SAN DIEGO — One of the first questions Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire fielded at his Winter Meetings media session was how long it took him after the season to decompress.
The Tigers are hoping to have top prospects Casey Mize and Matt Manning in position to knock on Detroit’s door for big-league debuts late next season. They could also have Michael Fulmer to add back into the mix by then.
SAN DIEGO — Matthew Boyd threw fastballs or sliders on 86 percent of his pitches this past season. His offseason has the potential for a lot of curveballs and changeups.
Yes, I was one of the 13 writers who voted Gerrit Cole first for the American League Cy Young award. No, it wasn’t the conspiracy theory you might be thinking.
The first time I voted for a BBWAA award was American League MVP back in 2016. It broke down to a choice between Mike Trout and Mookie Betts, and a philosophical decision on what constitutes an MVP, how to value different facets of a player’s game, and whether a team’s standing…
While most of Detroit slept Saturday morning, Daniel Norris was getting bullpen work for the MLB All-Stars in their ongoing tour of Japan. The Tigers left-hander pitched in relief for the second time in three games of the series, delivering 1 1/3 innings in…
Matthew Boyd spent an entire season in the Majors for the first time this year after spending parts of the previous three seasons in the big leagues, including four trips back and forth between Detroit and Toledo in 2016 and a one-day stint as the 26th player…
When Brad Ausmus and the Tigers parted ways in September of last season, he made it clear that he was interested in managing again somewhere. After a one-year hiatus, that somewhere is close to home in southern California…
Winter is technically two months and a week away, but the Dominican Winter League opened play on Saturday, and Daniel Norris’ stint for Aguilas Cibaenas along with it. The Tigers left-hander tossed 4 1/3 innings of one-run ball while striking out four…
The story of the Tigers’ Arizona Fall League opener Tuesday night was a pitching prospect the Tigers would love to have but couldn’t get in the Justin Verlander trade. Forrest Whitley struck out the first seven batters he faced and eight of…