Category: Live Looks

Checking in on Colt Keith and Parker Meadows

by Chris Brown
April 16, 2024

Colt Keith and Parker Meadows are Starting Slowly Colt Keith and Parker Meadows are in the big leagues, and the Detroit Tigers are 9-7 through 16 games. The fans must be rejoicing! What’s that you say? Tigers fans are as angry and ornery as ever? And they already want players sent back to the minors?…

Three Takeaways from the SeaWolves 2024 Home Opener

Our second live look of the season as Erie hosts Binghamton. For the first time during our April travels to Erie, it was warm. The SeaWolves were preparing for their home opener following the solar eclipse. Heading into Tuesday’s game, the team’s biggest strength, akin to the eclipse, was their pitching. They boasted a streak…

by Chris Brown
March 26, 2024

The TMLR team discusses the 2024 Detroit Tigers minor-league season The minor-league season is just days away, so we decided to ask ourselves some burning questions about Detroit Tigers prospects in 2024. Feel free to add your own answers in the comments section! Who is your breakout position prospect for the Detroit Tigers? Connor: I…

by Chris Brown
November 13, 2023

The Tools series continues with the best power hitters in the Detroit Tigers system The Detroit Tigers aren’t a championship club, and the farm system isn’t elite. But the organization seems headed in the right direction, and things are far better now than they were a few years ago. And a lot of that improvement…

by Chris Brown
November 6, 2023

We begin our Tools series with a look at the best hitters in the Detroit Tigers system. Last week we finished our Awards series, which was based purely on performance in 2023. This Tools series does take performance into account, but here we’re going to get a bit more granular and talk about ability as…

Detroit Tigers prospect positional player overview: Shortstop

Welcome to Day 3 of our Detroit Tigers Positional Breakdown series. In this installment, we turn our attention to the shortstop position within the organization, evaluating its performance in 2023. Much like the roles of second and first base, the shortstop position serves multiple functions within the system. Yesterday, we delved into the second basemen;…

Detroit Tigers prospect positional player overview: Second base

Welcome to day three of our Detroit Tigers positional breakdown, where we offer a quick summary of how players performed across the system in various positions. Yesterday, we examined first baseman; today, we’re focusing on second base within the organization and how they fared in 2023. If there is one strength of the Detroit…

Detroit Tigers minor league positional player overview 2023: First baseman

Welcome to Day 2 of our Detroit Tigers positional breakdown, where we offer a quick summary of how players performed across the system in various positions. Yesterday, we examined the catchers; today, we’re focusing on first basemen within the organization and how they fared in 2023. Toledo In the wake of Spencer Torkelson’s breakout 2023…

Detroit Tigers minor league positional player overview 2023: Catchers

As we head into the off-season, we will bring back our best Detroit Tigers Tools Series and breakdown individual season performances, but for now, let’s look across the system for an overview of the players who have taken steps forward in 2023 on the hitting side as we start behind the plate. Check out…

The 2023 Erie SeaWolves is a win for Tigers pitching development

The Erie SeaWolves won their first Eastern League title in their team history on Tuesday, defeating Binghamton 10-0. It was the first title by a Detroit Tigers Double-A affiliate since another former Eastern League team, the London Tigers, did in 1990. Manager Gabe Alvarez, who took the same buses and road trips that his players…