If you take away one lesson from reading this, let it be this simple message: The major league baseball season is long. Right now, there is a lot of overreaction going on within the fantasy baseball landscape.
Who does Yardbarker's Matt Wiesenfeld like for American League Reliever of the Year? He takes a look at the board and shares his thoughts.
Justin Verlander was happy to see the Tigers complete a combined no-hitter on Saturday, but the accomplishment also has him worried for one particular reason.
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matt Manning combined with two relievers to no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
Week eight already? The season is flying by and you have likely dropped all of the cold start draft picks by now. Today we have a few names, and a common theme: catching lightning in a bottle.
Alex Lange’s mantra is now a must-have t-shirt for your collection. Saving games in the major leagues is a tough gig. Glory and disaster are the two true outcomes when an elite closer like the Detroit Tigers’ Alex Lange takes the mound to lock down a ballgame.
There’s a lot that needs to break right for short-term success, and the club may think about sacrificing some of the present for the sake of the future.
Acquired as a starting pitcher in the Nick Castellanos trade, the Tigers ‘penned Lange and reaped the rewards. When the Tigers brought Alex Lange into the organization, conversation about the deal focused on Nick Castellanos’ departure to Chicago rather than Lange and fellow pitcher Paul Richan’s arrival.
Manning made his Triple-A debut on May 4th of this year.
All four players were top 40 picks — Manning and Wentz in 2016, Faedo and Lange in 2017. Manning went ninth overall to the Tigers back in ’16 and stands out not as one of the best prospects in all of baseball.
The Tigers have added right-handers Alex Lange and Zack Hess to their 60-man player pool, which is now at capacity.
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