Tarik Skubal is becoming one of the most feared pitchers in the majors. The Detroit Tigers' unofficial ace will make his eighth start of the season on Saturday evening in the second game of a three-game home series against the Houston Astros.
Two of the league’s top power hitters meet Saturday when the Detroit Tigers (19-19) and Houston Astros (14-24) take the field at 6:10 PM ET, live on BSDET.
The Astros have been one of the most disappointing teams in baseball this season, but they could be in the process of regaining their mojo.
Once again, the Tigers scratched out an early lead but did nothing but bleed out the rest of the way to lose Game 1. New clothes, same issues. Bedecked, bedazzled, or bizarre looking, depending on your perspective, in their City Connect uniforms for the first time, the Tigers still played a very Tigers sort of game.
The Detroit Tigers were standing on top of the American League standings with an undefeated 5-0 record to open the season. They briefly maintained that lead, but even when they fell out of the top spot, they leaned on their rotation to stay in the mix and, for the most part, were breathing down Cleveland’s neck.
The Tigers left Detroit last week with four consecutive series victories to their credit. They return home reeling from a poor trip in which they dropped five of six games.
When Jack Flaherty signed with Detroit, the fanbase had mixed emotions. The Tigers had younger options, and many felt the money could have been spent elsewhere.
The Detroit Tigers are coming off a needed offensive breakout that evened their three-game series with the Cleveland Guardians. Now, they hope to build on that strong offensive performance and finally give Reese Olson some deserved run support on Wednesday in the series finale at Cleveland.
Andy Ibanez clubbed a solo homer and three-run shot during his 4-for-4 night, and Ryan Vilade recorded his first three career RBIs as the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-7 on Tuesday.
According to a report in the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit Tigers are going to option struggling slugger Parker Meadows to Triple-A before Tuesday's game.
The Detroit Tigers drafts of the past 20 years have been underwhelming. Prospects who were traded, flamed out, or never produced much of anything. After yet another teardown, Tigers fans shifted their faith and focus toward a new crop of youngsters, including the 2019 fifth-overall pick Riley Greene.
The Detroit Tigers suffered their fourth straight loss. They were swept by the Yankees over the weekend and now they’ve dropped the first game of their three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians.
The fourth-place Detroit Tigers average 3.91 runs per game — the 10th-worst figure in the big leagues — but when they have scored, there's a decent chance one particular player was involved.
A ninth-round draft choice from Seattle University in 2018, Tarik Skubal has helped the Detroit Tigers to a winning record this season (18-16). Skubal’s development has been a triumph for a club trying to build around pitching.
The Detroit Tigers became the latest team to release City Connect uniforms on Monday, diving head-first into their Motor City identity. The team posted a music video to provide a first look at the brand-new Nike uniforms, as well as sharing a full trailer on their website.
The Detroit Tigers may be running out of patience with struggling Spencer Torkelson. Tigers manager AJ Hinch offered a fairly brutal comment on Torkelson’s struggles on Saturday.
There’s only so much a player can prove in a six-game sample, but Flaherty hasn’t missed bats at anything close to this level in five years.
The Detroit Tigers' Double-A Affiliate, the Erie SeaWolves, have placed right-handed pitcher Jackson Jobe on the 7-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Thursday afternoon.
This seems to be one of those classic cases of a prospect who no one thought much of developing into a better player than a much-publicized high draft pick.
Detroit Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty set a new career high and tied an American League record Tuesday. In his first game against his former team, he made history.
The Detroit Tigers have themselves an ace in the making. Tarik Skubal has only allowed 30 hits and eight walks in his last 10 starts while striking out 77 batters.
The Detroit Tigers are currently waiting out versatile infielder Ryan Kreidler's rehab from a finger surgery.
After being selected first overall in the 2018 draft, Casey Mize was viewed as the next Detroit Tigers ace. Calling him a savior would be unfair, but with losing seasons pilling the Detroit faithful were stuck looking into the future and dreaming of brighter days.
The team announced that third baseman Gio Urshela has been placed on the Tigers’ 10-day injured list.
Committing a three-run error and surrendering a three-run homer in the same inning is not an easy thing to do in the year 2024, but Detroit Tigers infielder Zach McKinstry pulled off the unfortunate feat on Saturday.
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