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Patrick OKennedy

BYB Bracketology is back

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Fill out your brackets here by noon on Thursday, March 21

The pairings are all set for the 2024 NCAA Mens’ basketball tournament, and that means that the BYB Bracketology contest is ready to go. Invitations have been sent out to last year’s participants and the link to complete your bracket is right here.

The deadline to complete your bracket is on Thursday, March 21, 2024 prior to the published...

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GameThread: Tigers vs. Orioles, 1:05 p.m.

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY SportsDetroit Tigers (11-7) vs. Baltimore Orioles (17-5)

Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.
Media: Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Kenta Maeda vs. RHP Julio Teheran

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Patrick OKennedy

2024 Detroit Tigers’ payroll, options and roster information

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Nine of the ten highest paid and most experienced players from the 2023 opening day roster are gone

The Detroit Tigers enter the 2024 season with an overhauled roster that will be without nine of their ten highest paid players from the 2023 Opening Day roster. Those ten players also had the most major league service time on the roster, with only Javier Baez returning.

Gone are Miguel Cabrera, Eduardo Rodriguez, Jonathan Schoop, Matthew Boyd, Michael Lorenzen,...

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Detroit Tigers Spring Breakout Recap

The Detroit Tigers top prospects took on the Philadelphia Phillies prospects in the inaugural Spring Breakout. Two of the four Tigers prospects in ITD’s Top 100 played in this game in Max Clark and Jace Jung.

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GameThread: Breakout Game and Tigers vs. Pirates

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Get a look at some of the Tigers’ best prospects in the Spring Breakout Series, and later the big leaguers face the Pirates.

Today the Tigers take their turn in the Spring Breakout Series in an all-prospects game against the Phillies. You can read our full primer, including which prospects are playing, here.

Tigers Prospects vs. Phillies Prospects

Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.
Media: MLB.TV
Pitching Matchup: LHP Brant Hurter vs....

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Detroit Tigers News & Notes 3/16

The Detroit Tigers yesterday swept both of their split-squad games. One half of the roster beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 while the other half beat the Braves 6-1.

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Brandon Day

Breaking down the battle for the Tigers final bullpen spots

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With only a few outings left with which to impress, the competition for the bullpen is coming down to the wire.

The Detroit Tigers didn’t make much noise this offseason, but one area that they did fortify pretty aggressively was the bullpen. With a solid core consisting of Jason Foley, Alex Lange, Tyler Holton, and Will Vest already in place, Scott Harris inked right-hander Shelby Miller and lefty Andrew Chafin to free agent deals. That whole group still tracks...

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Spring training roundup: Tigers top Jays in slugfest

Keston Hiura hit a grand slam and Buddy Kennedy followed with a solo blast to highlight a seven-run sixth inning as the Detroit Tigers survived a big day from Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

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Offseason in review: Detroit Tigers

The Tigers had a fairly encouraging season last year and spent the offseason bolstering the depth with various mid-tier acquisitions.

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GameThread: Tigers vs. Braves, Blue Jays

Mike Watters-USA TODAY SportsDetroit Tigers (12-8) vs. Atlanta Braves (9-9)

Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.
Media: Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Matt Manning vs. RHP AJ Smith-Shawver

Detroit Tigers (12-8) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (10-9)

Time/Place: 1:07 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.
Media: MLB.TV (Blue Jays’ broadcast), MLB Audio (Blue Jays’ broadcast)
Pitching Matchup: RHP Keider Montero vs. LHP Ricky Tiedemann

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Which Tigers Prospect Is Most Important for the Long-Term Success

With the conclusion of spring training baseball from Lakeland, Florida, on the horizon, the focus is starting to shift toward the regular season. We’re just days away from the MLB season starting in Seoul, South Korea.

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Ashley MacLennan

Friday Open Thread: Which prospect would you steal?

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There are some stellar options out there.

It’s hard to believe it, but we’re already almost finished with spring training.

And while this leads to more excitement: the regular season is just around the corner, it also means that we’ve been lucky to spend quite a lot of time watching prospects and rookies on other teams make a big splash in the pre-season.

With that in mind, our open thread for the day revolves around which young player we...

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Spring training roundup: Casey Mize, Tigers cruise past Yanks 7-0

Casey Mize outpitched Marcus Stroman as the Detroit Tigers rolled to a 7-0 victory over the visiting New York Yankees in spring training action Thursday in Lakeland, Fla.

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GameThread: Tigers vs. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY SportsDetroit Tigers (11-7) vs. New York Yankees (8-11)

Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.
Media: Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize vs. RHP Marcus Stroman

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David Rosenberg

A Tigers fan’s guide to the Spring Breakout series

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What is the Spring Breakout series and which Tigers are playing in it?

Major League Baseball is introducing the Spring Breakout series this week, which will give fans a look at each team’s farm system in competition with another.

Sixteen games will be held between March 14-17, including the Detroit Tigers vs. the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, March 16 at 1:05 p.m. ET. The game will take place at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland,...

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Why the Detroit Tigers Will Win the American League Central

The Detroit Tigers will start their season in 16 days when they take on the Chicago White Sox at 4:10 in Chicago, their home opener is April 5th against the Oakland A’s.

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GameThread: Tigers vs. Phillies, 1:05 p.m.

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty ImagesDetroit Tigers (11-7) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (6-8)

Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., BayCare Ballpark, Clearwater, Fla.
Media: MLB.TV (Phillies' broadcast)
Pitching Matchup: RHP Jack Flaherty vs. RHP Aaron Nola

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Detroit Tigers Prospect Check-In: Week 3

The Detroit Tigers this past week faced the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Houston Astros, and Minnesota Twins.

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Brandon Day

Jackson Jobe is the monster at the door

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Another spectacular display from the game’s top pitching prospect makes clear he won’t be denied much longer.

Well, we tried to keep the Jackson Jobe hype low key this spring, but he just won’t let us. The top pitching prospect in baseball stepped to the mound for the first time in a Detroit Tigers uniform on Tuesday, tasked with holding a 1-0 lead in the ninth inning of a Grapefruit League contest with the Minnesota Twins. Let’s just say the...

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GameThread: Tigers vs. Twins, 1:05 p.m.

Mike Watters-USA TODAY SportsDetroit Tigers (10-7) vs. Minnesota Twins (6-9)

Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.
Media: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Kenta Maeda vs. RHP Joe Ryan

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