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We’re not even halfway through November, and if you think speculation about Tarik Skubal is going to die down any time soon, you are in for a long offseason. But tempered with the Skubal hot stove is more immediate news, like the winners of the Rookie of the Year accolades, as well as the AL […]
How was he acquired? Drafted by Detroit in the 11th round of the 2023 draft out of the University of Alabama, Atlanta acquired Jarvis in a trade for Rafael Montero at the trade deadline. Expectations for 2025 Seeing as though he was acquired via trade halfway through the season, the expectations for Jarvis were relatively […]
Heading into the All-Star Break, Detroit was in pole position in the American League Central, and in fact, all of baseball. The team had an MLB-best 59-38 record and backed it up with a top-10 offense, a top-10 pitching staff, and best-in-the-business baserunning. Riley Greene, Zack McKinstry, and Javy Baez stormed out of the gates […]
The Royals are adding Marcus Thames to their coaching staff as a hitting coach, according to MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers. Last week they added Connor Dawson as an assistant hitting coach. Both will work under director of hitting performance Alec Zumwalt. Thames was a 10-year MLB outfielder with the Yankees, Rangers, Tigers, and Dodgers, who […]
The Arizona Fall League kicked off the final week of the 2025 season with their All-Star game, the Fall Stars Game, and the American League was victorious by a 5-4 score on Sunday. The Tigers prospects were involved, but neither Kevin McGonigle nor Max Anderson did a whole lot. A pop-up and a strike out […]
1948 New White Sox GM Frank “Trader” Lane made his first deal, and it was a beauty. Lane traded backup catcher Aaron Robinson to the Tigers for a young, left-handed pitcher named Billy Pierce and $10,000. Pierce would become arguably the finest lefthander in White Sox history. He won 186 games in a Sox uniform with two 20-win seasons, seven All-Star selections […]
Because news and articles pour out so quickly when moves start getting made, it can be hard to keep up. So, let this post be your one stop shop to catch up and look back at the Tigers roster moves, contracts, payroll, farm system, coaching staff, and front office news. As the offseason progresses, we’ll […]
The big prize in terms of individual awards is obviously Tarik Skubal’s high likelihood of a repeat AL Cy Young award, but the Tigers have been collecting some hardware otherwise as well. Dillon Dingler took home his first Gold Glove award, and on Friday evening, star outfielder Riley Greene captured his first Silver Slugger award […]
Happy Friday, everyone, and now that the free agency market is open following the end of the qualifying offer window, things are about to get very exciting around baseball over the coming months. It should be interesting to see what teams make an effort to compete next year (will the Dodgers try to make a […]
Today was the deadline to extend Qualifying Offers to outgoing free agents, and the following 13 free agents got the offer from their respective teams: Houston Astros LHP Framber Valdez San Diego Padres RHP Dylan Cease San Diego Padres RHP Michael King Philadelphia Phillies LHP Ranger Suarez Philadelphia Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber New York Mets RHP Edwin Diaz Detroit Tigers 2B Gleyber Torres Milwaukee Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff Arizona Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen Chicago Cubs OF Kyle Tu...
The Detroit Tigers option and qualifying offer decisions were due on Thursday, and there were a few interesting notes along the way. The most consequential was, as Jeff Passan of ESPN reports, the extension of a qualifying offer worth $22 million in 2026 to second baseman Gleyber Torres. The former Yankees infielder didn’t get a […]
The front office and coaching overhaul continues as Scott Harris and his front office reshape both groups this offseason. Evan Petzold of the Free Press reported on Tuesday that back in September, the Detroit Tigers moved their director of international operations, Tom Moore, into a new senior advisor to the department position. In his place […]
Not a big surprise here. Right-hander Jack Flaherty has exercised his player option with the Tigers and will return for $20 million in 2026. The Tigers initially signed him to a two-year, $35 million deal last offseason, with the second year being a player option with an incentive attached if Flaherty spent most of the […]
Though right-hander Keegan Thompson spent the entirety of the 2025 season at the AAA level within the Chicago Cubs organization, the Cincinnati Reds signed him to a major league deal earlier on Tuesday. Thompson, 30, does have ample big league experience, however. A former 33rd round pick of the Detroit Tigers and later a 3rd […]
Five days after the World Series, teams and players who have contract options must make their decisions known. Five days after the World Series concludes, teams must also decide whether to make qualifying offers to their players who are eligible for free agency. The Detroit Tigers have two pending free agents who are worthy of […]
Former Ohio State catcher and current Detroit Tiger Dillon Dingler was named the 2025 American League Gold Glove award winner at the catcher position Sunday evening. The Gold Glove is awarded to one player at each position, in each league, for being the best defensive player at their position. Dingler is the first former Ohio […]
The Detroit Tigers entered the 2025 season with an opening day payroll of $145,318,033 (17), according to Cot’s Contracts. By season’s end, that number was up to $161.4 million, which ranked 16th in the major leagues out of 30 teams. Those numbers were up significantly from opening day, 2024, when the club had an Opening Day total […]
While the biggest news of the weekend is no doubt the conclusion of the World Series, with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second championship in as many years in an 11-inning nail-biter, there was a more exciting bit of news on the Tigers’ front. Tigers’ catcher Dillon Dingler, who had an incredible breakout season […]
This hasn’t happened in quite a while. Not since Ian Kinsler took home the 2016 AL Gold Glove award at the second base position has a Detroit Tigers player claimed the award. On Sunday, Dillon Dingler ended that unfortunate streak, winning his first Gold Glove award as the best defensive catcher in the American League. […]
With the World Series set to conclude on Saturday night, the offseason is almost here. Before anything too significant happens, the Detroit Tigers are working their way through some minor league housekeeping. On Friday, news emerged that they re-signed RHP Troy Watson to a minor league deal for 2026 with an invitation to spring camp. […]
We don’t necessarily put up a post for minor league signings, but this one probably has a little more relevance than most. The Tigers and veteran backstop Tomás Nido have agreed on a new minor league deal for the 2026 season. Nido’s defensive abilities and experience make him a pretty good third option, both to […]
As you’d expect after the struggles from the Detroit Tigers offense in the second half of the 2025 season, coaching changes are in the works. Whether they’ll be positive ones is anyone’s guess at this point. Hitting coach Keith Beauregard will not return to the Tigers in 2026. He joins first base coach Anthony Iapoce […]
Right now, it’s a bit tricky to forecast what kind of decisions the Detroit Tigers will make this offseason. Everything depends in one way or another what they decide to do with ace Tarik Skubal as we near his final offseason before free agency. So before we start tackling the state of the rest of […]
Update: CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported Sunday afternoon that further testing revealed Beau Pribula does not require surgery, but has a bad sprain and ligament damage. According to his post, there is an outside chance of Pribula returning during the regular season. After a defensive slog of a first half left Mizzou and Vanderbilt deadlocked […]
It seems impossible that the Detroit Tigers would actually do it. A team that is a true World Series contender should never consider such a thing. Despite it lacking all common sense and defies instincts of self preservation, there apparently is a chance that the best pitcher in baseball, the soon-to-be 29-year-old left-handed flame-thrower Tarik […]