LAKELAND, Fla. -- Kevin McGonigle was getting ready to head to the Tigers clubhouse bathroom to wash his face Monday morning when he was stopped for a quick interview. As he was explaining his mindset heading into the final week of Spring Training and his approach to the barrage of

TAMPA, Fla. -- Officially, Jordan Yost won’t get his first professional at-bat until the Minor League regular season begins and the Tigers assign their top pick from last year’s MLB Draft to his first Minor League stop. But nobody who saw him step to the plate in Sunday’s 12-1 win

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- The word should be out by now: Don’t start off Kevin McGonigle with a cookie. Six days after the Tigers’ top prospect – and MLB’s No. 2 prospect overall – started off the Tigers’ visit to the Dominican Republic by turning on Luis Severino’s 98 mph fastball

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Max Clark’s first Major League camp is over. But the Tigers’ No. 2 prospect showed plenty with Detroit in Spring Training to reassure that it won’t be his last. With just a couple weeks left in Spring Training and the Tigers ramping up playing time for their

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Max Anderson has always been a glasses guy on the baseball field. “Always worn them,” the Tigers’ No. 5 prospect said of his signature look with specs. “I struggled to get [comfortable putting in] contacts and then wore glasses and just never went back. I wear glasses

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The ball jumped off Konnor Griffin’s bat looking like another hard-hit line drive for baseball’s top prospect. “I thought I had me a little single,” the Pirates phenom said afterward. On the other side of the drive, Kevin McGonigle -- baseball’s No. 2 prospect -- had a

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tigers No. 4 prospect Josue Briceño said he expects to miss “a few months” after undergoing surgery to repair the extensor carpi ulnaris subsheath in his right wrist. The injury is a blow to the development of one of the best all-around hitters in the Tigers farm

The Tigers are unbeaten through two years of MLB’s Spring Breakout series, and they’ll bring a prospect-loaded roster into this year’s event as they try to back up their standing as one of baseball’s top farm systems. Fans in Detroit and elsewhere will have a chance to watch the future

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The next wave of young Tigers talent is about to knock on Detroit's doorstep. It's not just top prospect Kevin McGonigle, who continues to make a case for Detroit's Opening Day roster as a starting stortstop. It's not just Max Clark, who could make a push to

LAKELAND, Fla. -- A.J. Hinch didn’t want a discussion on defensive metrics for Kevin McGonigle on a Sunday morning. He wanted to see plays. “Watch him play,” the Tigers manager said. “And then watch him grow.”

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers were staring at a week-long winless streak to open Grapefruit League play as MLB No. 2 overall prospect Kevin McGonigle stepped to the plate to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning Friday afternoon. A two-run lead had vanished in the top of the

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Tigers outfield prospect Max Clark noted Sunday that he’d rather deal with the gusty winds of the Grapefruit League than the blinding Florida sun. On Tuesday, the sun got its revenge, giving Clark a hard time on two first-inning fly balls against the backdrop of a

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- The late innings of a Spring Training game can become an intersection of small sample sizes. On one side, top prospects might be trying to make an impression with the at-bats they get in a big league camp that can be more learning experience than proving grounds.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Kevin McGonigle has done a great job blending into Tigers camp as a top prospect turned non-roster invite to Spring Training. But he couldn’t help but stand out Thursday afternoon as his home run soared down the right-field line. McGonigle got all of a Beau Brieske fastball

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The shouts could be heard from the other practice fields as Kevin McGonigle sent a ball spearing into the air Monday morning. The reaction from teammates wasn’t for what he did, but for pitcher Keider Montero, who scrambled off the mound, chased down the popup and made

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Hao-Yu Lee’s English is improving. “I'm getting better,” the Tigers' No. 6-ranked prospect (per MLB Pipeline) said Monday morning. “I've been here five years, so I definitely get better each year.”

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Amidst the crushing emotion following last October’s 15-inning AL Division Series loss in Seattle, Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris gave a glimmer of hope for the future. “I expect the players that posted dominant years in Double-A to factor into our big league team next year,” Harris said

The excitement in Jake Miller’s voice is unmistakable as the Tigers’ pitching prospect prepares for his first Spring Training in Major League camp. This is what the left-hander has been working toward, to put himself on Detroit’s doorstep and position himself for a chance in the Major Leagues. It’ll be

The latest edition of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospect rankings has a strong pattern of Tigers stripes. Detroit will head to Spring Training in a few weeks as baseball’s only organization with two Top 10 prospects and four prospects in the Top 40, according to the rankings revealed Friday. All

DETROIT -- While the National Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes its newest electees Tuesday, Miguel Cabrera’s big moment looms about three years away. He becomes eligible for Hall of Fame voting following the 2028 season, and barring unforeseen circumstances, he should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, setting up Tigers