LAKELAND, Fla. -- The slumbering nerve in Parker Meadows’ upper right arm has apparently started to awaken.

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.

The Tigers will look for their second consecutive Spring Breakout win when they send many of their top prospects -- including five of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 -- to North Port, Fla. to face the Braves. Like last year, they’ll be led by Hall of Famer Alan Trammell, who will

It’s time to crown a new king. After a three-year run for the Orioles atop our preseason farm system rankings, they’ve stepped off the throne, making way for the Tigers. The O’s had slipped from the top spot in our 2024 midseason rankings as they’d graduated a number of prospects

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The sinker from Phillies left-hander Jesús Luzardo came in on Kerry Carpenter at 94 miles per hour. Carpenter fought it and laced a line drive into left field for an opposite-field, one-out single, igniting a six-run second inning in Wednesday’s 17-7 victory. It won’t go into history

LAKELAND, Fla. – The Tigers began the process of trimming their roster by re-assigning four non-roster invitees to Minor League camp: Right-handers Wilmer Flores and Wilkel Hernandez, catcher Eliezer Alfonzo and infielder Eddys Leonard. None of the moves were a surprise. The Tigers kept a smaller camp than in previous

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

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The tattoo on the left side of Hao-Yu Lee's neck can be difficult to make out until you read it up close: Persistence. It fits the Taiwanese-born Tigers prospect. It’s how the former Phillies international signing rose to become the No. 8 prospect in the Tigers' system

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Sometime during the Tigers’ offseason-long pursuit of free agent third baseman Alex Bregman, the narrative caught hold: Is Detroit building up for a two-year window of contention, built around the years of club control left on reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal? Not surprisingly, Tigers

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The changeup from Blue Jays starter José Berríos sent Javier Báez swinging, splitting the end of the Tigers shortstop’s bat as he fouled off the ball. While the end of his bat flew into foul territory behind third base, Báez stared out to his brother-in-law and shook

LAKELAND, Fla. -- A day later, the joy was still on Thayron Liranzo’s face. The Tigers were pretty happy about their top catching prospect’s first Spring Training home run, too. It’s not just that the top position prospect in Tigers camp saw his hard work rewarded. His 417-foot drive to

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Jackson Jobe came into Spring Training looking for more strikeouts after not getting many swings and misses in his brief big league stint last season. He came out of his last start looking to finish off hitters from two-strike counts. He found what he wanted Sunday afternoon

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Matt Vierling said he was “shocked” that what began as lingering discomfort in his right shoulder turned out to be a muscle strain in his rotator cuff. Still, the Tigers outfielder is trying to take a glass-half-full approach to a frustrating injury that will sideline him for

Spring Training isn’t just a warm-up for established players, it’s also a chance for prospects to showcase their skills and see how they measure up in a big league setting.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- After a rookie season to remember, Wenceel Pérez got on board the “best-shape-of-his-life” theme this offseason by changing his diet, getting leaner and adding muscle. It wasn’t an easy adjustment for the Tigers outfielder, who had to put on weight on his way up the Minor Leagues,

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows, whose two-way play was a key component of Detroit’s late-season charge to the postseason last year, is dealing with a nerve issue in his upper right arm and remains sidelined with no set timetable for a return, manager A.J. Hinch announced Saturday

Spring Training might not count, but it is when we get the year's first wave of Statcast data, and that deserves a closer look. Let's try to find some numbers worth paying attention to early on this spring, from the hitters who are ripping the ball to the pitchers who

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Javier Báez was eager to play on Friday afternoon. So eager, in fact, that he woke up early and drove from his Tampa home to TD Ballpark, joining new teammate Gleyber Torres, both of them beating the Tigers’ bus from Lakeland. All things considered, Báez sees it

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling has been diagnosed with a strained rotator cuff muscle and will not be available until after Opening Day, manager A.J. Hinch said before Friday’s Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays.

Few things in baseball are more exciting than watching everything click for a talented young player. It can take time and require patience. But when it all comes together, it’s thrilling. After all, this is the future becoming the present before your eyes. With that in mind, we asked five

LAKELAND, Fla. – All the Tarik Skubal trade talk was supposed to have died last summer. But instead of swapping pitchers, Skubal found himself swapping pitches this offseason, from one Cy Young Award winner to another, from a current Tigers left-hander to a former one. It started with a message

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from his newsletter is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The sighting of a Ben Malgeri Double-A Erie SeaWolves shirsey at Joker Marchant Stadium on Thursday could have been a sign of how the Tigers Minor League outfielder has taken the Grapefruit League by storm with his hot start. Or it could simply be a sign of