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LSU’s Tommy White Doubles In MLB Debut, But A’s Lose 23-4 To Nats And Dylan Crews With Jay Johnson There

TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES SACRAMENTO, California – There couldn’t have been many better times for LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson to go home than this weekend. One of his best former Tiger players, power hitter [...] The post LSU’s Tommy White Doubles In MLB Debut, But A’s Lose 23-4 To Nats And Dylan Crews With Jay Johnson There appeared first on TigerRag.com .

MLB Trade Rumors: 4 Teams Now Leading Contenders For Tarik Skubal

The Detroit Tigers only have about two weeks to make a huge decision for their franchise. To trade, or not to trade, Tarik Skubal. Jeff Passan of ESPN has the latest scoop.  The two-time Cy Young winning Skubal is set to become a free agent this offseason, and he will be asking for a contract likely in the $400 million range, something the Tigers will not be in the running for.  Detroit, however, has worked themselves to within 3.5 games of a Wild Card spot in the weak American Leagu...

Tigers look to take series from Angels on Saturday

The Detroit Tigers came charging out of the All-Star break with a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim on Saturday night. Troy Melton and Keider Montero combined to hold the opponent to just one run while a ninth-inning rally that saw Hao-Yu Lee plate the two winning runs gave the visitors all […]

Tigers start second half with a late-inning comeback win

The Tigers avoided a shutout in their first game back after the break with a 2-1 win over the Angels, scoring both their runs in the ninth inning. Welcome back from the break, everyone! Hopefully the Tigers are feeling refreshed and rested after their downtime, because we’re starting the second half on the West Coast. […]

Tigers’ Bailey Horn Undergoes Tommy John Surgery

Tigers reliever Bailey Horn underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday, the team announced (relayed by Chris McCosky of The Detroit News). He’ll miss the rest of the season and most or all of 2027. Horn has been on the injured list all year. He underwent an arthroscopic elbow procedure and attempted to build up in early […]

MLB Daily Recap – July 17, 2026

Here’s the TJStats Daily Recap for July 17, 2026, covering 15 completed games. All advanced metrics (Whiffs, CSW%, tjStuff+) are sourced from the TJStats pitch database. Starting Pitchers Pitcher Team Opp IP H ER K BB Pitches Whiffs SwStr% CSW% tjStuff+ GS Dec Troy Melton DET LAA 5.2 4 1 9 4 94 18 19.1% […] The post MLB Daily Recap – July 17, 2026 appeared first on TJStats .

Tigers open up second half on road against Angels on Friday

Welcome back from the All-Star break, Detroit Tigers fans! AJ Hinch and Co. open up the “second half” of the 2026 campaign on the road against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim starting on Friday night. It will be a late start for those of us in the more easterly time zones — and will […]

First round pick RHP Cameron Flukey signs with Tigers

The Detroit Tigers have reportedly come to terms with their first five draft picks in the 2026 amateur draft, as well as few select other picks so far. We’ve been waiting for numbers to be announced so we can begin to get an idea how many of their prep and JUCO picks they might actually […]

The Tigers still don’t want to trade Tarik Skubal

The national baseball media has been trying to trade Tarik Skubal from the minute the Detroit Tigers were eliminated from the ALDS by the Seattle Mariners last October. That’s not a surprise, because it’s a good storyline, and one that media in major markets loves to push as the big spending teams pluck talent from […]

Top 5 Reasons the Twins Are in the Playoff Hunt

The Minnesota Twins‘ 2026 record stands at 48-49, very similar to last season’s 47-49 at the All-Star break. But what a difference a year makes. This year, Minnesota is tied for the final American League Wild Card spot, and optimism is high. Last year, the team was 11.5 games behind the MLB-best Detroit Tigers in […] The post Top 5 Reasons the Twins Are in the Playoff Hunt appeared first on Just Baseball .

Troy Melton’s cutter may be the ticket to acehood

Following the developmental path of Detroit Tigers’ starting pitcher Troy Melton has been a pretty fascinating ride. Watching him improve in 2024, it was pretty clear that he would become a factor in 2025 if he could avoid the plague of pitcher injuries in the Tigers’ system, and so it went. However, during his mixed […]

2026 Mets Draft profile: Marcus Ward

A native of Alpharetta, Georgia, Marcus Ward attended Kings Ridge Christian High School. A four-year letterman there, playing football as well as baseball, he was a First All-Region Team honoree this past spring, helping lead the Tigers to a 30-4 record and their second-consecutive Georgia High School Association Final Four. At the plate, the 6’, […]