Pin It Detroit Tigers outfielder Nick Castellanos (right) talks to outfielder Quintin Berry (left) before an exhibition baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Kissimmee, Fla. James Schmehl | MLive Media Group LAKELAND, Fla. — It was a simple numbers game. When Tigers manager Jim Leyland met with his … Continue reading
Pin It Detroit Tigers##Q## Austin Jackson, left, is greeted by teammate Nick Castellanos, after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday in Port Charlotte, Fla. Detroit won 11-2. AP Photo LAKELAND, Fla. — The … Continue reading
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers today made eight cuts, including sending top prospect Nick Castellanos to minor league camp and shipping pitcher Duane Below to Triple-A Toledo. Also moved today were pitcher Trevor Bell, infielder Argenis Diaz and outfielder Tyler Collins (all to minor league camp), catcher Bryan … Continue reading
Pin It Drew Smyly LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Drew Smyly is trying to make it hard for the Detroit Tigers to keep him out of the starting rotation. Smyly allowed two hits and struck out four in four innings Thursday night in a 9-2 win over the Atlanta … Continue reading
Pin It Drew Smyly LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Drew Smyly is trying to make it hard for the Detroit Tigers to keep him out of the starting rotation. Smyly allowed two hits and struck out four in four innings Thursday night in a 9-2 win over the Atlanta … Continue reading
Kissimmee, Fla. — Spring camp’s casualty list is rising for a Tigers team that thought it was flush with outfielders. Quintin Berry was knocked out of Tuesday’s game between the Tigers and Astros with patellar tendinitis in his knee. Berry joins Andy Dirks (intracostal muscles) and Brennan Boesch (oblique) … Continue reading
Instant replay At Champion Stadium, Kissimmee, Fla. WHAT HAPPENED: After going hitless for seven innings, the Tigers got back-to-back triples to open the eighth from Tyler Collins and Jeff Kobernus. After Kobernus drove in Collins for the first run, he scored on Hernan Perez’s sacrifice fly. That rally … Continue reading
Baseball is back. And the Detroit Tigers open spring training with a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves this afternoon in Kissimmee, Fla., despite no hits from their starters. • Box score | MLB scoreboard Backup outfielder Jeff Kobernus started the scoring with an RBI triple in the eighth … Continue reading
Pin It FINAL: TIGERS 2, BRAVES 1: Jose Alvarez, another non-roster invite, will come on in the ninth to try to close it out. … Continue reading
Pin It Tyler Collins LAKELAND, Fla. — Top prospects Nick Castellanos and Avisail Garcia are expected to play in the outfield Friday afternoon when the Detroit Tigers open Grapefruit League play. So are speedsters Quintin Berry and Jeff Kobernus. So is Tyler Collins, another outfield prospect with some pretty … Continue reading
