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The Detroit Tigers entered the offseason with fans hoping and praying to see them get serious when it comes to landing one of the top free agents on the market
These six players just missed the cut for the Free Press' All-125 team despite outsized roles in the 125-season history of the Detroit Tigers.
Jackson Jobe last pitched for the Detroit Tigers on May 28, then underwent surgery June 16 to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
The Detroit Tigers entered the offseason with an obvious goal of rebuilding their pitching staff, expected by most to look at that area more so than anything el
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers traded right-handed reliever Chase Lee to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The move clears a 40-man roster spot for the addition of veteran right-hander Kyle Finnegan, whose signing should be made official in the coming days. The Tigers will receive 24-year-old left-hander Johan Simon from the Blue Jays.
"We obviously feel good about the state of our rotation," Detroit Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg said at MLB's Winter Meetings in Orlando.
Their latest addition is from another American League team, the Detroit Tigers, who they almost ended up playing in the ALCS. Chase Lee wasn't their most utilized reliever by any means as he made 32 appearances during the regular season but this was his debut year to the Majors.
(Expected Weighted On-Base Average on Contact) is a measure from Statcast that considers a player’s offensive production only when they make contact, removing strikeouts, walks, and hit-by-pitches to assess the quality of batted balls, indicating how well a player should have performed on contact alone, not what they actually got.