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2025 Tigers Spring Training

Tigers option Matt Manning to Triple-A Toledo.
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Detroit Tigers send Matt Manning to Triple-A Toledo in 2nd round of spring training cuts

The Detroit Tigers removed three players from MLB spring training in the second round of cuts, including 2016 No. 9 overall draft pick Matt Manning.
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Detroit Tigers send Matt Manning to Triple-A Toledo in 2nd round of spring training cuts.
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Jumping over to the AL Central, which player is the key to the Tigers’ success this season? I asked Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press for his perspective.

“It’s easy to point to Tarik Skubal, but no player is more crucial to the Tigers’ success this season than Parker Meadows, their leadoff hitter and centerfielder,” opined Petzold. “Just look at last season: Detroit posted a .653 winning percentage in games he started (49-26) and an even better .738 mark when he recorded a hit (31-11). After making a swing adjustment in Triple-A Toledo, he hit .299 with an .857 OPS over his final 50 games, signaling a potential long-term breakout.

“Beyond his offensive upside, Meadows is an elite defender in center field and one of the fastest players on the bases. If he maintains above-average production at the plate, he could be worth at least 4.0 fWAR in 2025 — putting him among MLB’s top five centerfielders. The best starter in baseball takes the mound once every five days, but an elite centerfielder impacts the game every day. If Meadows unlocks his potential, the Tigers’ ceiling rises with him.”

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The Tigers leaned on their relievers quite a bit in 2024, and mixing-and-matching out of the pen promises to remain a big part part of manager A.J. Hinch’s run-prevention strategy. Even so, Detroit’s starting rotation could very well be a strength. Along with reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, Hinch can give the ball to Jack Flaherty, Jackson Jobe, Kenta Maeda, Matt Manning, Casey Mize, Keider Montero, and Reese Olson. Once he’s healthy, Alex Cobb will factor into the equation as well.

How would Hinch compare this year’s Tigers rotation to the best he’s had as a manager?

“I’ve had some pretty experienced guys who are probably ticketed for Cooperstown, so it’s pretty hard to compare any staff to some of the best ones I’ve had,” said Hinch, who had Gerrit Cole, Zack Greinke, and Justin Verlander in Houston. “But this is as talented and deep a rotation as any manager could ask for right now… whoever ends up being a starter — five, six, seven, eight — there is very little gap amongst the group that is competing to make the opening day roster. It’s a good problem to have, if it’s even a problem at all. It’s more of a perceived problem than an actual problem.”

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