A detailed list of nope about the Detroit Tigers
A year ago, young right-hander Rayner Castillo was one of the fastest rising players in the system. In 2025, he spun his wheels at the High-A level, suffering from some uncharacteristic wildness and more erratic velocity. He continued to rack up ground balls, but the contact got louder and the whiffs dried up a bit. […]
8 days ago | 4 reads
Detroit Tigers vs. Dominican Republic Time/Place: 6:05 p.m., Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal – Santo Domingo, DRMedia: MLB Network, Tigers Radio Network
9 days ago | 3 reads
Outfielder Brett Callahan hasn’t gotten much national notice, and isn’t yet tracking like a future major leaguer. However, his potential makes him quite interesting, and he’s already making noise in spring camp. If there’s a hitter in the Tigers’ system who could follow Kerry Carpenter’s path as an unheralded left-handed college outfielder who ends up […]
9 days ago | 1 read
There’s a wide gap between the Detroit Tigers top two outfield prospects and the rest of the farm system’s outfielders. Max Clark is a top 10 prospect in the game on most rankings and closing in on the major leagues. Teenager Cris Rodriguez is second ranked in the outfield, but is still anticipating his first […]
9 days ago | 1 read
This right-hander is arguably the Detroit Tigers’ top pure relief prospect. While the Tigers have a clutch of starting pitcher prospects ranked more highly, such as Jake Miller, Andrew Sears, and Kelvis Salcedo, who might ultimately be best converted to bullpen arms at the major league level, Rodriguez could be on the fast track to […]
9 days ago | 2 reads
Well we’ve been waiting for broadcasting details since the Detroit Tigers left their partnership with FanDuel Sports Network in January. Today they announced the launch of Detroit SportsNet, a dedicated channel/app for local markets that will carry the Detroit Tigers and, starting with the 2026-2027 season, the Detroit Red Wings as well. The package is […]
10 days ago | 1 read
Detroit Tigers vs. Atlanta Braves Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium – Lakeland, FLSB Nation Site: Battery PowerMedia: MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network Lineups BRAVES TIGERS John Gil – DH Parker Meadows – CF Aaron Schunk – 2B Jake Rogers – C Jonah Heim – C Matt Vierling – RF Tristin English – 1B Kerry Carpenter – LF […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
The first few weeks of spring training are notoriously fickle in terms of work on the field actually meaning anything. Teams run out hoards of minor league pitchers. A few minor league hitters will be red hot briefly before returning to their mean as Triple-A depth. MLB caliber regulars may struggle as they wait to […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
Happy March, everyone! It might seem like Spring Training just got underway, but we’re also already in the same month where MLB games will return to our lives after the long drought of winter. Plus, we’re officially in World Baseball Classic week, as the games will get going this Thursday. We look forward to seeing […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium – Lakeland, FLSB Nation Site: Bluebird BanterMedia: MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
12 days ago | 2 reads
Spring training, left unchecked, can be a bit of a drag. After the excitement of the opening of camp and the first Grapefruit League action, what follows can be a six week slog of games that don’t count for anything. Veteran players often opine that spring camp goes on too long, and by the time […]
12 days ago | 3 reads
Detroit Tigers vs. Tampa Bay Rays Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Charlotte Sports Park – Port Charlotte, FLSB Nation Site: DRaysBayMedia: MLB Audio Lineups TIGERS RAYS Parker Meadows – CF Chandler Simpson – LF Kevin McGonigle – DH Jonny DeLuca – RF Matt Vierling – RF Jonathan Aranda – 1B Colt Keith – 1B Cedric Mullins – CF Zach […]
12 days ago | 2 reads
By this time of year, we’re often a bit exhausted with prospect lists and rankings. Baseball America, Keith Law, Baseball Prospectus, MLB Pipeline, and our own re-ranking of the Detroit Tigers farm system are already a month or more in the books. But FanGraphs does a particularly detailed job for the most part, and often […]
12 days ago | 4 reads
From the start of Detroit Tigers described Dillon Dingler as close to returning to full action after an arthroscopic procedure to clean up his right elbow. Still, the status of their starting catcher remaining uncertain was a little bit disconcerting, though Dingler was notably present catching bullpens on the backfields over the past two weeks. […]
12 days ago | 3 reads
The Tigers released a full schedule for televised Grapefruit League broadcasts on Friday. However, we’re still waiting on the details for Tigers TV and how and when games will be broadcast on local cable providers. The club thought those details would be finalized this week, but apparently we’re not quite there yet. In the meantime, […]
12 days ago | 2 reads
Detroit Tigers vs. Philadelphia Phillies Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium – Lakeland, FLSB Nation Site: The Good PhightMedia: Tigers Radio Network Lineups PHILLIES TIGERS Johan Rojas – CF Parker Meadows – CF Rafael Marchan – C Gleyber Torres – 2B Alec Bohm – 3B Kerry Carpenter – LF Dylan Moore – 2B Spencer Torkelson – 1B […]
13 days ago | 3 reads
MLB and the Detroit Tigers social media team are pestering players daily with light-hearted questions when not roasting Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal for their coffee obsession. MLB had kind of a fun one yesterday that had a few of us cracking up trying to think of the ideal actor or celebrity voice to use […]
13 days ago | 5 reads
Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Ed Smith Stadium – Sarasota, FLSB Nation Site: Camden ChatMedia: Tigers Radio Network Lineups TIGERS ORIOLES Matt Vierling – RF Gunnar Henderson – SS Riley Greene – LF Tyler O’Neill – RF Hao-Yu Lee – DH Pete Alonso – 1B Colt Keith – 3B Samuel Basallo – C Thayron […]
14 days ago | 6 reads
Over the last decade or so, it has felt like the balance of power in baseball has been shifting in favor of the pitchers. Paul Skenes just posted an ERA under 2.00 again, our very own Tarik Skubal is gunning for his third straight Cy Young Award, and hoards of flamethrowing relievers come out of […]
14 days ago | 3 reads
Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium – Lakeland, FLSB Nation Site: Bluebird BannerMedia: Tigers Radio Network Lineups BLUE JAYS TIGERS Ernie Clement – 2B Parker Meadows – CF Andres Gimenez – SS Kevin McGonigle – SS Vladimir Guerrero – DH Jahmai Jones – LF Alejandro Kirk – C Riley Greene – […]
15 days ago | 3 reads
Now that we get Statcast data from Triple-A, Single-A, and spring training games, it’s a lot easily to find notable details in pitching performances. Even when things go poorly in early outings as pitchers and hitters shake off the winter rust, you can still get a nice baseline on pitchers’ velocity and movement profiles, and […]
15 days ago | 8 reads
Spring training is officially here, and while it still feels a lot like winter in a lot of places, Florida and Arizona have been buzzing with activity this week. The Detroit Tigers are already four games deep into their spring training schedule with three losses and a tie, and have their first split-squad game scheduled […]
15 days ago | 4 reads
Happy Wednesday everyone! We’ve had real baseball on our screens, complete with curmudgeon announcers griping about players with too many chains, and hot Tigers’ prospects missing some routine fly balls (both Max Clark, sorry Max). But more important than any of that: we have been able to see and hear the Tigers play, which means […]
15 days ago | 2 reads
Detroit Tigers vs. Atlanta Braves Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., CoolToday Park – North Port, FLSB Nation Site: Battery PowerMedia: MLB.TV (free) Lineups TIGERS BRAVES Parker Meadows – CF Ronald Acuna – RF Kevin McGonigle – SS Jurickson Profar – DH Wenceel Perez – RF Matt Olson – 1B Jahmai Jones – DH Austin Riley – 3B Zach McKinstry […]
16 days ago | 2 reads
Something the Detroit Tigers have lacked for a long, long time is speed. Sure, they have some players who can run and plenty who grade out around average, but I’m talking about a real burner. A guy who is a threat to steal a bag every time he gets on base. At various times over […]
16 days ago | 2 reads