Five Things We Liked From Last Week, May 23rd
Joe Rampe Welcome to “Five Things We Liked From Last Week”, a weekly list of… five things we liked from last week: 1. Parker Meadows and Matt Vierling It’s hard to overestimate…
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TMLR Recap 5/22: Everybody Wins!
Colin Arthur Tigers Minor League Recap – 5/22 Toledo Mud Hens (Triple-A) Game One Final/7: Indianapolis 1 – Toledo 2 Top Performer(s): Hao-Yu Lee, 2B – 1-for-2, BB, SB Bligh Madris, 1B…
Detroit Tigers’ Quiet Pipeline from Independent Leagues
Rogelio Castillo Over the last two decades, the Detroit Tigers have occasionally dipped into the independent leagues in search of pitching talent. But since the hiring of Scott Harris as President of…
TMLR Recap 5/20/25: Rain, Rainer, and Pena
Chris Brown Soggy Midwest weather spoiled a pair of games for Tigers affiliates on Tuesday evening, but we did get plenty of action. That includes a shutout, a blowout, and one epic…
Early Season Surprises: Detroit Tigers
Expectations were fairly high for the Detroit Tigers entering the 2025 season. But not this high. Here are some of the more unexpected players fueling the Tigers hot start. Who…
West Michigan Whitecaps Week Seven Recap
Emily Waldon Despite a commanding three-game lead in the Midwest League East, the wins for the West Michigan Whitecaps this season have not come without a lot of work behind the scenes.…
Detroit Tigers Prospect Audit: Reese Olson
Let’s Look at What We Got Wrong About Reese Olson Yesterday Reese Olson threw six shutout innings for the Detroit Tigers. That sentence doesn’t seem particularly noteworthy, because it’s the…
TMLR Recap 5/18/25: Jung Goes Yard
Toledo Mud Hens (Triple-A) Final: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8 – Toledo 10 Top Performers: Jace Jung – 2 for 4, HR, 2BB, 3RBI Jung had a big day for the MudHens, going…
Early Season Surprises: Detroit Tigers Minor League Edition
We are now over a quarter of the way through the minor league season. Let’s take a look at some early season surprises coming out of the Detroit Tigers minor…
Spencer Torkelson: Resurgence or where he’s supposed to be?
Jayden Hewitt The Spencer Torkelson backstory Spencer Torkelson was the first overall draft pick for the Detroit Tigers in 2020 and has had an interesting career in that time frame. He was…