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Skubal to have surgery for loose bodies in elbow; timetable TBD
DETROIT -- Two-time defending American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal will undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow after a flare-up on Sunday night. Neither Skubal nor the Tigers would put a timetable on his return. A typical timetable for recovery from such a surgery is
Stream Tigers games on Detroit SportsNet
The Tigers officially entered a new era of broadcast on Monday with the launch of Detroit SportsNet, a year-round TV and streaming home for the Tigers and Red Wings.
How will Skubal's elbow surgery impact Tigers, free agency?
The news that Tarik Skubal will undergo surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow sent shockwaves throughout the game on Monday, as the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner will be sidelined for the next two or three months. What does that mean for the Tigers in
Madden steps up with 5 scoreless IP in relief as Tigers regroup without Skubal
DETROIT -- The last time Ty Madden pitched in a Major League game, he tossed two-thirds of an inning in mop-up duty in Game 1 of the 2024 American League Division Series in Cleveland. Madden was the third pitcher in a bullpen game started by Tyler Holton, so he knew
Latest Tigers injuries and transactions
This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Tigers injury news and transactions.
McGonigle named AL Rookie of the Month
Believe it or not, Opening Day was over a month ago and we're more than 20% of the way through the season. Now that the calendar has flipped to May, let's take a look at the monthly award winners from March/April, which include a 34-year-old journeyman infielder, a breakout ace,
Watch No. 2 prospect Clark at Triple-A for FREE in Wednesday matinee
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Tigers' 'pitching chaos' strategy returns in big way to set up Tork's HR
DETROIT -- The Tigers invested big in a star-studded rotation to help them go for it in 2026. They picked up a big win Sunday night by taking a page out of manager A.J. Hinch’s “pitching chaos” playbook from two years ago, when they didn’t have enough starters to fill
Tigers prospect Peck lands on Team of the Week
Last week was full of home runs across the Minor Leagues. To be exact, players on team Top 30 prospect lists accounted for 249 home runs across six days of games. There were two-homer games. Three-homer games. A three-homer day across a doubleheader. No shortage of longballs from players who
Montero, Dingler's potent 1-2 combo started way back in Western Mich.
DETROIT -- The Tigers entered Saturday with a taxed pitching staff and an injury-depleted roster, the latter of which only worsened with the third-inning exit of Gleyber Torres. With a bullpen game looming Sunday night, manager A.J. Hinch needed innings from his starter and early runs from his lineup. He
Torres removed after 2-hit day with left side tightness, to undergo testing
DETROIT -- Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres had two hits in as many innings off Rangers starter Kumar Rocker Saturday night at Comerica Park, but then left the game with tightness in the left side, adding to Detroit’s rapidly growing injury list. Torres had an infield single in the first
Vest (right lateral forearm inflammation) lands on 15-day IL
DETROIT -- The injuries keep coming for the Tigers, this time depleting a bullpen that has been counted on for important outs and innings lately. The team placed late-inning reliever Will Vest on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with right lateral forearm inflammation. To fill Vest’s spot, the Tigers
Flaherty's struggles the latest bump for Tigers' pitching stressors
DETROIT – The seemingly random cheers through the late innings Friday night at Comerica Park all had a purpose: With each bucket by the Pistons in Orlando, a subsection of Tigers fans following the NBA playoffs on their phone would raise a reaction, and an occasional “Deee-troit basketball” to boot.
What to make of Tigers early home-road splits
Following a see-saw road trip that featured a few back-breaking losses, the Tigers return to Comerica Park tonight to start a six-game homestand. They ought to be pretty happy about that, for a few reasons. Through 32 games, the Tigers (16-16) look like a completely different team at home than
Valdez continues to eat innings for Tigers as they top MLB-best Braves
ATLANTA -- The Tigers’ offense broke through late, backing a strong outing from Framber Valdez to rally past the Braves in their 5-2 comeback win Thursday afternoon at Truist Park. Valdez continues to stabilize a Tigers rotation dealing with injuries, including Casey Mize landing on the IL on Wednesday. The
What it means to be in 1st place (or last) on May 1
With April coming to a close, we are a full month-plus into the 2026 season -- which means the events of the past month are worth analyzing. Sure, it’s just one-sixth of the regular season, but plenty of trends have already begun to take shape. Let’s take a look at
Skubal shakes off early blip, injury scare to deliver 7 strong innings
ATLANTA -- There is an art to pitching where a pitcher can get hitters to take bad swings at pitches that turn into lazy fly balls or routine groundouts. Tarik Skubal put on that kind of performance on Wednesday against the Braves, the team with the best record in the
NEW! Top 150 Draft prospects: Cholowsky still No. 1, but plenty of movement behind him
As the calendar gets ready to turn to May, the Draft buzz is starting to grow louder. And we’re leaning into it with an updated and expanded Draft Top 150. With two-plus months left before the 2026 Draft gets underway in Philadelphia, there’s a ton of movement on every team’s
Tigers lose Báez (ankle sprain), Mize (adductor strain) to injured list
ATLANTA -- The Tigers will be without two key pieces for the next few weeks after placing Javier Báez on the 10-day injured list and Casey Mize on the 15-day injured list. Báez (right ankle sprain) and Mize (right adductor strain) both sustained their injuries in the Tigers’ 5-2 loss
McGonigle making noise in Hitter Power Rankings
There's a left-handed slugger atop our latest Hitter Power Rankings, but it's not the one that you're used to seeing at No. 1. Shohei Ohtani has occupied the top spot in each of our first two Hitter Power Rankings of the year. That's not the case this time, amid somewhat
The hottest hitting prospects right now -- one for each team
The first month of the Minor League season is in the books, and looking at each system's hottest hitter can be instructive. A year ago at this time, Konnor Griffin (Pirates) was showing why he had the highest ceiling in the 2024 Draft. Roman Anthony (Red Sox) and Moisés Ballesteros