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January 15 in Tigers and mlb history:

1927: The St. Louis Browns traded Pinky Hargrave, Bobby LaMotte and Marty McManus to the Detroit Tigers for Otis Miller, Billy Mullen, Frank O'Rourke and Lefty Stewart.

1934: New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth signs a one-year contract worth $35,000. While the contract is considered a lucrative one for the times, it represents a pay cut of $17,000 for "The Babe".

1936: IRS figures for 1934 show Branch Rickey as the highest-paid man in Major League Baseball at $49,470. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis had voluntarily taken a cut in 1933 from $65,000 to $40,000 because of the Depression.

1936: Horace Stoneham is elected president of the New York Giants, succeeding his late father, Charles. Stoneham, at age 32, will remain president for the next 40 years, presiding over its move to San Francisco, CA, before selling the team in 1976.

1942: US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sends his famed "Green Light Letter" to Commissioner Judge Landis, encouraging Major League Baseball to continue playing during World War II. President Roosevelt states that he believes playing the sport would be good for Americans and encourages the owners to have more games at night to give war workers an opportunity to attend games. Despite a loss of many star players to military service, all 16 teams will continue to play regular schedules for the duration of the war.
Ironically, the Chicago Cubs, who had signed an agreement with a contractor to install lights at Wrigley Field, drop their plans because of the military's need for the material. It will take 35 more years before lights are finally installed at the venerable ballpark.

1957: The Brooklyn Dodgers extend their five-year lease on Ebbets Field by signing a new three-year lease with real estate developer Marvin Kratter, who bought the field in 1953. A year later, the Dodgers will call the City of Los Angeles their new home.

1958: The New York Yankees announce that 140 games will be televised this season. The deal is worth over one million dollars. Six days later, the Philadelphia Phillies agree to televise 78 games into the New York City area, which is without National League baseball for the first time since the league's inception in 1876.

1964: Major League Baseball executives vote to hold a free agent draft in New York City. A new TV pact is also signed.

1964: San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays, the highest-paid player in major league baseball, signs for $105,000.

1981: Pitcher Bob Gibson is elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Gibson, who needed 301 votes for election, is named on 337 ballots by the Baseball Writers Association of America. In 17 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Gibson won 251 games, struck out 3,117 batters, compiled a 2.91 ERA, won 20 games five times, and earned two World Championship rings. In 1968, Gibson enjoyed his best season ever, going 22-9 with a 1.12 ERA and captured the Cy Young Award.
Players falling short of the 301 votes needed for election include Don Drysdale (243), Gil Hodges (241), Harmon Killebrew (239), Hoyt Wilhelm (238) and Juan Marichal (233).

1990: Central League star Cecil Fielder signs a contract with the Detroit Tigers. Fielder, who had blasted 38 home runs for the Hanshin Tigers in 1989, will hit 51 home runs this season and become one of the premier power hitters in the American League for most of the 1990's.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Ed Romero as a free agent.

1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Jorge Velandia as an amateur free agent.

1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Bob Scanlan as a free agent.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Craig Dingman as a free agent.

2014: The Dodgers sign P Clayton Kershaw to the biggest deal in baseball history, as the seven-year, $215 million package averages to $30.7 million per season, making Kershaw the highest-paid player in baseball

2015: At the last owners meeting chaired by outgoing Commissioner Bud Selig, owners decide to use a pitch clock during minor league games at the AA and AAA level this season in an experiment to quicken the pace of games.,

2016: The Detroit Tigers released Rafael Dolis.

2021: In what has been a quiet off-season thus far, the Yankees make a couple of consequential moves. They re-sign free agent 2B D.J. LeMahieu, the reigning American League batting champion, for 6 years and $90 million, and also take a flyer on former Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber, who has missed most of the last two seasons because of injuries, for one year at $11 million. Both deals still await official confirmation.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Grover_Lowdermilk
Grover Lowdermilk Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Grover Lowdermilk 1915-1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Gromek
Steve Gromek Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Steve Gromek 1953-1957.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Marshall_(marshmi01)
Mike Marshall Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Mike Marshall 1967.

Luis Alvarado Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Luis Alvardo 1977.

George Cappuzzello Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
George Cappuzzello 1981.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Armando_Galarraga
Armando Galarraga Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Armando Galarraga 2008-2010.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Daz_Cameron
Daz Cameron Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Daz Cameron 2020-2022.

Baseball Reference
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OPEN MIKE.
Totally Tigers

On this long holiday weekend, we welcome readers to share their thoughts about the Tigers or baseball in general. Your observations, comments and questions. Extra credit to those who create topics or questions that generate thoughtful dialog threads.

For this day only, a maximum of 6 sentences please.
 
The 2024 Tigers International Signings. Several of these players have been already reported by Baseball America.
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The Tigers have signed 3B Nestor Miranda (6-3, 225) from the Dominican Republic to a Minor League contract.
Miranda is ranked as the No. 45 international prospect by @MLBPipeline
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The Tigers have signed RHP Albert Ramos (6-3, 185) from the Dominican Republic to a Minor League Contract.
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The Tigers have agreed to terms on a Minor League contract with SS Jose Dickson (6-2, 158) from the Dominican Republic.
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-2024-international-prospects-signings?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Tigers reach deal with Dominican infield prospect.
Tigers official site

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...national-prospects-signings-2024/72230588007/
Detroit Tigers sign international prospects Nestor Miranda and Jesus Pinto, among others.
Freep
 
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January 16 in Tigers and mlb history:

1910: Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean is born in Lucas, AR. Dean will make his debut in 1930 with the St. Louis Cardinals and will win 150 games over a 12-year career with the Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns.

1913: The Chicago White Sox purchased Davy Jones from the Detroit Tigers for $2,500.

1952: The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000. Prior to this relaxation of the rules, there was a wage freeze in effect due to the Korean War. Under the new rules, a team is free to raise individual salaries, as long as they do not exceed a complicated formula, based on total team salaries for any one year, from 1946 to 1950, plus 10 percent.

1964: American League owners vote down Charlie Finley's proposed move of the Kansas City Athletics to Louisville, Kentucky. The owners, who vote 9-1 against the proposal, also tell Finley to sign a lease with Kansas City or surrender the franchise.

1970: Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood files a lawsuit challenging the reserve clause, which binds major league players to teams perpetually. Flood had been traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies on October 7, 1969, but has refused to report to the Phillies. Flood contends that the reserve clause violates antitrust laws. He will lose the suit but the judge will suggest changes to the reserve system, opening the door for salary arbitration and free agency.
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1974: The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former New York Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to the Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536 home runs with the Yankees rank second only to Babe Ruth, and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees pitcher of all time, retiring with more wins (236), innings pitched (3,171), strikeouts (1,956), and shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.
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1986: The Detroit Tigers released Marty Castillo.
1986: The Detroit Tigers traded Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sanchez to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Engle.

1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Frank Williams as a free agent.

1996: Major League Baseball's executive council approves a history-making first: interleague play for the 1997 season. The Players' Association will also give its approval, enabling geographic rivals like New York's Mets and Yankees, Chicago's Cubs and White Sox, and Los Angeles' Angels and Dodgers to play each other during the regular season.

2001: Outfielders Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett are elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.

2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Scott Servais as a free agent.

2003: The Hall of Fame announces that Gary Carter will become the first player to wear a Montreal Expos cap on his plaque when he is inducted next July at Cooperstown. Although the former Montreal catcher had expressed his desire to go in with a Mets logo, for whom he won a Championship in 1986, the Hall of Fame makes the final decision.

2003: The owners establish the minimum age of 14 for bat boys. The change from not having any age requirement is prompted by a near collision at home plate during Game 5 of last year's World Series involving 4-year old bat boy Darren Baker, the son of Giants manager Dusty Baker.

2003: Trying to restore a competitive edge to the All-Star Game, the owners unanimously approve that the winning league of the Mid-Summer classic will have home-field advantage during the World Series. Approval is needed by the players to change the current rotation between the two leagues, which was put in place since the inception of the World Series in 1903.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Tom Evans as a free agent.
2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Guillermo Moscoso as an amateur free agent.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Alexis Gomez as a free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Don Kelly as a free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Miller as a free agent.

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Don Kelly as a free agent.

2014: At their quarterly meeting, MLB owners agree to the proposed expansion of instant replay; as the Players Association and Umpires Association have also agreed to the changes, they will be effective at the start of this season.
A manager will be able to challenge up to two decisions per game, and the umpiring crew can decide on its own to review a call from the 7th inning on. Almost all calls will be subject to review, except for balls and strikes, obstruction and interference.

2020: Carlos Beltran becomes the third manager to lose his job as a result of the sign-stealing scandal linked to the 2017 Astros. He is dismissed by the Mets after being the only player named in the investigation report made public by the Commissioner's office. His firing follows that of A.J. Hinch and Alex Cora a few days earlier. Having been named to the position after the 2019 season, he never had an opportunity to actually manage a game.

2021: The Detroit Tigers signed Andrew Moore as a free agent.
2021: The Detroit Tigers signed Robbie Ross as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

Brad Kocher Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Brad Kocher 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Watson
Johnny Watson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Johnny Watson 1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marty_Castillo
Marty Castillo Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Marty Castillo 1981-1985.

Warwick Saupold Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Warwick Saupold 2016-2018.

Garrett Hill Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Garrett Hill 2022-2023.

Tigers players who passed away:

Fred Payne Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Fred Payne 1906-1908.

Claude Rossman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Claude Rossman 1907-1909.

Clay Perry Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Clay Perry 1908.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Baby_Doll_Jacobson
Baby Doll Jacobson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Baby Doll Jacobson 1915.

Liz Funk Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Liz Funk 1930.

Willie Smith Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Willie Smith 1963.

Baseball Reference
 
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Mizerly.
Totally Tigers

Let the speculation begin.

Last week was the deadline for MLB teams to exchange arbitration numbers with their eligible players. And the Detroit Tigers finalized contracts with 3 out of 4 players.

All except for Casey Mize.

Remember him? The #1 draft pick back in 2018 who has only pitched 1 full season and a handful of games over an additional 2 years.

Mize last pitched almost 2 years ago. A lifetime in baseball.

They are going to arbitration over a difference in salary. The Tigers offered $815,000. Mize wants $840,000.

A difference of $25,000.

But don?t think that this is an instance of the Tigers being cheap. Don?t make that automatic assumption.

The Tigers are anything but cheap under the post-Covid, post-tear down and new leadership.

Fans don?t see it but Chris Ilitch has poured millions into the franchise?s infrastructure.The first owner to do such dating back to before we were born. Expanding departments, buying tons of new expensive technology and hiring the best executives, managers, coaches and specialists.

He?s even green-lighted huge expansions of personnel in multiple departments like player development, analytics, scouting and drafting.He is also funding the increase from 5 coaches to 11.

Ilitch hired both a President of Baseball Operations and a GM. He didn?t have to. An extra person and an extra multi-million dollar salary.

So it doesn?t make sense that the team would balk at a measly extra $25,000.

There is something else going on. And it?s why the Tigers are making a statement by staying put in their salary offer.

Let?s explore what possibly could be going on.
 
January 17 in Tigers and mlb history:

1870: Hall of Famer Jimmy Collins was born this day in Niagra Falls, NY.
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1885: The New York Clipper reports that Paul Hines has canceled his Washington Monument ball-drop exhibition. "The experiment of trying to catch a ball thrown from the top of the Washington Monument has proved to be a failure. The ball reaches the ground with such great speed that it indents the ground almost as much as a heavy cannon ball would dropped from a proportionate height. The fact is that, independently of the difficulty of judging the ball falling from such a height, the speed is too great to allow of any one holding it when it nears the ground."

1915: According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the American League hometown franchise will now be known as the Indians replacing the nickname the Naps - a change due to Napoleon Lajoie, the player-manager for whom the team is presently named, leaving for the Philadelphia Athletics. Team owner Charles W. Somers asked the city's baseball writers, who in turn asked their readers for suggestions. A false rumor claims that the origin of the name was former Cleveland Spiders outfielder, Chief Sockalexis.

1919: The Detroit Tigers traded Ossie Vitt to the Boston Red Sox for Eddie Ainsmith, Slim Love and Chick Shorten.

1934: National League MVP Carl Hubbell comes to contract terms with the New York Giants. Hubbell, who won league honors unanimously in 1933, will earn $18,000 for the upcoming season.

1939: The New York Yankees elect Ed Barrow as president. Barrow replaces Jacob Ruppert, who died four days earlier. Barrow will remain as the Yankees president until 1945, when the team is bought by Dan Topping and Del Webb.

1952: Detroit Tigers owner Walter Briggs dies at the age of 74. His son will succeed him in the presidency.
Tiger Stadium was named Briggs Stadium from 1938-1960.

1961: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Frank Bolling to the Milwaukee Braves for Dick Brown, Bill Bruton, Chuck Cottier and Terry Fox. The Detroit Tigers sent Neil Chrisley (January 17, 1961) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

1970: The Sporting News names San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays as its "Player of the Decade" for the 1960s. Mays beats out the likes of Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Al Kaline, and Carl Yastrzemski in the voting.

1970: Major league teams select a record 357 players in the January phase of the annual free agent draft, including top pick Chris Chambliss, by Cleveland, and Chris Speier. Fred Lynn, drafted by the Yankees in the first round, will not sign.

1970: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Potter in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.

1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeff Kaiser as a free agent.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Grimsley as a free agent.

2008: Major League Baseball owners unanimously vote to extend commissioner Bud Selig's contract through the 2012 season. The contract extension will make Selig baseball's second-longest-serving commissioner, behind only Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The vote comes in a week when Selig has been criticized by the U.S. Congress for not cracking down hard enough on steroids.

2012: Tigers announce Victor Martinez suffered an ACL injury in his left knee and will likely miss the entire upcoming season. The Tigers will sign Prince Fielder in response.

2014: Tigers agree to one-year contract with reigning AL Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, avoiding arbitration.

2020: The Detroit Tigers traded Matt Hall to the Boston Red Sox for Jhon Nunez (minors).

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jay_Porter
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml
Jay W. Porter 1955-1957.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Brown
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/browndi01.shtml
Dick Brown 1961-1962.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mayo_Smith
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/smithma01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Mayo-Smith/
Mayo Smith manager 1967-1970.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/turneje01.shtml
Jerry Turner 1982.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Rabelo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rabelmi01.shtml
Mike Rabelo 2006-2007. Tigers Minor league coach 2011-2019.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Jiménez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jimenjo02.shtml
Joe Jimenez 2017-2022.

Tigers players and executives who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Walter_Briggs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Briggs_Sr.
Walter Briggs Tigers co-owner 1920-1935, owner 1935-1952.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_McHale
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mchaljo01.shtml
John McHale 1943-1945, 1947-1948, Assistant GM 1949-1957, General Manager 1957-1959.

Baseball Reference
 
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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

As part of the 10-year deal that Nike has with MLB, they are rolling out City Connect uniforms for each team. They are described as alternate uniforms that offer different color schemes, fonts and graphics and considered to be fun and ?fashion forward.? Nike describes them as ?reflecting the cultural aspects of each team?s home city.?

While the Rockies have black, white and grey uniforms with a backdrop of mountains, the Boston Red Sox have bright yellow uniforms with turquoise trim. Washington, DC has pink cherry blossoms splashed across the front of theirs. San Diego?s brown uniforms have given way to a tropical vibe of pink, yellow and mint green. The hats are green while the belts are hot pink.

Nike is the decision maker. It is believed that this strategy is to introduce new jerseys (and thus more money in sales) and attract a younger fan base. So far, the reviews from fans are mixed.

At the end of 2024, 23 teams will have them. There is yet to be an announcement about the jersey debuts for the Athletics, Guardians, Mets, Rays, Tigers, Twins and Yankees.

All teams are supposed to get their own but not every team wants one. The Yankees have made it known that they are against changing the pinstripe uniform.

As you see, the Detroit Tigers do not have a City Connect jersey yet. It is unclear whether it is due to their recent performance standings (thus not a big demand) or whether the organization is possibly fighting the update.

What do you think? Is a modern take on the classic Olde English D a good option to have?

Should the Tigers have a City Connect jersey?

1. Yes, I want to see a modern jersey.

2. I am hesitant about a change.

3. No, I don't want a City Connect jersey.

VOTE
 
The Detroit Tigers are favorites to sign OF Cris Rodriguez in the 2025 international class. Massive offensive tools. Physical as all hell. If the bat clicks, it's middle-of-the-order impact. Plus arm strength. Profiles into RF. A Top 10 player in 2025, may end up in the Top 5.
 
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