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Detroit Tigers (15-15) vs. Atlanta Braves (21-9) Time/Place: 7:15 p.m., Truist ParkSB Nation Site: Battery PowerMedia: Detroit Sportsnet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (3-2, 2.72 ERA) vs. RHP JR Ritchie (1-0, 2.57 ERA) Lineups TIGERS BRAVES Kevin McGonigle – SS Ronald Acuna – RF Gleyber Torres – 2B Drake Baldwin – DH Colt Keith – 3B Ozzie Albies […]
The Atlanta Braves are looking to stack another series win on their record tonight before the calendar flips to May. Ritchie vs. Skubal starts at 7:15 pm ET tonight on BravesVision. ICYMI Pitching matchup preview Lineups Braves player updates (Strider, Murphy, Kim, Iglesias, and more)
Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic Detroit broke news on Wednesday afternoon that the Detroit Tigers have hired long-time Chicago Cubs starting pitcher, Kyle Hendricks, as a special assistant to the front office. The relationship between president of baseball operations, Scott Harris, and GM Jeff Greenberg, goes back a decade to their time working under Theo […]
What a matchup for the folks at Truist Park tonight. After spinning seven innings of two run ball in his MLB debut, JR Ritchie earned another shot to start. He’ll bring his 2.57 ERA and lessons from his first outing to make his debut in front of the home crowd and build his case to […]
The Detroit Tigers were dealt a blow on Tuesday night in Atlanta. Starting pitcher Casey Mize, off to an outstanding start to his 2026 campaign, left the game in the third inning with what was described as right side groin tightness. Then in the fifth, center fielder and backup shortstop Javier Báez rolled his right […]
Congratulations are apparently in order for Dylan Lee and his family, as he’s been reinstated from the paternity list after missing Tuesday’s Braves win over the Tigers. Of course, there’s got to be a corresponding move and as it turns out, Didier Fuentes isn’t going straight down. Instead, Carlos Carrasco’s time with the Braves big […]
The Detroit Tigers opened up their three-game weekday series against the Atlanta Braves after a disappointing 5-2 loss at Truist Park on Tuesday night. Adding insult to… um, injury, was losing Casey Mize to right groin tightness and Javier Báez to a bum right ankle. Both will undergo MRIs prior to Wednesday night’s game to […]
A simple one this morning. There are many pitchers in baseball. Is Tarik Skubal the best? A reason to say yes: he has the highest projections for a single pitcher across Steamer and ZiPS. He also (barely) led Paul Skenes in fWAR last year, and finished second to Chris Sale in fWAR in 2024. A […]
The Atlanta Braves took on the Detroit Tigers in a clash of first place teams, both with some of the best rotation outputs in MLB. The Braves are red hot having won twenty games before May for the first time in franchise history, and going 20-9 for only the ninth time in franchise history. This […]
After a pit-stop on the way down I-75 for three games and some questionable “chili,” the Tigers continued south to visit the red-hot Atlanta ball club for the opener of a three-game series on Tuesday night. The Tigers’ bats ran cold, two key players left the game with injuries, and they dropped the opener to […]
Detroit Tigers (15-14) vs. Atlanta Braves (20-9) Time/Place: 7:15 p.m., Truist ParkSB Nation Site: Battery PowerMedia: Detroit Sportsnet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (2-1, 2.51 ERA) vs. LHP Martín Pérez (1-1, 2.70 ERA) Lineups TIGERS BRAVES Jahmai Jones – DH Ronald Acuna – RF Gleyber Torres – 2B Drake Baldwin – C Kevin McGonigle – SS Matt Olson […]
The Atlanta Braves look to continue as the only team in MLB to not lose a series after going 10-3 after thirteen straight games in their own division. The Tigers have been good in their own right being in first place in their division while sporting one of the best top three rotation arms in […]
The Atlanta Braves and their league leading offense are facing the Detroit Tigers having just won twenty games before the month of May for the first time in franchise history. The Braves lead MLB with 5.72 runs scored per game. To put that in perspective, if they continue to score this many runs per game […]
It is quite likely that the last two days will the slowest of the entire season for the Cincinnati Reds. Despite winning the overall series (and being on a roll overall), the Reds spent Sunday afternoon dropping the series finale in Great American Ball Park to the Detroit Tigers. Compounding things was the manner in […]
The Tigers are somewhat intimidating, I’ll admit. They come into this series sixth in wRC+, but second (above the Braves) in xwOBA. Their rotation is fourth in fWAR, and the Braves will not see their one starter that’s been bad so far (Jack Flaherty). Those two things suggest something considerably weighty for the Braves to […]
Monday was likely a welcome off-day for the Atlanta Braves, a rare off day in the middle of a home stand for the team to catch its breath and reset. Fortunately, a resetting is not due to a lack of quality play as the Braves have the best record in baseball. However, the quality of […]
The Detroit Tigers wrap up their nine-game interleague schedule this week by heading south to face the Atlanta Braves starting on Tuesday night. After taking two out of three from the Milwaukee Brewers at home before dropping two of three at the Cincinnati Reds, the Motor City Kitties move on to face the top team […]
A recent report from The New York Post’s Jon Heyman suggested that the San Diego Padres might return to their former Seidler-spending ways this offseason, even getting into the bidding war for the services of Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. Skubal has long been sought after by other clubs, and teams like the Los Angeles […]
Detroit Tigers infield prospect Hao-Yu Lee had a pretty rough spring. After a slow start in camp, he headed off to represent his native Taiwan in the World Baseball Classic. An oblique strain suffered before the tournament even began caused him to miss the opportunity, and then it lingered, costing him the first week of […]
Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss announced after today’s 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies that rookie starting pitcher JR Ritchie will get his second major league start on Wednesday against the Detroit Tigers. Weiss also confirm that former right-handed starter Reynaldo López is heading to the bullpen to work out some mechanical issues that are […]
After a gut-punch of a loss on Friday night, and a generalized shellacking on Saturday, could the Tigers salvage at least one win from their three-game series in Cincinnati? Well, with the help of some nice home runs — surprise, surprise, in this bandbox — and a feat not seen in a Tiger uniform for […]
After a slow start to the 2026 season, Detroit Tigers’ first baseman Spencer Torkelson is suddenly scorching hot. His approach has remained strong throughout some early struggles, with a consistently low chase rate and plenty of walks. He just wasn’t swinging at enough strikes. Problem solved. On Sunday, Torkelson homered for the fifth straight game, […]
Detroit Tigers (14-14) vs. Cincinnati Reds (18-9) Time/Place: 1:40 p.m., Great American Ball ParkSB Nation Site: Red ReporterMedia: Detroit Sportsnet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Keider Montero (1-2, 3.68 ERA) vs. RHP Rhett Lowder (3-1, 3.10 ERA) Lineups TIGERS REDS Kevin McGonigle – SS TJ Friedl – CF Gleyber Torres – 2B Matt McLain – 2B Colt Keith – 3B […]
Rhett Lowder’s best outing of the 2026 season came back on April 4th against the Texas Rangers. The Cincinnati Reds righty fired 6.0 IP of scoreless, 3 hit ball that day, and he did so pitching to catcher Jose Trevino for the first (and, so far, only) time this year. That’s largely because Trevino hit […]
It’s a given year, and a given baseball season, and so the Detroit Tigers’ bullpen is a problem. Despite a nice run of 3-1-1 in their last five series, things still feel too precarious for any comfort. The club has the 19th best ERA and the 23rd best FIP out of their relief corps currently. […]