There has been no shortage of surprising developments in the 2024 season. Whether they are good or bad developments, or on the player or team-wide level, there are plenty of trends that have already shifted the arc of this season. With the help of each club's MLB.com beat writer, here

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch turns 50 years old next Wednesday. He has had great and bad moments during his half-century, from being the winningest manager in Astros history to being suspended for the 2020 season for his involvement in the 2017 sign-stealing scandal. Now at the helm in Detroit, Hinch

CLEVELAND -- Andrew Chafin is about as cool as they come among Tigers relievers, his easygoing personality helping him handle the pressures of a bullpen that finds itself in many one-run games. But as he watched David Fry connect with his sinker off the plate and tuck it inside Progressive

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Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

CLEVELAND -- The baseball Ryan Vilade struck for his first Major League hit sat in a plastic bag on the top shelf of his locker in the Tigers clubhouse at Progressive Field. It was three years in the making, so it was fittingly preserved for safe keeping. There were three

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND -- Tigers executives sat down with representatives from Major League Baseball and Nike two years ago to try to answer one big question:

CLEVELAND -- Riley Greene has been one of the most patient, selective hitters in baseball over the last few weeks, but he put Triston McKenzie’s first pitch Monday night over the fence in right-center at Progressive Field. “I’m always attacking first pitch,” Greene insisted afterwards, “because that could be the

DETROIT -- The Tigers shied away from baseball’s trend of myriad alternate jerseys for years, sticking with their traditional home whites and road grays with the Olde English D. Fittingly, their jump into baseball’s City Connect series is both a tribute to Detroit’s rich history and a nod to the

NEW YORK -- When Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal is on the mound, he brings an edge that reminds manager A.J. Hinch of some of the high-end pitchers he has been around over the years. And the skipper has been around some great ones such as Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander

NEW YORK -- Right-hander Casey Mize had a tough time executing pitches with two outs, and it hurt the Tigers in a 5-3 loss to the Yankees on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

NEW YORK -- Despite having problems in the batter’s box, the Tigers were three outs away from victory on Friday night. But Tigers closer Jason Foley was unable to record an out, and it proved costly in a 2-1 loss to the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. DETROIT -- The words came from Riley Greene like a mantra. “Walks are awesome. I love walks,” the Tigers outfielder said last month during

Pitchers are meant to be ahead of hitters. Sluggers need at-bats to get into the rhythm of the season, and that takes time. Or at least that’s how the popular belief goes. But some Minor League hitters are proving they don’t need time at all to come flying out of

You know it’s really Draft season when the first mock draft is out. Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope that our final mocks the night before

April is in the books, but there’s still plenty of baseball left to be played this season, and you can follow all the action on MLB.TV for a new reduced price. MLB.TV’s All Teams Yearly package, which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or on demand, on your

DETROIT -- The Tigers welcomed Andy Ibáñez back from the injured list Tuesday by optioning recent callup Buddy Kennedy, and were immediately rewarded with two hits, two runs and a diving catch from Ibáñez in an 11-6 win to salvage a doubleheader split against the Cardinals. Their move to open

DETROIT -- Jack Flaherty signed with the Tigers last winter in search of his old form from his Cardinals days. He found it Tuesday against the Cardinals. After insisting that his first meeting with his original team would be no different than facing any other club, maybe just a little

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DETROIT -- The way Tarik Skubal finished last season, he didn’t want it to end. The way the Tigers left-hander has started this season, it’s like it never did. He won AL Pitcher of the Month last September by going 4-0 with a 0.90 ERA over his final five starts,

Whenever a Draft list is updated for the first time since December, there are bound to be a lot of changes up and down the rankings. This year's new Draft Top 150 takes that to an extreme, speaking to the volatility and uncertainty of the class outside of the top