the...
Mar 24, 2024
2024 Player preview: Kerry Carpenter looks to build on a strong debut

2024 Player preview: Kerry Carpenter looks to build on a strong debut

Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports The outfielder’s first full season in the bigs was a success. Now he looks to refine his game to take the next step. With the 2024 season now blessedly just days away, it’s time to look at a player who is perhaps being taken for granted this spring. Kerry Carpenter followed Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene to the major leagues late in 2022, and so far has surpassed them both with a very nice full season debut in 2023. Carpenter’s dangerous bat remains his calling card, but it’s the secondary parts of his game that offer room for...
Mar 22, 2024
Tigers option Matt Manning to Triple-A Toledo

Tigers option Matt Manning to Triple-A Toledo

Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports RHP Drew Anderson was also reassigned to Triple-A. Well this is a slightly surprising turn of events. On Friday at noon, the Detroit Tigers announced that they’d optioned right-handed starter Matt Manning to Triple-A Toledo. The result is that both Casey Mize and Reese Olson will start the year in the rotation. Veteran reliever Drew Anderson, who has had a pretty impressive camp, was also reassigned to Toledo. The competition for the final bullpen spots is almost complete. All spring, things seemed to be pointing toward Olson being the...
Mar 21, 2024
Tigers set their Opening Day roster in terms of position players

Tigers set their Opening Day roster in terms of position players

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports Ryan Kreidler, Akil Baddoo, and Justyn-Henry Malloy were all reassigned to minor league camp on Thursday. While we wait for the Detroit Tigers to make their final roster decisions for the starting rotation and the bullpen, the active roster is now set for Opening Day in terms of position players. For most, the results won’t come as a surprise. The club more or less set the positional roster from the moment they signed Gio Urshela in late February to shore up the infield group. However, both Justyn-Henry Malloy and Ryan Kreidler had...
Mar 20, 2024
Jack Flaherty looks dialed in and other news from the Tigersphere

Jack Flaherty looks dialed in and other news from the Tigersphere

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Flaherty carved up the Phillies on Tuesday, pumping 94-97 mph and forcing Cardinals and Orioles fans to wonder what the Tigers are feeding him. No major news is good news at this time of year. The Tigers are in really good shape heading into the final games of the Grapefruit League calendar. Knock on all the wood, throw all the salt, do whatever your belief system permits to help the club stay healthy. Instead of injuries or roster moves, the talk on Tuesday night revolved around the ongoing velocity and stuff boosts for so many of...
Mar 19, 2024
Ryan Kreidler and the push for the Tigers’ final roster spots

Ryan Kreidler and the push for the Tigers’ final roster spots

Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports The situation is complicated by various players’ options status and a lot of solid spring performances. When the Detroit Tigers signed veteran infielder Gio Urshela to a one-year deal during the second week of spring training, it looked like the Opening Day position player group was set. With Colt Keith signed to a long-term contract, third base was really the only position in open competition. The addition of Urshela made the group of Matt Vierling, Andy Ibáñez, and Zach McKinstry a bit redundant defensively, but there wasn’t much...
Mar 16, 2024
Breaking down the battle for the Tigers final bullpen spots

Breaking down the battle for the Tigers final bullpen spots

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK With only a few outings left with which to impress, the competition for the bullpen is coming down to the wire. The Detroit Tigers didn’t make much noise this offseason, but one area that they did fortify pretty aggressively was the bullpen. With a solid core consisting of Jason Foley, Alex Lange, Tyler Holton, and Will Vest already in place, Scott Harris inked right-hander Shelby Miller and lefty Andrew Chafin to free agent deals. That whole group still tracks as the core of the Opening Day bullpen despite a few hiccups this spring. So...
Mar 12, 2024
Jackson Jobe is the monster at the door

Jackson Jobe is the monster at the door

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/ Another spectacular display from the game’s top pitching prospect makes clear he won’t be denied much longer. Well, we tried to keep the Jackson Jobe hype low key this spring, but he just won’t let us. The top pitching prospect in baseball stepped to the mound for the first time in a Detroit Tigers uniform on Tuesday, tasked with holding a 1-0 lead in the ninth inning of a Grapefruit League contest with the Minnesota Twins. Let’s just say the Twins got a look at the future, and they did not like what they saw. Jobe proceeded to unleash the...
Mar 12, 2024
Miguel Cabrera arrives in camp as the Tigers trim roster

Miguel Cabrera arrives in camp as the Tigers trim roster

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ The Tigers have sent 10 players down to minor league camp as the final two weeks of camp get underway. The big news on Tuesday morning involved the big fella himself. Miguel Cabrera has arrived in major league camp and will be working with players all week. After nearly a month in camp, the vibes no doubt needed a boost, and having Cabrera in camp can only help. This is Cabrera’s first appearance as a special assistant to Scott Harris. Cabrera’s appearance coincides with things starting to get serious in camp. The club did some aggressive...
Mar 12, 2024
Reese Olson stakes his claim in the Tigers starting rotation

Reese Olson stakes his claim in the Tigers starting rotation

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/ The right-hander had a very solid MLB debut in 2023, and he looks ready to back it up with another good season. Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Reese Olson makes for an interesting case study as the organization continues to improve its player development system. A year ago, Olson wasn’t particularly well regarded as a starting pitching prospect. He had a really good slider-changeup combination and racked up plenty of strikeouts in his rise through the minor leagues. But an average fastball and inconsistent command kept him off top 100 prospect...
Mar 2, 2024
Casey Mize and a host of young Tigers pitchers started strong this spring

Casey Mize and a host of young Tigers pitchers started strong this spring

Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK With a few more games under the Tigers’ belts, let’s see how the pitching staff is throwing so far. Now that all the Tigers starting pitchers have gotten their first outing in, and some their second, let’s circle back to see what Statcast can tell us about the quality of stuff we’re seeing. In the first part of this pair of articles, the main takeaway was that the Tigers pitchers had come to camp in game shape and velocity was up almost across the board from last year. Jack Flaherty, Joey Wentz, Beau Brieske, and several...

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