GAME 42 - Detroit Tigers @ New York Mets, May 12, 2026, 7:10 PM

[byco42]

GAME 42 - Tigers @ Mets
May 12, 2026, 7:10 PM
Citi Field


Jack Flaherty #9 RHP
0-3 / 5.56 / 1.65

Tigers (19-22) -2.0 3rd ALC W1 (TBD)



Freddy Peralta #51 RHP
2-3 / 3.12 / 1.20

Mets (15-25) -12.5 6th NLE L2

1. C Benge (L) RF
2. B Bichette (R) SS
3. J Soto (L) LF
4. M Vientos (R) 1B
5. M Melendez (L) DH
6. B Baty (L) 3B
7. M Semien (R) 2B
8. A Ewing (L) CF
9. F Alvarez (R) C

 

[kalinecountry]

Framber Valdez will start Wednesday at Mets upon conclusion of his 5-game suspension, manager A.J. Hinch told MLBNetworkRadio. That will line up Keider Montero for Thursday’s series finale.

The Tigers have signed RHP Nick Sandlin to a minor league contract. Former Guardian was released by the Angles. Expected to be assigned to Triple-A Toledo.

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https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2026/05/tigers-tarik-skubal-should-return-far-sooner-than-expected-agent-says.html

Tigers’ Tarik Skubal should return far sooner than expected.
Mlive

The Detroit Tigers Minor League Report Podcast: TMLR Week 7 Recap: Gage Tater Workman

Brandon, Chris and Rogelio recap the Tigers series against the Royals as they head to New York to take on the Mets.

bleav.com

TMLR Week 7 Recap: Gage Tater Workman. 74 minutes.
Brandon, Chris and Rogelio recap the Tigers series against the Royals as they head to New York to take on the Mets.

So I dived into pitch types from Gage Workman since @confusion_reign aka Robert James asked about breaking balls. Smaller sample size as far as the amount he has faced in Toledo but it's quite the jump from last year.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HIDmYiJW8AAMHk6?format=png&name=small

Rogelio Castillo

"Any idea that he was knocking loudly, that idea has pretty quickly cooled off the past couple weeks." Cody Stavenhagen brings the reality of the situation in regards to Max Clark.


Riley Greene over the last 19 games:
.397 BA
.494 OBP
1.126 OPS
27 H
10 XBH
3 HR
13 RBI
13 BB

The Whitecaps finally end their 14 game losing streak today with a 4-3 victory over the Great Lakes Loons. Good start from Hayden Minton going 5 IP, ER, BB, 6 K. Ricardo Hurtado homers, while Pennington and Rainer collect the other RBIs in this one.

https://www.mlb.com/news/nolan-mclean-munetaka-murakami-lead-first-2026-roy-poll

1st Rookie of the Year poll of '26 shows clear favorites, but plenty of competition.
MLB.com

Tigers fans holding their breath over Tarik Skubal's 'new' procedure done by famed surgeon

Scott Boras detailed a new procedure that could bring Tarik Skubal back to the Tigers earlier than expected.

motorcitybengals.com

Tigers fans holding their breath over Tarik Skubal's 'new' procedure done by famed surgeon.
We won't be satisfied until he's back on the mound, injury-free.
MCBTB

Tigers miss prime chance to bolster outfield as Dodgers cut line to make trade

The Detroit Tigers had a chance to strike before the Los Angeles Dodgers did. Instead, they watched another potentially useful outfield piece land in the hands

motorcitybengals.com

Tigers miss prime chance to bolster outfield as Dodgers cut line to make trade.
Detroit absolutely could have made this deal.
MCBTB

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2026/05/tigers-mailbag-the-kevin-mcgonigle-debate-justin-verlanders-timeline-and-more.html

Tigers mailbag: The Kevin McGonigle debate, Justin Verlander’s timeline and more.
Mlive

 

[tomdalton22]

that Tigers lineup is pretty terrible. Our hitter in the 2 hole is hitting 0.217 with a 0.282 OBP. He is such a turd.

 

[kalinecountry]

2 - 0 Tigers but flaherty has the bases loaded

2 - 1 Tigers. flaherty only has 53 pitches after 2 innings.

 

[biggunsbob]

Do we trust Harris to make deals ?

I see Jack can’t hold a lead. What’s new.

 

[biggunsbob]

What a throw by Kevin from deep shortstop to keep game tied.
2-2.

 

[lonesometiger]

wow this is going to turn into a bull pen game!

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers have 5 hits and 3 walks and only 2 runs.

Jack is an awful pitcher. He gets ahead all the time and
Can’t put batters away. Then he falls apart.

 

[tigermud]

Yup flaherty still sucks

4 innings at best flaherty one out shy of 4 innings

 

[biggunsbob]

Some Toledo hitters.
Clark is batting .273
Anderson is batting .400 (just 36 at bats)
Malgeri (Rf] is batting .313 in 128 at bats.
Maybe he is better than Perez ?
He is having a huge night tonight. He hit his 6th homer tonight.
May as well see what we have in some these guys

 

[biggunsbob]

Worst base running team in mlb. Slow footed Keith out by a mile
at the plate. Even the crappy Mets play better defense than the tigers. Pitcher backs up the throw and guns Keith out by a mile.
Umpire gets in Keith’s way too. Tigers just can’t get out of their own way.

 

[biggunsbob]

Once we bat some starters back. (If we ever do)
Maybe we should convert jack to a relief pitcher ?

 

[biggunsbob]

Perez is now batting .175 ….
Why not give someone else a shot ?

 

[biggunsbob]

1 out walk by smith. Turns into an easy SB
This stiff walks a guy who took over a at bat.
Just a worthless pen.

 

[tigermud]

Perez is now batting .175 ….
Why not give someone else a shot ?

Agree toss perez out the bus in Toledo on the way home from this road trip

 

[biggunsbob]

Workman has plenty of games in the outfield
Bring up either Anderson or Malgeri

 

[lonesometiger]

too many walks!

 

[tigermud]

Key stone cops defense here que the Benny hill theme

 

[biggunsbob]

this is what happens when guys have to play multiple positions .
Look at all the different postions.
Workman has played all over the place in the minors.
It’s an easy play that should been made his 2nd most games played is at 3b.
Anyways he only had a few errors in the of.
Dump Perez for Anderson or Malgeri

Gage Workman College, Amateur, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com

Gage Workman College, Amateur, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics including batting, fielding, prospect rankings and more on Baseball-Reference.com

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He has a lot of errors at third base . Yikes. In the minors
That was a Taylor made double play sadly.

 

[byco42]

Listening to Dan Dickerson and the other guy you’d think the Tigers were 15 games ahead in the ALC with 5 MVP candidates in the lineup.