It’s the final week of Spring Training, believe it or not. After more than a month of camp, Opening Day is very much in sight. MLB.com’s American League Central beat reporters, scattered throughout Florida and Arizona, have been watching their teams closely since mid-February, learning and assessing. Now, as the

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Tigers have a history of bizarre but scary Spring Training injuries, from Mark Fidrych tearing cartilage in his knee while shagging fly balls in the outfield to Spencer Torkelson slicing open his right index finger while trying to open a can of beans without a can

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 led by manager and Hall of Famer Alan Trammell as they try to back up their standing as one of baseball’s top farm systems. Fans in Detroit and

Fifty-four members from MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 are scheduled to play in the third edition of Spring Breakout, including shortstops Konnor Griffin (Pirates, No. 1), Jesús Made (Brewers, No. 3), Leo De Vries (Athletics, No. 4), JJ Wetherholt (Cardinals, No. 5), Colt Emerson (Mariners, No. 9) and outfielder Max Clark

With the glorious World Baseball Classic in the rearview mirror and the 2026 Major League Baseball season just days away from getting started, it’s time for MLB.com’s Will Leitch and Mike Petriello to get together for their annual World Series draft. From 1-30, Mike and Will choose teams based only

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Justin Verlander can get zoned in on his outings and his pitching when he’s on the mound, but he made a point to thank the rookie Kevin McGonigle for his diving play at third base and throw from foul territory. “Great play,” Verlander said after his 4

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Tigers injury news and transactions.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers have had a fair amount of representation in the World Baseball Classic. Arguably, no Detroit player got more out of it, manager A.J. Hinch suggested, than Jahmai Jones. Hinch meant on the field. But for Jones, the impact goes well beyond that.

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

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tigers took a relatively laid-back approach to the ABS Challenge System for the first half of Grapefruit League play. It wasn’t that manager A.J. Hinch and his coaches didn’t care; they wanted to see how players handled the option to challenge on their own. On Friday,

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Ask most starting pitchers, and they’ll say they don’t think about who’s starting on the mound for the opposing team. They don’t have to pitch to the guy, or worry about hitting him, so they’ll focus on their own game. But when Tarik Skubal realized earlier in

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- More than once in his career, Casey Mize has gone into the final days of Spring Training needing a strong final outing to help secure a rotation spot. So by comparison, heading into the final days of this camp needing to secure his fastball mechanics feels lower

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The line drive wasn’t exactly scorched as it headed into center field, an 83.2 mph liner eclipsed by the 86.6 mph velocity on the cutter that Parker Meadows hit. But the way Meadows’ Spring Training started, he’s not going to be picky.

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Justin Verlander could understand being called insane, the way his second start back as a Tiger unfolded. Through three innings, he had four strikeouts, but three hits allowed -- all home runs, all off fastballs, all against left-handed hitters, all intended for the outside corner but left

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium was virtually empty Wednesday morning. The Tigers were playing a three-hour drive away in Fort Myers, and players who didn’t make the trip had the day off. But for Tarik Skubal, it was back to work.

The first round of the 2026 World Baseball Classic provided a bevy of indelible moments and wall-to-wall thrills. We should expect more of the same once the quarterfinals begin on Friday.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers check out of Tigertown in a week and a half. Two weeks from Thursday, they begin their regular season in San Diego. Opening Day can sneak up on you, but manager A.J. Hinch made a point to remind players a week ago how it’s creeping

We are all about the future at MLB Pipeline. Obviously, any talk about prospects and who they might become involves some prognostication. Fresh off flexing those muscles to present every organization’s Top 30 prospects list, we’re keeping our crystal ball in active mode to provide a prospect prediction for each

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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Tigers’ wait for Troy Melton will continue until the last week of May at the earliest. That much became clear on Tuesday, when Detroit placed its gifted young right-hander on the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man roster spot for left-hander Enmanuel De Jesus.

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