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Injuries & Moves: Greene returns to action, but to get more days off

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Tigers working through 'necessity' bullpen games with starter injuries 

July 23, 2024

CLEVELAND -- Pause for a moment, jostle the memory banks, and remember when the Tigers opened the season with essentially six starters. They had a solid five-man rotation, plus Matt Manning on call for doubleheaders as the 27th player. That was three months ago. As manager A.J. Hinch trudged to

MLB Network available as standalone stream for fans

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MLB Network has offered baseball lovers everything they could desire since it launched in 2009. And now, it has never been easier to enjoy the Emmy Award-winning network, because beginning today, MLB Network is available directly to consumers in the United States. Fans can now stream select live out-of-market games,

Hall, No. 49 Draft pick, dishes out his pitching menu

July 23, 2024

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND – Owen Hall's pitch arsenal sounds like a menu of offerings from a seven-year veteran, not from an 18-year-old fresh out of high

Watch FREE as Jobe takes the hill at Double-A on Friday

@brendan_samson
17 minutes ago

Once again in 2024, baseball fans can watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and At Bat subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games will be available on MiLB.TV, on the web

Amidst trade rumors, Skubal continues to strengthen Cy Young case

July 22, 2024

CLEVELAND -- Those weren’t baseball’s trade winds blowing around Tarik Skubal. It was the lingering breeze of Jake Rogers' mad dash around the bases. No one knows for sure what will happen with the Tigers’ ace left-hander. Even if president of baseball operations Scott Harris is simply listening to interest

Tigers sign top 2024 Draft pick Bryce Rainer

July 23, 2024

CLEVELAND -- The Tigers have signed shortstop Bryce Rainer, their first-round pick from last week’s MLB Draft, part of a slew of Draft deals Detroit announced on Monday. Also announced were deals with right-handers Owen Hall (second round), Josh Randall (third) and Michael Massey (fourth); shortstops Jack Penney (fifth) and

Predicting the All-MLB Team in wake of the All-Star break

@Spokes_Murphy
July 23, 2024

With the season's second half underway, it's once again time for our panel of MLB.com experts to take another stab at predicting which players will be worthy of a place on the All-MLB Team by the close of the year. The All-MLB Team presented by MGM Rewards has annually recognized

Emotional and eloquent, Leyland deeply touched by HOF induction 

July 21, 2024

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – In the middle of Jim Leyland’s first season as Tigers manager in 2006, the skipper once kicked the media out of his office in the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field in the middle of a postgame press conference. His team had just completed a sweep of the

Malloy continues to heat up, gain confidence with first career slam

@juliackreuz
July 21, 2024

TORONTO -- Add another banger to a growing rookie reel. Justyn-Henry Malloy got one more first out of the way on Sunday afternoon, crushing a grand slam in the Tigers’ 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The 24-year-old Malloy didn’t have the smoothest start to his big

Clark, McGonigle put on show, get promoted to High-A

@brendan_samson
July 21, 2024

The Tigers’ future was on full display at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium on Sunday, as two of the club’s top four prospects said farewell to Single-A Lakeland in style.

Olson exits Tigers' win with shoulder soreness, lands on IL

@juliackreuz
July 21, 2024

TORONTO -- Everything looked “typical Reese” before the second inning. “All of a sudden, he’s gone,” said catcher Jake Rogers. The Tigers’ 7-3 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday was dampened by Reese Olson’s early exit due to right shoulder soreness. Olson was subsequently placed on the 15-day injured

'Jackson makes everything easier': Jobe sets tone en route to no-hitter

MLB's top-ranked pitching prospect spearheads Double-A Erie's first such milestone since '19
@jesus_cano88
July 21, 2024

After delivering his first official quality start of the season, Jackson Jobe returned from the trainer’s room for his post-game treatment. He glanced at the scoreboard and realized the Double-A Erie SeaWolves were on the cusp of something special. The SeaWolves had yet to allow a hit when Jobe made

Flaherty starts 2nd half strong as Tigers keep 1st-half momentum

@juliackreuz
July 19, 2024

TORONTO -- For 5 2/3 innings on Friday night, Jack Flaherty controlled the narrative. The right-hander didn’t allow a baserunner until the fifth frame of the Tigers’ 5-4 win over the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, stubbornly pulling the focus back to the mound despite so much uncertainty around his

What made Leyland a HOF manager? We asked

July 19, 2024

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The National Baseball Hall of Fame opens its doors for Jim Leyland this weekend. His induction ceremony alongside Joe Mauer, Todd Helton and Adrián

One second-half goal for every club

July 18, 2024

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are

Hall of Famer Leyland an inspiration for career Minor League players

July 18, 2024

Jim Leyland used to spend offseasons scribbling out batting orders. So when he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame last December, it figured he would put the same meticulous effort into his speech. He studied video of past Hall of Fame speeches. He pondered how to balance a

Skubal (1 IP), Greene (sliding snag) leave their mark on AL's All-Star win

July 17, 2024

The 94th MLB All-Star Game featured triple-digit heat from various pitchers, some dazzling defensive plays across the diamond and plenty of big-time power. The Midsummer Classic, held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ended in a 5-3 final score as the American League avenged its 2023 loss and won

Skubal claims No. 2 spot in Pitcher Power Rankings

July 17, 2024

Paul Skenes' moment has arrived. In the span of roughly one year, the 6-foot-6 right-hander has won a College World Series title, gone No. 1 in the Draft, made quick work of the Minor Leagues, put together a historic start to his MLB career and started the All-Star Game (while

Here are our favorite '24 Draft picks -- one for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
July 17, 2024

The 2024 MLB Draft wrapped up on Tuesday with 615 players selected over this year’s 20-round process. Now that we know where players are going (see you next time, mock drafts!), we can dive into which clubs might have gotten steals, which added potential superstars and which took some fun