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Detroit Tigers' Tyler Holton ties for 15th in 2024 AL MVP voting; Tarik Skubal finishes 7th

Detroit Tigers left-handed reliever Tyler Holton didn't win the 2024 American League MVP Award, but he was one of 19 players to receive a vote.
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Detroit Tigers' Tyler Holton ties for 15th in 2024 AL MVP voting; Tarik Skubal finishes 7th.
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While Judge, Ohtani win MVP awards, 2 Tigers also pick up votes

Lefty reliever Tyler Holton was named on one ballot.
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Judge, Ohtani win MVP awards, 2 Tigers also pick up votes.
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Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge wins his 2nd MVP, this one unanimously - BBWAA

New York Yankees' outfielder Aaron Judge won his second American League MVP Award, sweeping all 30 votes. Judge, who also won this award in 2022, is the 17th multiple winner in the American League. He joins a list that features three-time winners Jimmie Foxx (1932-33, 1938), Joe DiMaggio (1939...
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American League MVP voting.
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Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani makes history by winning MVP unanimously for the third time - BBWAA

Los Angeles' Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani was the unanimous selection for the NL MVP award, adding a third MVP to the two he won in the American League. Ohtani, who earned MVP honors in the American League in 2021 and 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels, becomes the second player in history to win the
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National League MVP voting.
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November 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Kansas City (American Association) purchased Tex Covington from the Detroit Tigers.
1912: Providence (International) purchased Ollie O'Mara from the Detroit Tigers.

1934: Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Frank Doljack from the Detroit Tigers.
1934: Montreal (International) purchased Vic Frazier from the Detroit Tigers.

1943: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis rules that Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently ineligible to hold office or be employed for having bet on his own team. The Carpenter family of Delaware will buy the Philadelphia club and Bob Carpenter, at age 28, will become president.

1944: Five groups totaling 23 players, managers, umpires and sports writers visit war theaters as part of the United Service Organizations program.
Included are Mel Ott, Dutch Leonard, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Walters, Harry Heilmann, Carl Hubbell, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Bill Summers, Beans Reardon, Johnny Lindell, Tuck Stainback, Steve O'Neill, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Nick Etten, Dixie Walker, Paul Waner and Rip Sewell.

1951: The New York Yankees send young catcher Clint Courtney to the St. Louis Browns for pitcher Jim McDonald. Courtney, the first major league catcher to wear eyeglasses, has appeared in one game for New York.

1960: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is selected National League Rookie of the Year with 12 of 24 votes. The six-foot, nine-inch Howard batted 23 home runs during the regular season.

1962: Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, whose 104 stolen bases broke a major league season-record set by Ty Cobb, wins the NL Most Valuable Player Award. In a controversial vote, Wills beats out teammate Tommy Davis, who led the NL with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI.

1964: The New York Mets purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. In addition to serving on the club's coaching staff, Spahn will post a 4-12 record in twenty appearances before being released. Spahn will then sign with the San Francisco Giants, his last major league team. When asked by reporters whether he and the likewise recently acquired Yogi Berra will now become the oldest battery in MLB history, Spahn quips, "I don't know about that, but we'll probably be the ugliest."

1977: The New York Yankees sign free agent relief pitcher Rich Gossage to a six-year $2.75 million contract. Gossage had 26 saves and a 1.26 ERA for the Pirates last season. He will join Cy Young Award winner Sparky Lyle in the Yankees bullpen.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Morris Madden as a free agent.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Rob Deer as a free agent.

1998: The Detroit Tigers purchased Masao Kida from Orix (Japan Pacific).

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Ogea as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Tommy Phelps as a free agent.

2010: Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, the American League batting champion at .359, wins the AL MVP Award, outpolling Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.

2010: The Tigers sign C Victor Martinez to a 4-year, $50 million contract, leaving the Red Sox scrambling to find a replacement backstop in a thin market.

2013: After making do with makeshift solutions at catcher all of last year, the Yankees decide to sign seven-time All-Star Brian McCann to a five-year, $85 million contract.

2015: The Dodgers hire Dave Roberts as their new manager, to replace Don Mattingly. With the highest salary mass in the major leagues, the Dodgers take a chance on the first minority manager in team history, whose experience as a skipper consists of one game in an interim capacity with the Padres last season.

2016: Ralph Branca, most famous for giving up the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" to Bobby Thomson while pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 three-game playoff, passes away in Rye, NY at the age of 90. Branca was an All-Star in his own right, and a twenty-game winner, but observers usually reduced his career to one unfortunate moment.

2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Michael Papierski as a free agent.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

Dan Whitmer coach 1992-1994.

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Casper Wells Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Casper Wells. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Casper Wells 2010-2011.

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Jeff Ferrell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jeff Ferrell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jeff Ferrell 2015, 2017.

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

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Willie Mitchell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Willie Mitchell 1916-1919.

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Ralph Branca Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ralph Branca. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Ralph Branca 1953-1954.

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Will Brunson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Will Brunson. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Will Brunson 1998-1999.

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SATURDAY SURVEY

This week we celebrated what everyone else now knows – that Tarik Skubal is the best pitcher in baseball and has added that coveted Cy Young Award to his resume. Skubal has 2 more years left …
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SATURDAY SURVEY.
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This week we celebrated what everyone else now knows – that Tarik Skubal is the best pitcher in baseball and has added that coveted Cy Young Award to his resume.
Skubal has 2 more years left on his contract and his agent is Scott Boras who has a reputation of taking his clients to free agency. We learned that the 2 sides discussed a contract extension several weeks ago but Boras said the Tigers’ offer was too low.
Something similar happened back in 2013 when Max Scherzer won the Cy Young and the Tigers tried to extend him. He ended up leaving Detroit the next year.
Does winning a major award kill a player’s chances of staying with his team going forward? Does the Cy Young significantly bump up his value and contract length?
Or does it depend upon a player’s agent? Is Boras going to take his clients to free agency no matter what?
How does this award now impact Tarik Skubal’s future with Detroit?

How does the Cy Young Award now impact Tarik Skubal's future with Detroit?

1. The award will significantly boost the $$/length of his next contract and make it harder to extend him.

2. It really doesn't matter. Boras will be taking Skubal to free agency no matter what.

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The Tigers have made the following roster moves:
Agreed to terms with INF Andy Ibáñez and UTL Zach McKinstry, avoiding arbitration.
Claimed LHP Bailey Horn off waivers from Boston.
Designated RHP Wilmer Flores for assignment.
Declined to tender contracts to RHP Wilmer Flores, INF Eddys Leonard, RHP Ricky Vanasco, and RHP Brendan White.
The 40-man roster is now at 40.

Horn, 26, posted a 6.50 ERA with 10 walks and 13 strikeouts across 18 innings in 18 MLB games in 2024, making his MLB debut in late June. He also had a 4.54 ERA in 30 games at the Triple-A level.
Bailey Horn's control has been terrible, but he does have excellent raw stuff for Chris Fetter and co. to work with.
 
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Tigers claim LHP Bailey Horn off waivers, DFA RHP Wilmer Flores

The Tigers also agreed on contract terms with Zach McKinstry and Andy Ibáñez, avoiding arbitration.
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Tigers claim LHP Bailey Horn off waivers, DFA RHP Wilmer Flores.
The Tigers also agreed on contract terms with Zach McKinstry and Andy Ibáñez, avoiding arbitration.
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Tigers make sneaky waiver claim amid flurry of non-tender deadline roster moves

The Detroit Tigers made a series of non-tender decisions on Friday and decided to pick up a potentially useful reliever off waivers along the way.
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Tigers make sneaky waiver claim amid flurry of non-tender deadline roster moves.
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Detroit Tigers claim left-handed reliever Bailey Horn off waivers from Boston Red Sox

Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris made his first waiver claim of the 2024-25 offseason, adding lefty reliever Bailey Horn.
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Detroit Tigers claim left-handed reliever Bailey Horn off waivers from Boston Red Sox.
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Tigers Claim Bailey Horn From Red Sox

The Tigers claimed lefty reliever Bailey Horn from the Red Sox, according to an announcement from Boston. The Sox had not …
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Tigers Claim Bailey Horn From Red Sox.
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November 24 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911: Hall of Famer Joe Ducky Medwick was born this day in Carteret, NJ.

1922: The Washington Senators traded Ray Francis to the Detroit Tigers for Chick Gagnon.

1938: The Lions beat the Bears 14-7 in their first Thanksgiving Day game at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
The Detroit Lions First Thanksgiving Day Game at Briggs Stadium.

1948: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dale Long from the Boston Red Sox in the 1948 minor league draft.

1949: Bears 28 - Lions 7, at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.

1953: The Brooklyn Dodgers sign the relatively unknown Walter Alston to a one-year pact as their manager for next season. Alston, who had served as the skipper of the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in Montreal, replaces Chuck Dressen after Pee Wee Reese turns down the job. Alston will manage the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles over the next 23 seasons, winning 2,040 games and four World Championships.



1960: The Lions take a 2-0 lead over the Packers on a blocked punt in the end zone at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium #62YearsAgo

1964: St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Ken Boyer, who hit .295 with 24 home runs and 119 RBI, is selected as the National League Most Valuable Player.

1973: Pitcher Bob Gibson wins the last of his nine Gold Gloves, and Joe Morgan wins the first of his five at second base.

1976: Joe Morgan outpoints Cincinnati Reds teammate George Foster to win his second straight National League MVP Award. Morgan hit .320 with 27 home runs, 111 RBI, 113 runs, 60 stolen bases, and led the NL in slugging percentage (.576) and OPS (1.020).

1976: The California Angels sign free agent second baseman Bobby Grich. He becomes the first of three free agents that owner Gene Autry will sign during the off-season. Don Baylor and Joe Rudi will eventually join Grich in California.

1977: Former Major League manager Mayo Smith dies at the age of 62. Smith skippered the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers during a nine-year managerial career, but gained most of his fame when he guided the Tigers to the 1968 World Championship.

1982: Cal Ripken, Jr., who hit .264 with 28 home runs as a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, is named American League Rookie of the Year. His consecutive games played streak is in its infancy at 118 games.

1997: The Boston Red Sox purchased Jimmy Hurst from the Detroit Tigers.

1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Rickey Cradle as a free agent.
1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent.
1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Felipe Lira as a free agent.
1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Joe Siddall as a free agent.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Ariel Prieto as a free agent.

2009: Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals is the unanimous choice as winner of the National League MVP Award. It is the third time Pujols wins this honor, having done so previously in 2005 and 2008.

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Eduardo Sanchez as a free agent.

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Sam McMackin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Sam McMackin. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Sam McMackin 1902.

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Ralph Comstock Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ralph Comstock. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Ralph Comstock 1913.

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Billy Rogell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Billy Rogell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Billy Rogell – Society for American Baseball Research

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Billy Rogell 1930-1939.

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Walter Wilson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Walter Wilson. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Walter Wilson 1945.

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Jim Northrup Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jim Northrup. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jim Northrup – Society for American Baseball Research

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Jim Northrup 1964-1974, broadcaster 1985-1994.

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Jeimer Candelario Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jeimer Candelario. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jeimer Candelario 2017-2022.

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Frank Owen Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Frank Owen. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Frank Owen 1901.

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John Mohardt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of John Mohardt. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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John Mohardt 1922.

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Mayo Smith Managerial Record | Baseball-Reference.com

Mayo Smith Managerial Record
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Mayo Smith – Society for American Baseball Research

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Mayo Smith manager 1967-1970.

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS

The Detroit Tigers continue to build their roster to a higher competitive level. A number of rookies made their debuts last year and more are expected in 2025. They have lost a number of their st…
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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
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The Detroit Tigers continue to build their roster to a higher competitive level. A number of rookies made their debuts last year and more are expected in 2025.
They have lost a number of their starting pitchers and it is hoped that younger ones will make the rotation at some point in 2025. Their bullpen remains strong.
The outfield has reached an elite level but the infield remains a mess. Only 2 players there are considered to be locks for the 2025 season and beyond.
Detroit’s payroll has gone down significantly over the past couple years due to the shedding of huge contracts and the influx of rookies who are making MLB minimum salaries.
The franchise certainly has the ability to spend money.
But how should they do it?
Should they spend the majority of available payroll on a top free agent who will command a significant salary or should they spread out the available funds among a number of positions?
Today’s blog addresses this question 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?

How should the Tigers use their available payroll?

1. Spend it on 1 really big free agent.

2. Spread the money to cover multiple positions.

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