A detailed list of nope about the Detroit Tigers
The 2025 World Series kicks off tonight, pairing the reigning champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, against the surprise AL-winners, the Toronto Blue Jays (the only team that makes the “World” Series remotely international). It should be an exciting showdown of generational talent, and a chance to see Clayton Kershaw’s final major league appearances (his inclusion […]
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The culmination of the 2025 Major League Baseball season is here, with the Los Angeles Dodgers taking on the Toronto Blue Jays for this year’s World Series title. Of course, the Detroit Tigers were a part of the postseason action, but they faltered in the ALDS against the Seattle Mariners in a white-knuckle five-game series. […]
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Awards season is close. The Detroit Tigers already had the likely AL Cy Young award returning to ace left-hander Tarik Skubal. Catcher Dillon Dingler has a solid shot at a Gold Glove. On Thursday, outfielder Riley Greene and utilityman Zach McKinstry were named by Louisville Slugger as the Tigers’ Silver Slugger finalists at their respective […]
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There are positives from the Detroit Tigers’ 2025 season that might be fleeting. Others look more foundational. One development in particular solidified the roster at the key position on the field for years to come. Dillon Dingler stepped up in a big way in his first full major league season, and the catcher position now […]
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With the Detroit Tigers’ season officially over at the hands of the Seattle Mariners, it’s time to take a slightly too early look at some upcoming roster situations. Our very own Patrick covered the offseason timeline as a whole here, so I won’t be getting into too much detail there. Instead, I’ll skip straight to […]
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Tuesday, Oct. 14 — Max Anderson homers On Monday, Max Anderson hit his first home run of the fall. He turned on a 95-mph fastball high and in for a 395-foot bomb — 26-degree launch angle and 104.5 mph off the bat! He also walked twice and scored a pair of runs while striking out […]
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We’re into our brief intermission phase here at BYB, waiting for the offseason. There’s a temptation to jump the gun and write the host of offseason articles we have in the works right now, but as Tigers fans, including ourselves, lick our wounds for a bit, let’s just start setting the offseason stage to a […]
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No Detroit Tiger broke out on the national stage this postseason as much as their closer, Will Vest. Tarik Skubal is a known star after his dominant, Cy Young-winning 2024 campaign, Kerry Carpenter’s ascent thanks in part to Aaron Judge’s hitting coach has been well covered, and everyone knew Javy Baez already. Meanwhile, the “pitching […]
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While he wait to see which of the Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays will earn the unenviable task of taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, the whole sport is still trying to come to terms with the greatest single game performance in the sports history. Shohei Ohtani single-handedly polished […]
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Jon Heyman of the New York Post began stirring up the offseason pot on Thursday with a report claiming that the Tigers and star pitcher were $250M apart in extension talks. While no one doubts Heyman’s assertion that agent Scott Boras wants a contract in the $400-420M range, his claim that the Tigers offered less […]
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Narratives abound in October. Often, these are baseballisms handed down from announcer to announcer, such as “players need to bunt more” and “small ball wins playoff games”, and their accuracy can waver depending on how nostalgic the source is feeling. One that consistently arises, though, is that relievers are pitching more than ever in October […]
3 months ago | 1 read
The Detroit Tigers were eliminated from the postseason just five days ago, but MLB news piles up quickly in October. There’s enough to fill a weeks worth of posts. While the Brewers-Dodgers and the Mariners-Blue Jays continue to battle it out for trips to the World Series, let’s run through some of the biggest news […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
MLB League Championship Series: Open Thread
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Alright, after letting emotions settle over the weekend it’s time for a quick unpacking of the Tigers loss to the Mariners in the ALDS. As you’d expect, there’s been a lot of over-cooked rage bait on sports talk radio and the media generally, but that’s only natural after a painful loss in an extra innings, […]
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As many of you know, we’re pretty tight with the excellent site, Tigers Minor League Report. Rogelio Castillo and Chris Brown, along with their staff, do a wonderful job of covering the Detroit Tigers farm system throughout the year. We team up for a weekely podcast on Monday night’s throughout the season, and will probably […]
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President of Baseball Operations, Scott Harris, along with manager AJ Hinch, sat down with the media for their end of the year press conference on Monday morning. One key piece of news revealed was a long-term extension for Hinch that was signed sometime during the 2025 season. Specifics weren’t provided, but presumably a deal characterized […]
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The Scottsdale Scorpions, featuring the Detroit Tigers prospects playing in the Arizona Fall League got their short season underway starting on Monday, October 6. The two big names for the Tigers are top prospect Kevin McGonigle and fellow infielder Max Anderson. Both had good games to kick off the Fall League, but more interesting has […]
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The Detroit Tigers faltered on Friday night in an epic 15-inning battle in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park, falling 3-2 to end their postseason run. It may have been the end of the road for the Olde English D but there is still plenty of baseball left for […]
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This is it, friends. The Tigers’ last stand, their last chance to pull out all the punches and make it happen. In the early part of the 2025 season, I think we saw the postseason shaping up differently, with the Tigers leading the entire American League for a good chunk of the year, anticipated to […]
3 months ago | 1 read