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We have four players with at least 2.8 fWAR this season:
Dillon Dingler (4.6)
Kevin McGonigle (4.1)
Riley Greene (2.8)
Casey Mize (2.8)
Among all MLB teams, only the Dodgers have more (six).
Dillon Dingler (4.6)
Kevin McGonigle (4.1)
Riley Greene (2.8)
Casey Mize (2.8)
Among all MLB teams, only the Dodgers have more (six).
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Tigers escape jam on wild play at the plate ... on an inning-ending strikeout?!
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Video highlights of the Tigers win over the royals.
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James Outman and Dillon Dingler play hero in late-inning win.
The Royals never make it easy, do they?
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Detroit Tigers' 8th-inning comeback brings 4-3 win over Royals.
On Wednesday, Detroit Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee had the game-breaking, three-run home run. On Thursday, it was Lee again with the go-ahead run, with some help from another right-handed slugger.
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James Outman’s clutch homer sparks Tigers’ comeback win over Royals.
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Video highlights of the Tigers win over the royals.
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The Royals never make it easy, do they?
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The Royals never make it easy, do they?
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Detroit Tigers' 8th-inning comeback brings 4-3 win over Royals.
On Wednesday, Detroit Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee had the game-breaking, three-run home run. On Thursday, it was Lee again with the go-ahead run, with some help from another right-handed slugger.
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James Outman’s clutch homer sparks Tigers’ comeback win over Royals.
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July 24 in Tigers and mlb history:
1863: Hall of Famer Tommy McCarthy was born this day in Boston, MA.
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1901: In a baseball rarity, the Pittsburgh Pirates score in every inning, a major-league record of course, defeating the Reds, 11 - 2. Deacon Phillippe is the winner over Jesse Tannehill, who will be his teammate next year.
1905: Tigers workhorse George Mullin surrenders his first over-the-fence home run in two years and 15 days.
He won?t give up another one until July 2, 1910.
1911: An American League All-Star team plays the Naps in Cleveland, raising $12,914 for the late Addie Joss's family. The All-Stars win, 5 - 3. Joe Wood and Walter Johnson pitch for the All-Stars, while Cy Young twirls for the Naps.
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1926: Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth demonstrate that power hitting is not the only thing they can do when Lou scores on a double steal with the Babe in a victory over the White Sox.
1933: Frank Frisch is appointed manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, replacing Gabby Street.
1938: 44-year-old Babe Ruth, roughly three years into his retirement and currently first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers, launches one 430 feet out of Sportsman's Park to win the $50 grand prize in a pre-game distance-hitting contest featuring an otherwise active pool of contestants including Cardinals Joe Medwick (the runner-up at 425 feet), Johnny Mize and Don Padgett, as well as Brooklyn's Dolph Camilli and Ernie Koy.
1939: The Detroit Tigers release oft-injured Dixie Walker. He signs with Brooklyn, with whom he will have his most productive year.
1958: After yesterday's Kansas City spitting episode, Boston's Ted Williams, for the second time in less than two years, is fined for his transgression, though in this instance by the league rather than his own GM, and for the relatively painless sum of $250 rather than the somewhat draconian $5000 extracted from the "Splinter" on August 7, 1956. Upon being informed of the league's decision, Teddy delivers this heartfelt apology: "I'm sorry I did it. I was so mad at the park that I lost my temper and afterward I was sorry about it. I'm principally sorry about losing the $250."
1961: In an unusual mid-season exhibition match at Yankee Stadium, the San Francisco Giants beat their former cross-town rivals, 4 - 1. Mickey Mantle's homer accounts for the only Bronx Bombers run and Willie Mays has two RBIs for the visiting "Jints". 50,000 fans are on hand.
1961: At Kansas City, Detroit P Frank Lary collides with rookie 3B Steve Boros, and both players leave the game with injuries. Lary does not miss a start but Boros's collarbone is broken and he will not return. He has 53 RBIs to date.
1964: Hank Aguirre gives up five runs on three homers to New York in the first four innings, but the Tigers overcome a 5 - 2 deficit to win 10 - 5. Late 2 run homers by Jerry Lumpe 2B, and "Mr. Everything" Al Kaline RF, his a deep blast to left center gets the win for the Tigers and relief pitcher Larry Sherry.
Kaline hits another 2-run homer in Game 2 of a doubleheader, but the Tigers lose 6-3.
1965: Tigers win 7-4 over the whitesox on home runs by Norm Cash, Al Kaline, and Bill Freehan.
1967: Tigers announce they are moving 2 games with the Orioles to Baltimore after civil unrest in Detroit.
1968: Two eighth inning pinch hit singles turned a 4-3 Washington lead into a 5-4 Tigers lead. Jon Warden then saved Denny McLain's 19th victory as Detroit won the opener of this three game series in the Nation's Capitol, 6-4.
1968: Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th game breaks Cy Young's record for major league pitching appearances, but he loses a 2 - 1 decision to Oakland.
1970: Chicago's Bill Melton ties the major-league record by striking out seven times in a doubleheader split with Detroit. Melton will strike out his first three times up in his next game, in Baltimore on the 28th, before flying out in the 9th.
The Sox win the opener today, 5 - 2, with six straight singles and five runs in the 9th. The Tigers win the nitecap, 5 - 4, in the 9th when Don Wert draws a walk from Wilbur Wood with the sacks full.
1970: For the 4th time in his career, Billy Williams has the only hit(s) for the Cubs, as he connects safely twice against the Braves' Phil Niekro. Each time previously, Williams also had multiple-hit games to spoil no-hitters. Niekro coasts to a 9 - 0 victory over Fergie Jenkins.
1973: Although not selected, Willie Mays appears in the All-Star Game thanks to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn increasing the player limit so the "Say Hey Kid" can participate in the Mid-summer classic. Mays strikes out in his final All-Star appearance. The National League wins, 7 - 1. A record 54 players are used, including Catfish Hunter, who sustains a fractured thumb that will sideline him for four weeks. The A's ace has a 15-3 record at the time.
1983: In the memorable "Pine Tar Game" at Yankee Stadium, George Brett hits an apparent 2-run home run off Rich Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 5 - 4 lead with two outs in the 9th inning, only to have the homer taken away when Yankees manager Billy Martin, at the urging of coach Don Zimmer, points out that the pine tar on Brett's bat handle exceeds the 17 inches allowed in the rules. As a result, Brett is called out for illegally batting the ball, giving New York a 4 - 3 victory. Brett goes ballistic and the Royals immediately protest. American League President Lee MacPhail overrules his umpires for the first time, saying that the umpire's call went against the spirit of the rule, which should be rewritten and clarified, and that the home run will stand. The game will be resumed from that point on August 18th.
1983: Detroit's star shortstop Alan Trammell has his only 5-for-5 day in the Tigers 4 - 3 win over the angels.
1984: Tigers beat the indians 9 - 5. Milt Wilcox gets his 10th win. Tigers get home runs from Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, and Dave Bergman. Tigers are 11-2 coming out of the All-Star break, improve to 68-29.
1987: Lou Whitaker hits a home run and a double to give the Tigers a 6-3 win over the Angels. Tigers are 2 games behind the Yankees in the AL East.
1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Storm Davis as a free agent.
1993: at Tiger Stadium: Travis Fryman, Rob Deer, & Mickey Tettleton each hit 3-run home runs in a 20-4 romp over the A's.
2001: The Yankees edge the Tigers 6 - 5, despite an 8th-inning moon shot by Detroit's Juan Encarnacion, off Ramiro Mendoza, that lands in the second row of the empty blue bleacher seats in left CF. It is believed to be the first ball hit into that area since Yankee Stadium was remodeled in 1976.
2002: The Detroit Tigers selected Erik Sabel off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
2002: The Tigers shut out the Royals 3 - 0, in one hour and 41 minutes - the fastest 9-inning game in the major leagues since 1984.
2011: 2B Roberto Alomar, P Bert Blyleven and GM Pat Gillick are inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. The day has special significance for fans of the Toronto Blue Jays as both Alomar and Gillick had their greatest success with the Jays' back-to-back World Series-winning teams in 1992 and 1993.
2012: The Yanks make history by becoming the first team since the 1927 Athletics to have three players (Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins) with 2,500+ career hits in the starting lineup. New York uses Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and the newly-acquired Ichiro Suzuki to pull that off.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Jair Jurrjens as a free agent.
2016: Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza are inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. Griffey obtained the highest percentage of the vote ever - 99.3% - in being elected in his first year of eligibility by the BBWAA, while Piazza made it on his fourth try. A crowd estimated at 50,000, the second-largest ever at Cooperstown, is on hand to witness the event.
2020: Every Tiger's player will wear No. 6 in 2020 to honor the late legendary Al Kaline who passed away April 6 of this year.
A letter to Tigers Fans From Chris Ilitch About the Passing of Al Kaline - Ilitch Companies News Hub
Remembering Mr. Tiger: Commemorative Al Kaline #6 Patches Available Now.
Remembering ‘Mr. Tiger’: Commemorative Al Kaline ‘6’ Patches Available Now - Ilitch Companies News Hub
2022: The induction ceremony is held for the Class of 2022 at the Hall of Fame. Three of the seven men inducted - David Ortiz, Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva - are present to receive the honor. The others, all deceased, are represented by relatives - Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso and Buck O'Neil - while Dave Winfield introduces 19th century black baseball pioneer Bud Fowler. Over 35,000 people are present in Cooperstown, NY to witness the ceremony, and Dominican flags and Boston Red Sox gear, in honor of Ortiz, are well in evidence in the crowd.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Jesse Stoval 1904.
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Chris Lindsay 1905-1906.
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Jeff Kaiser 1991.
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Joe Oliver 1998.
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Jason Smith 2004-2005.
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Ed Fisher 1902.
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Joe Orengo 1944.
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1863: Hall of Famer Tommy McCarthy was born this day in Boston, MA.
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1901: In a baseball rarity, the Pittsburgh Pirates score in every inning, a major-league record of course, defeating the Reds, 11 - 2. Deacon Phillippe is the winner over Jesse Tannehill, who will be his teammate next year.
1905: Tigers workhorse George Mullin surrenders his first over-the-fence home run in two years and 15 days.
He won?t give up another one until July 2, 1910.
1911: An American League All-Star team plays the Naps in Cleveland, raising $12,914 for the late Addie Joss's family. The All-Stars win, 5 - 3. Joe Wood and Walter Johnson pitch for the All-Stars, while Cy Young twirls for the Naps.
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1926: Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth demonstrate that power hitting is not the only thing they can do when Lou scores on a double steal with the Babe in a victory over the White Sox.
1933: Frank Frisch is appointed manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, replacing Gabby Street.
1938: 44-year-old Babe Ruth, roughly three years into his retirement and currently first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers, launches one 430 feet out of Sportsman's Park to win the $50 grand prize in a pre-game distance-hitting contest featuring an otherwise active pool of contestants including Cardinals Joe Medwick (the runner-up at 425 feet), Johnny Mize and Don Padgett, as well as Brooklyn's Dolph Camilli and Ernie Koy.
1939: The Detroit Tigers release oft-injured Dixie Walker. He signs with Brooklyn, with whom he will have his most productive year.
1958: After yesterday's Kansas City spitting episode, Boston's Ted Williams, for the second time in less than two years, is fined for his transgression, though in this instance by the league rather than his own GM, and for the relatively painless sum of $250 rather than the somewhat draconian $5000 extracted from the "Splinter" on August 7, 1956. Upon being informed of the league's decision, Teddy delivers this heartfelt apology: "I'm sorry I did it. I was so mad at the park that I lost my temper and afterward I was sorry about it. I'm principally sorry about losing the $250."
1961: In an unusual mid-season exhibition match at Yankee Stadium, the San Francisco Giants beat their former cross-town rivals, 4 - 1. Mickey Mantle's homer accounts for the only Bronx Bombers run and Willie Mays has two RBIs for the visiting "Jints". 50,000 fans are on hand.
1961: At Kansas City, Detroit P Frank Lary collides with rookie 3B Steve Boros, and both players leave the game with injuries. Lary does not miss a start but Boros's collarbone is broken and he will not return. He has 53 RBIs to date.
1964: Hank Aguirre gives up five runs on three homers to New York in the first four innings, but the Tigers overcome a 5 - 2 deficit to win 10 - 5. Late 2 run homers by Jerry Lumpe 2B, and "Mr. Everything" Al Kaline RF, his a deep blast to left center gets the win for the Tigers and relief pitcher Larry Sherry.
Kaline hits another 2-run homer in Game 2 of a doubleheader, but the Tigers lose 6-3.
1965: Tigers win 7-4 over the whitesox on home runs by Norm Cash, Al Kaline, and Bill Freehan.
1967: Tigers announce they are moving 2 games with the Orioles to Baltimore after civil unrest in Detroit.
1968: Two eighth inning pinch hit singles turned a 4-3 Washington lead into a 5-4 Tigers lead. Jon Warden then saved Denny McLain's 19th victory as Detroit won the opener of this three game series in the Nation's Capitol, 6-4.
1968: Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th game breaks Cy Young's record for major league pitching appearances, but he loses a 2 - 1 decision to Oakland.
1970: Chicago's Bill Melton ties the major-league record by striking out seven times in a doubleheader split with Detroit. Melton will strike out his first three times up in his next game, in Baltimore on the 28th, before flying out in the 9th.
The Sox win the opener today, 5 - 2, with six straight singles and five runs in the 9th. The Tigers win the nitecap, 5 - 4, in the 9th when Don Wert draws a walk from Wilbur Wood with the sacks full.
1970: For the 4th time in his career, Billy Williams has the only hit(s) for the Cubs, as he connects safely twice against the Braves' Phil Niekro. Each time previously, Williams also had multiple-hit games to spoil no-hitters. Niekro coasts to a 9 - 0 victory over Fergie Jenkins.
1973: Although not selected, Willie Mays appears in the All-Star Game thanks to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn increasing the player limit so the "Say Hey Kid" can participate in the Mid-summer classic. Mays strikes out in his final All-Star appearance. The National League wins, 7 - 1. A record 54 players are used, including Catfish Hunter, who sustains a fractured thumb that will sideline him for four weeks. The A's ace has a 15-3 record at the time.
1983: In the memorable "Pine Tar Game" at Yankee Stadium, George Brett hits an apparent 2-run home run off Rich Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 5 - 4 lead with two outs in the 9th inning, only to have the homer taken away when Yankees manager Billy Martin, at the urging of coach Don Zimmer, points out that the pine tar on Brett's bat handle exceeds the 17 inches allowed in the rules. As a result, Brett is called out for illegally batting the ball, giving New York a 4 - 3 victory. Brett goes ballistic and the Royals immediately protest. American League President Lee MacPhail overrules his umpires for the first time, saying that the umpire's call went against the spirit of the rule, which should be rewritten and clarified, and that the home run will stand. The game will be resumed from that point on August 18th.
1983: Detroit's star shortstop Alan Trammell has his only 5-for-5 day in the Tigers 4 - 3 win over the angels.
1984: Tigers beat the indians 9 - 5. Milt Wilcox gets his 10th win. Tigers get home runs from Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, and Dave Bergman. Tigers are 11-2 coming out of the All-Star break, improve to 68-29.
1987: Lou Whitaker hits a home run and a double to give the Tigers a 6-3 win over the Angels. Tigers are 2 games behind the Yankees in the AL East.
1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Storm Davis as a free agent.
1993: at Tiger Stadium: Travis Fryman, Rob Deer, & Mickey Tettleton each hit 3-run home runs in a 20-4 romp over the A's.
2001: The Yankees edge the Tigers 6 - 5, despite an 8th-inning moon shot by Detroit's Juan Encarnacion, off Ramiro Mendoza, that lands in the second row of the empty blue bleacher seats in left CF. It is believed to be the first ball hit into that area since Yankee Stadium was remodeled in 1976.
2002: The Detroit Tigers selected Erik Sabel off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
2002: The Tigers shut out the Royals 3 - 0, in one hour and 41 minutes - the fastest 9-inning game in the major leagues since 1984.
2011: 2B Roberto Alomar, P Bert Blyleven and GM Pat Gillick are inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. The day has special significance for fans of the Toronto Blue Jays as both Alomar and Gillick had their greatest success with the Jays' back-to-back World Series-winning teams in 1992 and 1993.
2012: The Yanks make history by becoming the first team since the 1927 Athletics to have three players (Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins) with 2,500+ career hits in the starting lineup. New York uses Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and the newly-acquired Ichiro Suzuki to pull that off.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Jair Jurrjens as a free agent.
2016: Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza are inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. Griffey obtained the highest percentage of the vote ever - 99.3% - in being elected in his first year of eligibility by the BBWAA, while Piazza made it on his fourth try. A crowd estimated at 50,000, the second-largest ever at Cooperstown, is on hand to witness the event.
2020: Every Tiger's player will wear No. 6 in 2020 to honor the late legendary Al Kaline who passed away April 6 of this year.
A letter to Tigers Fans From Chris Ilitch About the Passing of Al Kaline - Ilitch Companies News Hub
Remembering Mr. Tiger: Commemorative Al Kaline #6 Patches Available Now.
Remembering ‘Mr. Tiger’: Commemorative Al Kaline ‘6’ Patches Available Now - Ilitch Companies News Hub
2022: The induction ceremony is held for the Class of 2022 at the Hall of Fame. Three of the seven men inducted - David Ortiz, Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva - are present to receive the honor. The others, all deceased, are represented by relatives - Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso and Buck O'Neil - while Dave Winfield introduces 19th century black baseball pioneer Bud Fowler. Over 35,000 people are present in Cooperstown, NY to witness the ceremony, and Dominican flags and Boston Red Sox gear, in honor of Ortiz, are well in evidence in the crowd.
Tigers players birthdays:
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by Holly Horning You see the comments online: “The Tigers can afford to give Tarik Skubal a big new contract. Give him what he wants.” (Scott Boras only works with a bidding war forma…
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You see the comments online:
“The Tigers can afford to give Tarik Skubal a big new contract. Give him what he wants.” (Scott Boras only works with a bidding war format.)
“The Tigers should have traded Tarik Skubal 2 years ago when they could have gotten a haul of MLB-ready players.” (You don’t trade a CYA winner right after you make the playoffs unless you want fans to riot.)
“Skubal only pitched 6 innings in a playoff game. Mickey Lolich would have thrown a complete game.” (Stats don’t support CGs or a player’s long-term health. MLB has only 1-2 complete games now per year.)
“Spencer Torkelson’s Fielding percentage is .998%. Why are people complaining when he’s a pretty solid fielder.” (F% is no longer a usable stat. It’s DRS, OAA and FRV that are used to give an accurate picture of a player’s fielding skills.)
“Scott Harris needs to be fired.” (After just 3 years, 2 playoff appearances and 1 season that may be a disappointment. Qualified GMs don’t grow on trees.)
“Chris Ilitch is cheap and needs to sell the team.” (Since 2023, Ilitch has invested over $1 billion in improvements alone and the 2026 payroll of $210 mill ranks #10 in MLB.)
Sure sounds familiar.
Who are these fans?
They’re fans stuck in baseball history and wondering why their baseball team makes “bad” decisions.
Hanging onto beliefs and stats from decades ago that no one uses anymore.
Not understanding that each team is worth billions and is run with the same principles that govern all big businesses.
They believe a team is capable of turning into a World Series contender in just 1-2 years after remaking their entire organization.
And they don’t understand that decisions made by Front Offices are regularly guided by the trends and changes to the game which statistical studies continually churn out.
These fans are unhappy ones. Constantly complaining about what is wrong with their team and suggesting outdated ideas they believe would fix things. Ideas that maybe worked 40-60 years ago.
Fans become unhappy because they don’t understand why Front Offices make the decisions they do that differ greatly from how things used to be done.
So how can we help these fans become happier ones? To enjoy the games more?
By helping them understand that they need to look beyond the roster and update on the trends and practices that have overtaken the sport.
Here are just a sampling of issues that will help ease their frustrations and understand today’s logic and strategy at a better and more modern level.
1 through 5 in the link.
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Tarik Skubal walked back his MRI comments |
| A mixed bag for athletes, media, and fans alike: We like it when athletes speak their minds because curt, canned responses are are both boring and unhelpful. Yet when an athlete says more than perhaps a public relations professional would advise, it may come back to bite them in the rear end. Tarik Skubal is experiencing that now, as Katrina has noted both in this space and on the Motor City Bengals site. While speaking with The Athletic earlier this week, Skubal said that he knew in January that he was suffering from an elbow injury that should be looked at by a medical professional, but he chose not to because he was in the midst of an arbitration case with the Detroit Tigers. Couple that with this being his final season before free agency, and it's easy to paint a picture that Skubal put his current team's season at risk in an attempt to keep his financial future brighter. That, as you would expect, has not gone over well with fans despite Skubal's admission now that he was wrong to do so. Among other topics Thursday, Skubal addressed the blowup that came of the original quotes. You can watch the video above, skipping to about the 5 minute mark. "I had a hiccup in January I thought was jus some soreness. I'd never dealt with anything like that before. We were trending the right way. That's the reason there was no MRI. There was no discussion of an MRI. ... I felt like I was doing a good job. I had that incident in Atlanta and the next two days weren't great. That's when I decided to have an MRI and have a surgery. That whole thing was blown out of proportion. That's fine. I get it. A lot of it was not true and not factual, me denying an MRI. ... A lot of things that are said about me are not true. It is what it is though." Skubal said in hindsight he would have gotten the MRI in January if he knew it wasn't going to get better, but he thought it was getting better until he wasn't. Ultimately two separate issues -- preserving his financial value for arbitration/free agency for one, and the elbow pain for another -- ended up tied together here, and that was Skubal's doing. Perhaps fans would have been more forgiving had Skubal not tied his arbitration battle in with his elbow issue. Fans, rightfully protective of the team they will be rooting for long after he's gone, also had a right to react the way they did as well when he appeared to put his financial interest before the team. People want to hear the unfiltered truth, until they don't. MCBTB BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! |
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A quiet trade deadline isn’t an option for Detroit
The Tigers are at a tipping point, and no matter where they’re at in the standings on Aug. 3, they need to be aggressive.
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The Tigers are at a tipping point, and no matter where they’re at in the standings on Aug. 3, they need to be aggressive.
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Can the Witt-less Royals save the Tigers season? And the second half outlook. 61 minutes.
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My Skubal trade of choice: Tarik to Milwaukee for Logan Henderson and Andrew Fischer.
Henderson is the controllable, young SP Scott Harris covets, with an ERA in the bigs ~3.00.
Andrew Fischer is having a historic season in the minors, with 29 homers in AA and an 1,100 OPS.
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Henderson is the controllable, young SP Scott Harris covets, with an ERA in the bigs ~3.00.
Andrew Fischer is having a historic season in the minors, with 29 homers in AA and an 1,100 OPS.
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Dillon Dingler is elite no matter how you frame it.
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Not only does Kevin McGonigle have a next level eye for the strike zone...but he's shrewd when he employs his challenge.
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Kevin McGonigle played his 100th career game last night.He enters today with 4.9 bWAR — tied for the highest total among all American League players.
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Three paths for the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline
The Tigers have certainly gotten themselves in a pickle as the trade deadline approaches.
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The Tigers have certainly gotten themselves in a pickle as the trade deadline approaches.
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Tigers' Rafael Montero return breaking out with Braves is another indictment on 2025 deadline.
Just when you think it can't get any worse.
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Just when you think it can't get any worse.
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5 Tigers who will be off the 40-man roster by the 2026 trade deadline
The Detroit Tigers roster should look a lot different after the MLB trade deadline. Whether the Tigers buy or sell remains to be seen, as Detroit has climbed up
The Tigers roster could look a lot different at the trade deadline.
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Scott Harris' first ever trade deadline deal as Tigers boss is fueling their current surge
Looking back on Scott Harris' Hao-Yu Lee trade might reassure Tigers fans with the deadline looming.
Hao-YU doin'?
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5 Tigers who will be off the 40-man roster by the 2026 trade deadline
The Detroit Tigers roster should look a lot different after the MLB trade deadline. Whether the Tigers buy or sell remains to be seen, as Detroit has climbed up
The Tigers roster could look a lot different at the trade deadline.
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Tarik Skubal's attempt to clear up unflattering new narrative might've made things worse
Tarik Skubal admitted to a fraught relationship with the Tigers front office after arbitration.
Maybe he should just stop saying things.
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Look no further than Tigers’ David Price trade for evidence Detroit should keep Tarik Skubal
Prospects are a hope not a sure thing. That's a history lesson the Tigers are far too familiar with as a look back at the David Price trade shows.
Prospects are a hope not a sure thing. That's a history lesson the Tigers are far too familiar with.
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