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January 28 in Tigers and mlb history:

1847: Hall of Famer George Wright was born this day in Manhattan, NY.
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1890: In the first of many lawsuits filed against Players League members by their former teams, a judge refuses to grant an injunction against John Ward, president of the Brotherhood. His decision, echoed frequently by other judges, states that the "want of fairness and mutuality" in the standard National League contract, specifically the clauses relating to the reserve rule, "[is] apparent."

1901: The American League formally organizes as a major league, having been a top minor league in 1900: the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Americans are admitted to join the Washington Nationals, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Chicago White Sox.
Three of the original clubs - Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Buffalo - are dropped.
League power aggregates in Ban Johnson as trustee for all ballpark leases and majority stockholdings, and with authority to buy out refractory franchises.
Player limit is 14 per team, and the schedule will be 140 games. American League contracts give the Players Protective Association what it asked for, with five-year limits on the rights to player services.

1907: In an effort to reduce playing-date conflicts between their leagues, presidents Harry Pulliam of the National League and Ban Johnson of the American League meet to plan schedules. Conflicting dates are reduced to 27.

1949: The New York Giants sign their first black players: Negro League players Monte Irvin and Ford Smith. Both men are assigned to the Jersey City Giants (International League). Irvin will star for the Giants, but Smith will never make the major leagues.

1958: The San Francisco Giants trade infielders Gail Harris and Ozzie Virgil to the Detroit Tigers for outfielder Jim Finigan and $25,000. Virgil becomes the first black player in a Tigers uniform.

1958: Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella's baseball career is tragically cut short when he becomes paralyzed from an automobile accident in Glen Cove, New York.
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1962: Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

1967: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Adams in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary).

1968: Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler are admitted to the Hall of Fame by unanimous vote of the Special Veterans Committee. Goslin was a career .316 hitter who played in four World Series. Hit a walk-off World Series-winning hit in 1935 to give the Tigers their first championship
Cuyler was a .321 career hitter with four stolen base crowns.

1973: The Hall of Fame Special Veterans Committee selects 19th-century players Mickey Welch and George Kelly, plus umpire Billy Evans, for enshrinement in Cooperstown.

1974: Detroit Wolverines and Detroit Tigers Right fielder Sam Thompson, first baseman Jim Bottomley, and umpire Jocko Conlan, are selected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

1980: Hank Aaron refuses an award from Bowie Kuhn for his career home run total. He?s displeased with how the league treats retired black ballplayers.

1992: Detroit Tigers first baseman Cecil Fielder avoids salary arbitration by agreeing to a $4.5 million contract, for the largest single-season deal in major league history.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Nick Regilio as a free agent.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Timo Perez as a free agent.

2014: Major League Baseball announces it has approved the use of a new pitcher's cap with extra padding to try to cut back on injuries from liners to the mound. The headgear, which is a half-inch thicker in the front than a standard cap and an inch thicker on the sides, will be optional for players in the majors and minor leagues, although it is expected to find more users in youth leagues.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holmedu01.shtml
Ducky Holmes 1901-1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coffeja01.shtml
Jack Coffey 1918.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/ydeem01.shtml
Emil Yde 1929.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindsro01.shtml
Rod Lindsey 2000.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tolarke01.shtml
Kevin Tolar 2000-2001.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cruzja01.shtml
Jacob Cruz 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henrios01.shtml
Oscar Henriquez 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Magglio_Ordóñez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ordonma01.shtml
Magglio Ordonez 2005-2011.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reiniza01.shtml
Zac Reininger 2017-2019.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Manning
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mannima02.shtml
Matt Manning 2021-present.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oldhare01.shtml
Red Oldham 1914-1915, 1920-1922.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullibi03.shtml
Billy Sullivan 1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Vern_Kennedy
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Vern Kennedy 1938-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rocky_Bridges
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bridgro01.shtml
Rocky Bridges 1959-1960.

Baseball Reference
 
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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

During the off-season, PoBO Scott Harris has emphasized a number of times that a team can?t have too many pitchers. And since the 2023 season ended, the Tigers have been very busy dropping and acquiring pitchers more than any other type of player.

So far, they have eliminated 21 pitchers through an opt out, DFA, free agency and trades. A few of those players have chosen to come back. Most of those leaving were on the minor league rosters.

On the other end, the Tigers have acquired 8 new pitchers. Half of them are expected to be on this year?s roster.

Harris has also said he?ll be looking for new pitchers throughout the season.

What do you believe is the single biggest reason for such a significant change in the organization?s pitching prospects?

Today?s blog addresses this dilemma and allows readers to share their thoughts in more detail. And hopefully, to actively engage with others by responding to their posts and creating back-and-forth discussion threads. The more the merrier!

For this one blog only, you?ve got 6 sentences max to share your thoughts. Of course, you can also respond to other readers.

TT will supply the ammunition. One thought-provoking question. Several options provided. One hard choice to be selected. One vote.

Ready?

What is the biggest reason for such a high turnover in the Tigers' pitching?

1. The new player development system has determined they have leveled out in their development.

2. The new Front Office is placing more focus on pitchers who control the strike zone, have a higher SO ratio and keep runners off the bases.

VOTE
 
Big pre-debut deal: The Detroit Tigers have locked up top prospect Colt Keith through 2032, guaranteeing him $28.6M for six years with club options worth $10M, $13M and $15M. There are another $15M or so in potential escalators. He should be Detroit?s Opening Day second baseman.
 
MLB NOW recently presented a list of the Top 10 left fielders not in the Hall of Fame, this per the opinion of Bob Costas. I?m on board with the bulk of the selections, with one notable exception. Costas included Kirk Gibson, who started just 456 games at that position over the course of his career. Moreover, Gibson isn?t even the best non-Hall of Fame Detroit Tiger to have played left field with any regularity. No offense to Gibson, but he logged 1,553 hits, 2,686 total bases, a 123 wRC+, and 35.9 WAR. Bobby Veach, who started 1,653 games as a left fielder, logged 2,063 hits, 2,942 total bases, a 124 wRC+, and 43.8 WAR. Gibson has postseason heroics on his side, but that is largely circumstantial. Veach?s October r?sum? comprises just two plate appearances, both at age 37 in his final season.

Veach played from 1912-1925, all but the last two years in a Detroit uniform, and to say that he was overshadowed by teammates would be an understatement. Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and Harry Heilmann were all Tigers during his tenure, and each has a plaque hanging in Cooperstown. Veach wasn?t their equal, but that doesn?t mean he isn?t one of ten best left fielders not in the Hall of Fame. Even if he isn?t, he has better credentials than Gibson.

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Emergency Pod: Colt Keith signs contract extension.
TMLR
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGllOWRjgGL

Keith will make $28,642,500 over the first six years of the deal: $2.5M in 2024, $3.5M in 2025, $4M per season from 2026-27, and $5M per season from 2028-29. The deal also includes a $2M signing bonus, $10M club option for 2030 with a $2,642,500 buyout, $13M club option for 2031 with a $1M buyout, $15M club option for 2032 with a $2M buyout, and escalators for the club option salaries. If all options are escalated and exercised, the contract would be worth $82M over nine years.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-sign-colt-keith-to-6-year-extension
Tigers sign No. 2 prospect Keith to 6-year extension.
Phenom inks deal ahead of MLB debut; contract includes club options for 2030-32.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2024/1...gns-six-year-contract-plus-three-option-years
Detroit Tigers sign Colt Keith to six year contract, plus three option years.
The total contract value could reach $82 million with all options and accelerators.
BYBTB

https://motorcitybengals.com/posts/...d-risk-with-colt-keith-extension-01hn8hfcwznj
Scott Harris finally takes a calculated risk with a Colt Keith extension.
MCBTB

https://motorcitybengals.com/posts/...h-sign-him-to-contract-extension-01hn8dftdjj4
The Detroit Tigers see the future in Colt Keith, sign him to contract extension.
MCBTB

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/tigers-sign-colt-keith-to-six-year-extension.html
Tigers Sign Colt Keith To Six-Year Extension.
MLBTR

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...olt-keith-to-long-term-extension/72388236007/
Tigers lock up prospect Colt Keith through 2029, possibly beyond, with long-term extension.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...llion-9-years-contract-extension/72388149007/
Detroit Tigers sign Colt Keith to contract extension worth up to $82 million over 9 years.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2024/0...t-colt-keith-with-huge-deal-through-2032.html
Tigers lock up prospect Colt Keith with huge deal through 2032.
Mlive
 
January 29 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: After rejecting a proposal to ban the bunt, the newly-named Rules Committee composed of Connie Mack, John McGraw and Charles Comiskey recommends no changes at this time.

1904: Ray Hayworth is born in High Point, North Carolina. Tigers catcher 1926-38. Backup to Mickey Cochrane on the 1935 World Champs. At the time of his death in 2002 at age 98, he was MLB's oldest living former player.

1936: Baseball?s first Hall of Fame class elected, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, and Babe Ruth as five of the finest players of the era.
The BBWAA and a special Veterans Committee made up of individuals with knowledge about players of the 19th-century, select Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson in the first Hall of Fame elections.
Ty Cobb is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in their inaugural election. He receives 222 out of 226 votes, the most of any player (98.2%).
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1948: Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.

1951: Major League Baseball signs a six-year All-Star Game pact for TV and Radio rights calling for $6 million.
A number of owners criticize Commissioner Happy Chandler, believing that in a couple of years, the broadcast rights will be worth much more than a million per annum.

1953: The Philadelphia Athletics traded Billy Hitchcock to the Detroit Tigers for Don Kolloway.

1957: With the advent of coast-to-coast air travel, Major League Baseball considers a plan creating a player pool to be used in the event of an air disaster.

1958: Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals signs a one-year contract worth $100,000. The deal makes Musial the highest-paid player in the National League. In 1957, Musial paced the NL with a .351 batting mark, while also hitting 29 home runs and driving in 102 runs.

1958: Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella suffers a broken neck in an early morning auto accident on Long Island. Campanella, who has won three National League MVP Awards, will be paralyzed for the remainder of his life.

1961: Billy Hamilton and Max Carey are selected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

1966: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jon Warden in the 4th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January).
1966: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ken Tatum in the 6th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.

1967: Former Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey and Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Lloyd Waner are elected to the Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote of the Special Veterans Committee. In 1947, Rickey promoted Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers, effectively breaking the baseball color line in the major leagues.

1971: In accepting the Tris Speaker Award from Houston sportswriters, Roberto Clemente gives a speech which, apart from being called by many of those in attendance "the best talk any baseball player ever made," is the source of Clemente's most famous ? if oft misquoted ? assertion: "If you have an opportunity to accomplish something that will make things better for someone coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth."

1981: American League owners approve the sales of two franchises, the Chicago White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80 percent of the Seattle Mariners to George Argyros for $10.4 million.

1987: Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs avoids going to salary arbitration for the third consecutive year by signing a three-year contract worth over $5 million.

1988: After being granted free agency as a result of owner collusion, the Los Angeles Dodgers sign free agent outfielder Kirk Gibson to a three-year contract worth $4.5 million. Thanks in large part to Gibson's fiery leadership, the Dodgers will win the National League pennant this season.
In Game 1 of the World Series against the Oakland Athletics, Gibson, too hobbled to play the field, will hit a dramatic, game-winning pinch-hit home run off Dennis Eckersley.
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1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Eric King as a free agent.

1995: Deion Sanders' appearance with the NFL San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX becomes the first athlete to have played in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.
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1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Pete Incaviglia as a free agent.

2006: Sparky Anderson attends the dedication of Sparky Anderson Field at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.
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2018: The Cleveland Indians announce that they will stop using the image of "Chief Wahoo" on their uniforms starting in 2019. The caricatural Indian mascot, deemed offensive by most Native Americans and by many others, has been used by the team since 1947, but has drawn increasing criticism in the last two decades, prompting Commissioner Rob Manfred to formally ask the team to phase it out.

2018: Anger over the slow pace of free agent signings is boiling over. Today, Agent Scott Boras accuses the current system of threatening the sport's integrity, as many teams have seemingly decided not to attempt being competitive. Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto adds that certain team would rather "win the top draft pick [in the amateur draft] than the World Series". A day earlier, Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen vented that players should consider going on strike even though a new collective bargaining agreement was just signed. The reason for this frustration is that a month before the opening of spring training, 130 free agents remain unsigned, including some of the highest-profile players on the market.

2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Travis Wood as a free agent.

2020: The Astros announce that they have hired veteran manager Dusty Baker to replace A.J. Hinch, who was fired earlier this month for his role in the 2017 sign-stealing scandal.

2020: Kris Bryant loses his long-standing grievance against his team, the Cubs, in which he contended that, when he first reached the majors in 2015, they had deliberately kept him in the minors longer than necessary in order to delay the onset of his arbitration clock and of his being eligible for free agency. He will thus become a free agent the 2021 season.

2021: Reporter Ken Rosenthal breaks out a story that the Rockies are about to trade franchise player Nolan Arenado to the Cardinals in return for prospects. Two elements of the deal need to receive approval to make it official, however: first, the Rockies want to include a sum of $50 million to cover part of the years remaining on Arenado's contract, and second the Cards would like part of the money to be deferred. The first requires MLB's approval, while the second needs the okay of the Players Association.

2021: The Detroit Tigers signed Wilson Ramos as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/simmoha01.shtml
Hack Simmons 1910.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Hayworth
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haywora01.shtml
Ray Hayworth 1926, 1929-1938.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jair_Jurrjens
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jurrjja01.shtml
Jair Jurrjens 2007.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Alex_Avila
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avilaal01.shtml
Alex Avila 2009-2015, 2017.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dixonbr01.shtml
Brandon Dixon 2019-2020.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Del_Gainer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gainede01.shtml
Del Gainer 1909, 1911-1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harrian02.shtml
Andy Harrington 1925.

Baseball Reference
 
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MONDAY MUSINGS ? WITH A TWIST.
Totally Tigers

Every once in awhile, we like to mix things up. Like today.

If you?re a regular reader, you?ve come to expect me to share 3 smaller stories that end up having lasting impact on Mondays. But today, I?m turning the tables.

You?re in charge.

Here?s your assignment:

What 1 story ? big or small ? caught your attention over the past week? It can be about the Tigers, another team or baseball in general.

Just one exclusion for today?. Please save your comments about Colt Keith for tomorrow when we will cover the topic extensively.

And for today only, you?ve got 6 sentences max to tell us about that topic.
 
Pitchers and Catchers report to Spring Training on February 14th.
Opening Day is March 28th @ White Sox.
Opening Day at Comerica Park is April 5th vs Athletics.
 
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