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Tigers Spring Training Roster Cuts Tracker: Updates (Former first-round pick demoted)

1 month ago | motorcitybengals.com | Thomas Carannante

As we barrel ahead toward Opening Day, rosters are going to begin taking shape as teams make cuts every week or so. The Detroit Tigers made their first round of cuts in early March and sent four players to minor league camp. The second round came on Sunday morning, and a former first-round pick headlined the group. Matt Manning, who was selected No. 9 overall back in 2016, got absolutely tattooed in his three outings and left the Tigers no choice.
Tigers fans definitely have bittersweet feelings about Zach McKinstry's hot August

Aug 28, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

It's hard to say exactly where hot streaks come from; when things click, sometimes they just click. Players can make small adjustments and hit the batting cage more often, but maybe it just takes some good luck and good timing. For Zach McKinstry, his most recent hot streak couldn't have come at a better time.
Projecting Detroit Tigers' 2025 lineup as fans get excited about young core

Aug 25, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

The Tigers left their series against the Cubs at Wrigley avoiding a sweep with a nice 8-2 win on Wednesday, but getting decidedly crushed in Game 3, after Kenta Maeda gave up a grand slam in the bottom of the second and the Cubs poured six more runs on before the game was over. The series gives a pretty good view of where the Tigers are right now.
How to watch Tigers vs Yankees 2024 Little League Classic, Sunday Aug. 18

Aug 18, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

This coming weekend, the Tigers will head to Historic Bowman Field to take on the Yankees in the seventh annual Little League Classic in Williamsport, PA, the home of the Little League World Series. 2024 marks the seventh consecutive year MLB has put on this contest, which allows players on Little League teams from across the country and around the world to get front row seats to a major league game.
Tigers History: 2 terrible August waiver trades has Detroit happy deadline is gone

Aug 11, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

In 2019, MLB did away with the traditional August trade waiver system that allowed any player to be traded after the official trade deadline as long as they cleared revocable waivers. Now, the rules are a bit more complicated; only players signed to minor league contracts, those who haven't been on a 40-man roster at all through the season, and those who haven't be on the IL can move after the deadline.
Tigers should recall Spencer Torkelson to play alongside surging young studs

Aug 10, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

Spencer Torkelson has been in exile from the majors since June 3, after a deserved and probably overdue demotion. He failed to hit over .250 from April through May, and only raised his head above .240 twice over a three-game span. By the time he was sent back to Toledo, he was hitting .205 with four home runs and 18 RBI over 54 games. This was a far cry from the player who hit 31 home runs in his rookie season and was expected to be a leader for the Tigers' young core this year.
Tigers Injury Updates: Kerry Carpenter, Reese Olson, Riley Greene, Casey Mize

Aug 7, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

Kerry Carpenter has been missing from the Tigers since May 27, when he went on the 10-day IL with lumbar spine inflammation, which was later revealed as being symptomatic of a stress fracture. He was moved to the 60-day in late July, as his progress from the injury halted and restarted multiple times.
3 more prospects Tigers fans would love to see make MLB debuts by end of season

Aug 7, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

Tigers rookies have been a huge part of Detroit's 2024 season. Colt Keith, Justyn-Henry Malloy, and Wenceel Pérez have all stepped up in big ways for the team this season, and the latter two have made great arguments for themselves as everyday staples starting on Opening Day next year.
Tigers' Colt Keith finally gets his overdue respect with MLB honors for July

Aug 6, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

Some Tigers fans might've written Colt Keith off too quickly when they saw his sub-.200 batting average in the middle of May and decided he wasn't worth the $28.6 million the Tigers promised him during the offseason, before he'd even gotten a major league at-bat. However, Keith has worked overtime since he fell into that pit, and has shaped up into one of the Tigers' best hitters since.
Tigers somehow made the worst possible non-Tarik Skubal trade at deadline

Jul 31, 2024 | motorcitybengals.com | Katrina Stebbins

The Tigers waited until the last few minutes of the trade deadline to pull off their biggest move: trading Jack Flaherty to the Dodgers. Now that the dust from the deadline has settled a bit, we can look back on how the Tigers fared with a bit more of a level head but, spoiler alert, it still doesn't look great.