LOS ANGELES -- Jackson Jobe finished a Major League game before he started one, having pitched the ninth inning in his debut last September against the Rays. He pitched in two tight games last postseason as a not-so-secret weapon of the Tigers’ pitching chaos strategy. “He pitched in the playoffs

SAN FRANCISCO -- When Jackson Jobe took the mound against the Giants at Oracle Park on Tuesday night in the Tigers’ final exhibition game ahead of the 2025 season, he did so knowing he was on the cusp of a golden opportunity.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tarik Skubal’s defense of his American League Cy Young Award officially begins Thursday at Dodger Stadium, but the Tigers left-hander already has some new gold going into Opening Day, courtesy of future teammate Max Clark. Skubal mentioned on a podcast during Spring Training that he wouldn’t mind

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers rotation includes one of baseball’s top pitching prospects and one of baseball’s former top overall Draft picks. Detroit formally welcomed Jackson Jobe and Casey Mize to the final starting group on Saturday morning by optioning Keider Montero to Triple-A Toledo. Jobe, MLB Pipeline’s No. 5

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers surged to the top spot in MLB Pipeline's 2025 preseason farm system rankings, and two large reasons for the jump involved late-season breakouts by catching prospects Thayron Liranzo (now ranked as the No. 81 overall prospect) and Josue Brice?o (No. 94). The switch-hitting Liranzo slashed

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- For the second time this Spring Training, the Tigers find themselves having to pivot at third base. When Alex Bregman signed with the Red Sox on Feb. 15, opportunity opened for Jace Jung to take over the hot corner in Detroit for years to come. He might

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Bryce Rainer’s pro career consisted of workouts and batting practice until Sunday.

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

Ding, ding, who’s ready for Round 2? Last year’s inaugural edition of Spring Breakout gave fans early looks at Paul Skenes, Jackson Chourio, Pete Crow-Armstrong, James Wood, Jackson Holliday, Ceddanne Rafaela and many other young stars who graduated off prospect lists in 2024. Not only does it serve as a

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Jackson Jobe came into Spring Training armed with an array of pitches, including a curveball and a sinker he added in the offseason, in an effort to win a spot in the Tigers’ rotation. Sometimes, though, he can still keep it simple and let the fastball eat.

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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. -- 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

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Jackson Jobe looked over his left shoulder and kicked out his leg as Heston Kjerstad’s loft carried out to left Tuesday at Ed Smith Stadium. It wasn’t so much the opposite-field home run off the 97 mph high fastball that bothered him; he can tip his cap

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. LAKELAND, Fla. -- There’s a delicate balance in young pitchers adding to their arsenal. Add too many pitches, and hurlers can get indecisive with

As the sounds of bats cracking and gloves popping echo across the diamonds of Florida and Arizona, baseball's top prospects will be digging in to push for spots on Major League Opening Day rosters. Although most of these prospects will begin the season in the Minors, there are a handful

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris had been looking forward to Wednesday’s matchup since re-signing starting pitcher Jack Flaherty earlier this month. “It’s going to make for some pretty fun live BPs to watch in Spring Training when he’s facing [Trey] Sweeney and [Thayron] Liranzo,” Harris

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Don’t let the 5-foot-10 frame fool you. Tyler Owens brings a lot to the mound, as Tigers hitters realized on Wednesday. As he rears back in his delivery, he holds the ball behind his back knee before everything flies forward. Not only is his right arm flying

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Trey Sweeney arguably helped save the Tigers’ season with his work filling in for an injured Javier Báez at shortstop down the stretch and into the postseason. Now that Báez is back healthy and in camp, Sweeney (Detroit's No. 18 prospect) isn’t looking at a shortstop competition,