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Bless You Boys 2026 Detroit Tigers prospects #9: OF Cris Rodriguez

The Detroit Tigers have gone a long time without finding a big time player in the international free agent market. There have been signs of life from Wenceel Pérez and Keider Montero, and fourth ranked prospect Josue Briceño, but they’re still waiting for a star player to emerge. Teenaged outfielder Cris Rodriguez may be be […]

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Bless You Boys 2026 Detroit Tigers prospects #10: RHP Jaden Hamm

I’m a bit stubborn about injuries, particularly with pitchers. One injury riddled season is par for the course for pitching prospects, and we don’t want to move pitchers way up and down the rankings, changing grades constantly unless there’s sustained growth or a sustained issue. Unless a pitcher becomes a regular feature on the injured […]

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Bless You Boys 2026 Detroit Tigers prospects #11: LHP Andrew Sears

While the Tigers’ rotation is currently set, and they appear to have starting depth both among their relief corps and at the Triple-A, they don’t have much in the way of actual starting pitching prospects to help them this year. The most advanced of the bunch are left-handers Jake Miller and our 11th ranked prospect, […]

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Bless You Boys 2026 Detroit Tigers prospects #12: 2B Max Anderson

One element that makes the Detroit Tigers a lot more formidable than they were last year is the presence of near major league ready positional prospects. Last season they didn’t really have a prospect push to buoy them throughout the season, particularly in terms of hitters. One of their top hopes for depth in the […]

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AL Central Preview: Cleveland Guardians

Welcome back to our AL Central previews, where I’ll give my take on the other four teams challenging Detroit for the AL Central title. We touched on Kansas City’s top-heavy roster the other day. Later, we’ll be checking out the rebuilding Chicago White Sox and the aimless Minnesota Twins. For now, though, it’s time to […]

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Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 6:05 p.m.

Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium – Lakeland, FLSB Nation Site: Bucs Dugout Media: Tigers Radio Network Today’s Lineups TIGERS PIRATES Matt Vierling – DH Oneil Cruz – CF Kerry Carpenter – RF Brandon Lowe – 2B Riley Greene – LF Bryan Reynolds – LF Spencer Torkelson – 1B Marcell Ozuna – […]

2 days ago | 2 reads

Tigers set their Spring Breakout roster for Friday’s exhibition

The Spring Breakout series has been a pretty big hit with fans since its implementation back in 2024. For Detroit Tigers fans, the farm system vs. farm system exhibition have has offered first looks at the Tigers’ top picks from the previous summer’s draft the past two years, often with eye-popping results. Kevin McGonigle and […]

2 days ago | 1 read

Bless You Boys 2026 Detroit Tigers prospects #13: RHP Kelvis Salcedo

While it feels like the baseball gods have laid low every Detroit Tigers pitcher under the age of 22, that’s not strictly true. One of the best stories at the A-ball levels last summer was the emergence of right-hander Kelvis Salcedo. While there is certainly relief risk present in his frame and delivery, Salcedo arguably […]

2 days ago | 2 reads

Tiger Talk: What does your opening day starting lineup look like?

Major League Baseball’s opening day is just a week away as the spring training wanes, and the Detroit Tigers are rounding into shape ahead of the 2026 regular season schedule. The Motor City Kitties are just 7-11 during preseason play, but the results do not mean anything until next Thursday afternoon’s matchup with the San […]

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MLB News: WBC Final Team Venezuela, Miguel Cabrera, Shohei Ohtani, Gerrit Cole

Tuesday night we saw two powerhouse teams go head to head in the World Baseball Classic Final as Team USA and Team Venezuela squared off to see who could call themselves best in the world. Team USA was always going to be a juggernaut, but Venezuela beat out several other teams that were predicted to […]

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Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium – Lakeland, FLSB Nation Site: Camden ChatMedia: Tigers Radio Network Lineups ORIOLES TIGERS Colton Cowser – CF Parker Meadows – CF Samuel Basallo – C Javier Baez – SS Pete Alonso – 1B Wenceel Perez – DH Ryan Mountcastle – DH Colt Keith – 1B Coby […]

3 days ago | 4 reads

There are new rule changes coming to MiLB in 2026

More rule changes are coming to baseball — sort of. On Monday, FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen reported the details of a document circulating in MLB front offices that is to be passed down to managers and coaches throughout each organization. Minor League Baseball will pilot several more new rule changes during the 2026 season, some of […]

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Detroit Tigers vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit Tigers vs. Philadelphia Phillies Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium – Lakeland, FLSB Nation Site: Media: Tigers Radio Network Lineups PHILLIES TIGERS Justin Crawford – CF Jahmai Jones – RF Edmundo Sosa – 2B Kerry Carpenter – LF Otto Kemp – LF Riley Greene – DH Dylan Moore – 1B Spencer Torkelson – 1B Garrett Stubbs […]

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Bless You Boys 2026 Detroit Tigers prospects #6: SS Jordan Yost

We don’t generally go out of order with our spring prospect reports, but the timing is too good for Jordan Yost. The Detroit Tigers first round pick last summer stepped to the plate for his first at-bat as a professional on Sunday afternoon and made a little magic. The Tampa native had friends and family […]

4 days ago | 2 reads

AL Central preview: Kansas City Royals

In advance of the 2026 season, it’s time to take a look at Detroit’s biggest rivals. Rosters around the AL Central have experienced a lot of turnover this winter, especially in Chicago and Minnesota, and some under the radar trades have shored up the depth for the top-heavy KC Royals. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Guardians are […]

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Bless You Boys 2026 Tigers prospects #14: SS/2B Franyerber Montilla

After an incredibly long drought of middle infielders since the days when Willy Adames and Eugenio Suarez were young Detroit Tigers shortstop prospects, a new golden era is upon us as the Tigers farm system is suddenly packed with middle infielders. This has been a clear focal point to the club’s revamped draft strategy in […]

5 days ago | 3 reads

Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., George M. Steinbrenner Field – Tampa, FLSB Nation Site: Pinstripe AlleyMedia: MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network Lineups TIGERS YANKEES Matt Vierling – CF Trent Grisham – CF Kerry Carpenter – DH Randal Grichuk – LF Colt Keith – 3B Cody Bellinger – RF Spencer Torkelson – 1B Giancarlo Stanton […]

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Enmanuel de Jesus, Gleyber Torres feature as Venezuela ousts Japan

The World Baseball Classic continues to be the most fun you can have with March baseball. Move over March Madness. On Saturday night, an absolute classic unfolded as Team Venezuela took on Team Japan in a back and forth slugfest that saw the Venezuelans advance to the semifinals with a wild 8-5 victory. Detroit Tigers’ […]

5 days ago | 1 read

Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m.

Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays Time/Place: 1:07 p.m., TD Ballpark – Dunedin, FLSB Nation Site: Bluebird BanterMedia: MLB Network, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network Pitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal vs. RHP Max Scherzer Lineups TIGERS BLUE JAYS Parker Meadows – DH George Springer – LF Kevin McGonigle – 3B Davis Schneider – 2B Matt Vierling – CF […]

6 days ago | 1 read

Bless You Boys 2026 Tigers prospects #15: RHP Lucas Elissalt

We’re pretty excited about Lucas Elissalt. Right now he doesn’t really have the stuff of a frontline starter, but there are a lot of traits that point toward a very advanced young pitcher who repeats everything well with good command. As we keep noting in these reports, the Tigers have had a lot of success […]

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Bless You Boys 2026 Tigers prospects #16: RHP Malachi Witherspoon

While the prep pitchers have dealt with injury, the Detroit Tigers continue to do well in the college ranks. Outside of Jackson Jobe, most of their pitching success on the farm has come from finding undervalued college arms like Troy Melton, Jake Miller, Andrew Sears, Lucas Elissalt, and Jaden Hamm. Other than Melton, the group […]

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Bless You Boys 2026 Tigers prospects #17: C Michael Oliveto

Drafting prep position players with their top picks has been the core of the Detroit Tigers’ draft strategy since Scott Harris took over the club from Al Avila. It’s gone very, very well. Despite fears about the longer timelines involved, Kevin McGonigle, Max Clark, and Bryce Rainer are all ranked in the top half of […]

6 days ago | 3 reads

Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 6:05 p.m.

Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Time/Place: 6:05 p.m., LECOM Park – Bradenton, Florida, FLSB Nation Site: Bucs DugoutMedia: Tigers Radio Network Lineups PIRATES TIGERS Jake Mangum – CF Parker Meadows – CF Tyler Callihan – 3B Kevin McGonigle – SS Konnor Griffin – SS Spencer Torkelson – 1B Joey Bart – C Kerry Carpenter – RF Endy […]

7 days ago | 2 reads