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Parker Meadows ruled out for Opening Day.
The Tigers say Meadows is making progress in his recovery, but he won’t be ready in time for the opener.
BYBTB

Tigers in precarious position after multiple troubling injury announcements.
MCBTB
 
It's official: Tigers to start season without Meadows, Vierling; here's the fallout.
Detnews

Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows ruled out for Opening Day with nerve injury.
Freep
 
March 15 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: Star third baseman Jimmy Collins jumps from the National League to the American League. The 28-year-old Collins leaves the Boston Beaneaters to sign a guaranteed $4,000 contract with the Boston Americans.

1928: Paul Carey born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Tigers broadcaster alongside Ernie Harwell from 1973-91.
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1934: Golf legend Walter Hagen puts on a Detroit Tigers uniform & has some Spring Training fun with catcher Mickey Cochrane.
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1944: Due to World War II travel restrictions, the Boston Red Sox open training camp at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

1945: With World War II travel restrictions still in effect, the Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York, with 15 players in camp. Seven teams - the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox - are training in Indiana, the most of any state.

1959: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Harold Baines, born this day in Easton, MD.
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1970: The Free Press reports on plans to build a domed stadium for the Tigers & Lions on the riverfront near Cobo Hall, to be complete by the 1974 baseball season.
In the mid-60's, the drum started beating for a replacement for Tiger Stadium. The State Fair area was floated, but the waterfront west of Cobo Hall was chosen. Inflated costs, legality of financing plans, and the Pontiac dome ended the dome dream.

1971 - Bernice Gera, a 39-year-old New York, NY housewife, files a lawsuit against organized baseball, claiming violation of her civil rights. Mrs. Gera had completed an umpire school and signed a contract to work in the New York-Penn League, only to see the deal be voided six days later with no explanation. Gera will eventually umpire one game before quitting.

1971: CBS announced the cancellation of The Ed Sullivan Show. From 1948 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS every Sunday night from 8?9 p.m. E.T., and is one of the few entertainment shows to have run in the same weekly time slot on the same network...
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1975: The Los Angeles Dodgers sign future Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal. A former San Francisco Giants All-Star, Marichal will make only two appearances with the Dodgers before retiring for good.

1978: The Oakland Athletics trade star pitcher Vida Blue to the San Francisco Giants for seven players and nearly $400,000 in cash. In exchange for Blue, Oakland acquires catcher Gary Alexander, infielder Mario Guerrero, outfielder Gary Thomasson, and pitchers Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, John Henry Johnson and Alan Wirth. Blue will win 18 games for the Giants this season.

1980: The Detroit Tigers traded Jerry Manuel to the Montreal Expos for Duffy Dyer.

1983: The Detroit Tigers signed Julio Gonzalez as a free agent.

1991: The Detroit Tigers signed Rick Renteria as a free agent.
1991: The Detroit Tigers released Clay Parker.

1991: The Kansas City Royals release Bo Jackson, who injured his hip playing football for the Los Angeles Raiders. In April, Jackson will sign a contract with the Chicago White Sox.

1994: The Detroit Tigers released Tom Bolton.
1994: The Detroit Tigers released Mark Leiter.

2005: The Detroit Tigers released Alex Sanchez.

2010: The Major League Baseball Players Association circulates an expanded list of "dangerous contaminated supplements", which now contains 104 products. These nutritional supplements are legal but potentially contaminated, and could cause false positives under Major League Baseball's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Harold Castro as an amateur free agent.

2011: Commissioner Bud Selig forms a 12-person committee to study the origins of baseball, with newly-appointed official historian John Thorn as its chair. The issue has been rekindled with the publication this week of Thorn's book, Baseball in the Garden of Eden, which casts doubt on the role of Alexander Cartwright in laying down the fundamental principles of the game. Ironically, Cartwright was promoted as the "real" founder of the game to counteract the unfounded legend that Abner Doubleday had laid down the first baseball diamond in Cooperstown, NY in 1839. Thorn argues that the game is in fact much older than once thought, with traces found in 18th century records.

2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Drew Hutchison as a free agent.

Tigers players and announcers birthdays:

Doc Casey 1901-1902.

George Disch 1905.

Sailor Stroud 1910.

Paul Carey broadcaster 1964-1971, 1973-1991.

Robert Fick 1998-2002.

Michael Fulmer 2016-2018, 2020-2022.

Tigers players who passed away:

Paul Easterling 1928, 1930.

Dave Philley 1957.

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SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

It seems that weekly, the contest for the last 2 remaining starting pitcher changes. Pitchers just picking up steam, some falling back, some taking quantum leaps.
So who will – who should – earn those last 2 slots?
A. J. Hinch has said repeatedly that it will not be based upon the box scores. That any decisions made will “go beyond the box score.” That means it will be about who controls the strike zone the best, who consistently strikes out players and who has the best and biggest arsenal. Also considered is velocity and experience.

So who will join Tarik Skubal, Jack Flaherty and Reese Olson? There are 4 in the running. But keep in mind that 1 of them will get sent down when Alex Cobb returns.

Here’s what you need to know:
JACKSON JOBE (rookie with 4 IN MLB experience)
  • 12.1 innings pitched 7 R/5 ER 3.12 ERA/.81 WHIP 8 SO
  • Throws the hardest but problems controlling the strike zone and working 2-strike counts
  • Throws 4 pitches, just added new one this spring
KENTA MAEDA (veteran with 8 yrs. experience)
  • 12.2 innings pitched 13 R/8 ER 5.68 ERA/1.11 WHIP 19 SO
  • Leads team in SOs and has picked up his velocity from 2024 (revamped his training program)
  • Throw 7 pitches but is being encouraged to throw fewer
CASEY MIZE (2 full years + 9 additional starts)
  • 11.1 innings pitched 4 R/ 0 ER 0.00 ERA/0.79 WHIP 14 SO
  • Throwing harder and only pitcher who has given up no earned runs
  • Throws more pitches than the other 3, revamped throwing program, turned slider into 3 different pitches, added valuable sweeper pitch
KEIDER MONTERO (rookie with half a season)
  • 5.2 innings pitched 6 R/4 ER 6.35 ERA/1.59 WHIP 9 SO
  • Throws 5 pitches
  • Changed mechanics and now throws 6 pitches
Which 2 starting pitchers would you select to join the rotation?

Today, we’ve got 2 polls – 1 for each SP. Make sure to vote for 1 in each of the polls.

Which SP should earn 1 of 2 rotation slots?

1. Jackson Jobe

2. Kenta Maeda

3. Casey Mize

4. Keider Montero

VOTE

Which SP should earn the 2nd slot for the rotation?

1. Jackson Jobe

2. Kenta Maeda

3. Casey Mize

4. Keider Montero

VOTE
 
Jason Benetti previews 2025 season and breaks down his iconic 2024 posts. 45 minutes.
Jason Benetti — the TV voice of the Detroit Tigers and Michigan Sportscaster of the Year — joins "Days of Roar" to discuss the upcoming season, the team effort in the broadcasting booth, and the human element in broadcasting.
 
The Tigers have made the following roster moves today:
RHPs Jordan Balazovic and Brendan White;
LHPs Dietrich Enns and Matt Gage;
INF Andrew Navigato;
OFs Akil Baddoo and Bligh Madris:
C Brian Serven have been assigned to minor league camp.
Major League camp now has 41 players.
 
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