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Tigers 2021 Spring Training Schedule Invitees and News

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/crystal-baller/
CRYSTAL BALL(ER).
Totally Tigers

The 2021 baseball season starts on April 1st ? and that?s no joke. It?s the first year of a new regime in the Tigers? dugout and the perfect time to forecast what will happen this season.

For each of the last 3 years, we pretty much knew what to expect. Offense and defense near or at the bottom. Every player struggling. No improvements in performance. A jovial manager who would take the sting off of yet another loss by making a joke.

But now, thankfully, it?s the first season where we can actually feel confident that some things, even if they are small, will improve.

At the very least, there is palpable energy to this group. Afterall, when Ron Gardenhire was managing, when he got together with all of his coaches, it resembled a Cocoon reunion.

So let?s turn the page and look forward. I?ve pulled out my crystal ball and ready to make my daring dozen predictions for the new year.

Let?s get to them??.
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/isaac-paredes-makes-bid-for-tigers-roster-spot
'Complete player' Paredes could make roster.
Tigers official site

https://www.freep.com/videos/sports...s-down-winter-ball-success-mexico/6901789002/
Webvideo Detroit Tigers' Isaac Paredes breaks down winter ball success in Mexico. 5 minutes.
Detroit Tigers infield prospect Isaac Paredes checks in Wednesday, March 3, 2021, from spring training, with Carlos Guillen translating.

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2021/0...y-chance-to-make-club-he-can-help-us-win.html
A.J. Hinch says Isaac Paredes will get every chance to make club: ‘He can help us win’.
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https://www.blessyouboys.com/2021/3...ng-training-a-j-hinch-nomar-mazara-casey-mize
BYBTB Podcast #97: Spring training chat with David Laurila of FanGraphs. 62 minutes.
The staff talks baseball from a Tigers perspective.

With Grapefruit League action underway, and the long awaited return of Dan Dickerson?s dulcet tones to the airwaves?many of us are still waiting for MLB to actually permit us to watch our favorite teams?the spring ritual has arrived.
In that spirit, we?re joined on this episode by David Laurila of FanGraphs.com. Laurila has written for Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus in the past, so his work at FanGraphs completes the baseball writer trifecta. He is a frequent contributor as a host for FanGraphs Audio, and his articles and interviews are a weekly staple for the site.

In this episode, we?ll consider the Tigers offseason, contrasting a more patient approach from Laurila to we Tigers fans here at Bless You Boys. We?ll consider the Tigers approach to free agency and some of the interesting young veterans they signed this offseason. The chat touches on A.J. Hinch and the Tigers new coaching staff, and the development of the club?s top prospects. Throughout, Laurila deploys an ample supply of interviews and anecdotes collected over the years with which to spice the conversation. We ultimately get to a key reason why they didn?t do much more as the conversation ends with us somewhat bleakly considering the breakdown in relations between the league and the players as a next CBA looms over all of MLB?s endeavors this year. But we hate that topic, so let?s just learn one of the key lessons of the past year and take it one game at a time for now.
 
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...t-matt-manning-sharp-spring-debut/6902670002/
Tigers prospect Matt Manning sharp in debut, not conceding a roster spot.
Detnews

https://www.detroitnews.com/videos/...wo-scoreless-innings-spring-debut/6910338002/
Webvideo Tigers starter Daniel Norris on two scoreless innings in spring debut. 3 minutes.
Daniel Norris made his spring debut with a 22-pitch, shutout performance in two innings against the Phillies on Wednesday.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...adelphia-phillies-spring-training/6902141002/
Matt Manning fires two scoreless innings in Detroit Tigers' 4-2 loss to Phillies.
Freep

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/gameday/...078#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=642078
Boxscore.
 
https://www.stitcher.com/show/locked-on-tigers
Locked On Detroit Tigers Podcast: The Cleveland Shame Tour. 30 minutes.
It was Casey Mize day yesterday! Chris talks all about that,
but spends the first part of today's show discussing The Athletic's follow up article about Mickey Callaway and how it reflects poorly on the Cleveland Indians.
 
Mark Kaline posted this in LinkedIn: In February of 1954, a few years before
I was even born, my then 19 year old father traveled to Lakeland, Florida to experience his first spring training with the Detroit Tigers. For the next 66 years, the Tiger clubhouse has had a locker with a Uniform ready to go for Number 6, whether while he was a Player, a Broadcaster, a Special Assistant to the team President, or an Ad Hoc Hitting or Fielding Coach.

This year, we all know he will not be there to wear his Number 6, but out of their deep respect for the Man, the Player and their Friend, the Tiger Clubhouse staff readied his Uniform and a locker as they have done for so many years.
No fanfare. No big deal. Just the way Dad would have wanted it.
On behalf of the Kaline family, I would simply like to say Thank You for such a Thoughtful act of Kindness and Respect.
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/would-you-rather-10/
WOULD YOU RATHER?.?
Totally Tigers

Have you ever played the game Would You Rather?..?
You?re given 2 choices. Both of them with benefits. Both of them with baggage. Both of them with consequences. Your mission? You must choose only one of them.
Each week, we will offer you a new choice to consider. Please vote on your selection, explain your decision should you desire and then come back throughout the day to see where other fans stand. At the end of the day, check to see which option won.
Let?s kick this off!

If you are in charge of the Tigers and can make only one change to your organization, which one would you pick?

Here are your 2 choices:
Would you rather?.?
1. Hire new competent training and conditioning personnel.
2. Replace the current tv broadcasters with some of MLB?s top announcers.
Log your vote in the poll below and don?t forget to come back to see the results.
VOTE
 
https://www.detroitnews.com/videos/...-first-days-camp-just-keep-simple/4581420001/
Webvideo Tigers' Spencer Torkelson on first days in camp: 'Just keep it simple'. 15 minutes.
“My mindset is, you are trying to make the team,” said Spencer Torkelson, the first overall pick last summer.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/videos/sports...t-spencer-torkelson-injury-finger/6918403002/
Webvideo Detroit Tigers prospect Spencer Torkelson talks about cut finger: 'The boys were hungry'. 5 minutes.
Detroit Tigers top prospect Spencer Torkelson cut his finger last week. He shares the story Thursday, March 4, 2021, in spring training.
Freep
 
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