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Martín Maldonado joining Tigers staff as quality control coach (sources)

October 16, 2026

DETROIT -- Longtime catcher Martin Maldonado, who played for a handful of legendary managers during his 14-year Major League career, is following the path into the coaching profession. Maldonado is joining the Tigers as a quality control coach under A.J. Hinch, for whom he played in Houston, sources told MLB.com

Melton given clean bill of health, ready to lead Tigers' rotation in '27

October 15, 2026

DETROIT -- Hot Stove season doesn’t begin until next month, but the Tigers already got a big addition to their rotation entering next year. Right-hander Troy Melton, given a clean bill of health, looms large again as a potential frontline starter in a group of talented young arms. Melton, whose

Stream Red Wings games this season on dedicated Detroit SportsNet tab within MLB App

September 18, 2026

Advancing into a new era of Detroit Red Wings telecasts, the team today announced details ahead of its inaugural season on Detroit SportsNet, presented by Bet365. This includes the return of fan-favorite on-air talent, tune-in information, and meaningful production enhancements for a telecast already ranked as one of the league’s

This Gold Glove finalist has emerged as one of MLB's best two-way catchers

October 15, 2026

DETROIT -- Dillon Dingler has a solid chance to join Ivan Rodriguez, Lance Parrish and Bill Freehan as Tigers catchers to win consecutive Gold Glove Awards. He had a case to be in the American League MVP conversation late in the summer, entering August behind only Yordan Alvarez among AL

Watch Tigers prospects in Arizona Fall League action

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12:12 AM EDT

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

Dingler seeks 2nd straight Gold Glove at catcher; McKinstry nominated at utility

October 14, 2026

The 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Wednesday, with the winners set to be unveiled on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 1. Each league has three finalists at each position, including the utility spot, which was awarded for the first time in 2022.

Latest Tigers injuries and transactions

October 15, 2026

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

Who's next? A look at Detroit's new wave of top prospects

October 12, 2026

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

How Tigers can help Valdez regain All-Star form in 2027

October 8, 2026

DETROIT -- Who led Tigers pitchers in games started, innings pitched, wins and strikeouts? The answer is Framber Valdez, just as everyone might have figured when the Tigers signed him in February. Very little else about Valdez's first season in Detroit satisfied expectations. The Tigers signed the two-time All-Star just

Here's one stat from each farm system that caught our eye in 2026

October 14, 2026

The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

Five burning questions facing Tigers in their quest to return to postseason

October 5, 2026

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Here are each organization's Prospects of the Year

October 7, 2026

Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

McGonigle lands on Pipeline’s All-Rookie Team

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October 6, 2026

Rookies -- and big names at that -- made their impacts felt in 2026. Eighteen of the first 25 players ranked on MLB Pipeline's preseason Top 100 Prospects list appeared in the big leagues, and many of them had seasons worthy of hardware. There were eye-catching debuts, massive extensions, All-Star

Ever closer to his MLB debut, Hope leads Tigers' group in Fall League

October 7, 2026

Scott Harris was a man of his word. At the Tigers’ 2025 end-of-season press conference, the club's president of baseball operations mentioned two 20-year-olds who dominated Double-A that season -- a pair everyone watching knew to be Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark -- would factor into their 2026 Major League

Man on the move: Tigers' shortstop prospect Peck now refining craft in Fall League

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October 4, 2026

GLENDALE, Ariz. –- One of the unique difficulties the Arizona Fall League presents for hitters is the sheer variety of arms they have to face on an at-bat-to-at-bat basis, often without much prep. But name a full-season Tigers affiliate and John Peck played there in 2026 -- including a one-month

The final Top 100 Prospects list of the year has a new look

October 2, 2026

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

Tigers part ways with first-base coach Sanders, asst. pitching coach Nieves (sources)

September 29, 2026

DETROIT -- The Tigers will make some changes to their coaching staff coming off a 76-86 season. First-base coach Anthony Sanders and assistant pitching coach Juan Nieves will not return to the Tigers next season, sources told MLB.com. The Tigers have not confirmed any changes to their coaching staff. The

Four takeaways from Tigers' end-of-season press conference

September 28, 2026

DETROIT -- Tigers President of Baseball Operations Scott Harris and manager A.J. Hinch have held a media session after the end of each season during their tenure to assess the campaign and look ahead to next year. Monday morning’s press conference, held the day after the regular season ended, rather

One career ends, another takes flight as McGonigle caps historic rookie year

September 27, 2026

DETROIT -- One day after Tigers manager A.J. Hinch set the perfect scene to close out Justin Verlander’s incredible career, he did the same for a player whose career is just getting rolling. Kevin McGonigle took his defensive position at third base for the eighth inning when manager A.J. Hinch

Here is each club's Arizona Fall League sleeper prospect

October 5, 2026

Action in the Arizona Fall League kicked off over the weekend with a full slate of games, with big names already turning heads. While a lot of attention is understandably given to the high-profile prospects -- the late additions of Sebastian Walcott, Aidan Miller and Angeibel Gomez created some fun

Day for the ages: Verlander's final start, incredible father-daughter moment AND a walk-off HR!

September 26, 2026

DETROIT -- Years from now, when folks mention Vintage Verlander, this is what they’ll mean. For days, the Tigers had joked about sending Justin Verlander out like Billy Chapel. Never mind that the latter is a fictional character, an aging, once-great Tigers pitcher portrayed by Kevin Costner in the 1999

How Hinch, Tigers 'totally blindsided' Verlander with a perfect sendoff

September 26, 2026

DETROIT -- Justin Verlander overcame the rust of six months since his last Major League appearance, the tightness of a hamstring strain that never quite went away, and the simple truth of Father Time and 43-year-old pitchers to deliver one last afternoon of Vintage Verlander. But after 5 1/3 innings

As Verlander hangs up cleats, he and Scherzer have one last matter to settle

September 26, 2026

TORONTO -- The sun is setting on two of this era’s greatest pitchers. Justin Verlander threw the final pitch of his remarkable career on Saturday afternoon in Detroit, and while Max Scherzer isn’t ready to make a decision just yet, he’ll take the mound Sunday in Toronto knowing it could