The Opening Day roster is now set as Beau Brieske is optioned to Triple-A, while RHP Miguel Diaz’s fate remains uncertain. The Tigers have announced their final roster moves prior to Opening Day.
Eduardo Rodriguez’s bizarre, roller coaster tenure with the Tigers came to an end this week, as the veteran lefty opted out of his contract with two years remaining.
What Wentz wrong on Miggy’s big day? The final series of Miguel Cabrera’s career is here, and the surefire Hall of Famer is winding back the clock like it’s 2013.
Boom! That's a 3-0 day in strikeout props on Thursday, and all at plus money, too. It puts YB's Jack Dougherty back in the green at 7-5 on the week, so let's finish off strong with Jack's three favorite K props for Friday's MLB slate.
What I mean to say is this game was bad. I’m just going to get this out of the way early: Joey Wentz is not a reliable big-league pitcher and against any other club, the way he performed today would have resulted in a much more skewed scoreboard.
Jake Rogers homered twice, Joey Wentz was pretty good, and Alex Lange shut the door on the Halos. The Tigers went for a weekend three-game sweep in Los Angeles — well, really, Anaheim, but are you a geographer, punk?
Another lousy performance from the home team in all phases of the game. The Tigers woes continued on Wednesday. The lineup continued to struggle badly to string hits together, and the pitching staff gave the opposition another large early lead to work with.
Joey Wentz got absolutely mauled by the American League’s best offense, and the Tigers phoned it in at the plate. This was one to forget. Joey Wentz got absolutely mauled in the first inning, and while Dane Dunning pitched pretty well, this might be the first game all year where the offense just seemed to give up.
The PGA Tour rolls on this week with the Rocket Mortgage Classic from Detroit Golf Club, and if you like birdies, this is the tournament for you.
The Texas Rangers will try to carry the winning momentum into the third of a four-game series against Detroit on Wednesday in Arlington, Texas. YB's Jack Dougherty has the pick.
Fun fact: Minnesota had more ejections than Detroit had runs tonight! The Detroit Tigers outhit the Minnesota Twins, 7-6, on Friday night, but it was the AL Central-leading Twinkies that controlled things all night long.
It has been a tough week for YB's Matt Wiesenfeld. On Wednesday the Angels failed to score, and that Gavin Williams guy in Cleveland was actually pretty good. He didn't even get the chance to earn some back with Atlanta because their game was postponed.
The Detroit Tigers can move closer to first place in the American League Central with another successful series against the Minnesota Twins this weekend. The teams begin a three-game series on Friday in Detroit. YB's Griffin Carroll has the pick.
The Detroit Tigers open a three-game home series against the Kansas City Royals on Monday after taking three of four on the road from the American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins. Yardbarker's Griffin Carroll has the pick.
There are a whopping 15 games on Tuesday night's MLB slate, which means there will be dozens of dingers flying out of the park all over the league. And what better way to attack a loaded slate like this than to target some juicy home run props?
Joey Wentz recorded his first win this season in his last outing. The Detroit Tigers left-hander will try to make it two straight when he starts against visiting Seattle on Sunday afternoon.
Joey Wentz nearly lost his spot in the Detroit Tigers' rotation before an injury to another starter and a strong outing gave him a reprieve. The left-hander will try to build off that outing when he starts on the road against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday evening.
The Kansas City Royals (63-90) will face off against the Detroit Tigers (60-92) in an AL Central matchup on Tuesday. Zach Greinke (4-9) is projected to pitch for the Royals, while Joey Wentz (2-2) will take the bump for the Tigers.
Joey Wentz pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings to set the tone, and Akil Baddoo and Kerry Carpenter homered as the Detroit Tigers defeated the host Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Tuesday night.
After scoring eight runs in the first game of a doubleheader, the Minnesota Twins didn't leave anything for the nightcap, falling to the Detroit Tigers 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Joey Wentz struggles with command and the bats struggle with competency. Sigh... ...It’s getting harder and harder to find the motivation to type up detailed recaps these days.
Left-hander Joey Wentz is being called up to start the Tigers’ game against the A’s on Wednesday, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters.
Carlos Rodón and Clayton Kershaw are the top free-agent starters available, with most of the other options projecting as back-end types.
All four players were top 40 picks — Manning and Wentz in 2016, Faedo and Lange in 2017. Manning went ninth overall to the Tigers back in ’16 and stands out not as one of the best prospects in all of baseball.
This decision didn’t exactly come out of nowhere, as Wentz had dealt with forearm issues this spring.
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