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Tigers 2021 Spring Training Schedule Invitees and News

kalinecountry said:
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/joe-jimenez-optioned-renato-nunez-not-on-roster
Jim?nez, N??ez not on Tigers' OD roster.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2021/3...-nunez-joe-jimenez-harold-castro-niko-goodrum
Tigers cut Renato Nu??z, finalize Opening Day roster.
Joe Jim?nez has been optioned to Triple-A Toledo, while Rule 5 pick Akil Baddoo has made the team.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...oe-jimenez-optioned-triple-toledo/7027120002/
Tigers' 2021 roster appears set; Joe Jimenez optioned to Triple-A Toledo.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...y-roster-akil-baddoo-renato-nunez/7026985002/
Detroit Tigers set Opening Day roster: Renato Nunez out, Harold Castro, Akil Baddoo in.
Freep

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...detroit-tigers-joe-jimenez-toledo/7026843002/
Detroit Tigers option Joe Jimenez to Triple-A Toledo, finalizing 2021 pitching staff.
Freep

https://www.freep.com/videos/sports...ed-keep-akil-baddoo-harold-castro/7027541002/
Webvideo Why Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch decided to keep Akil Baddoo, Harold Castro. 3 minutes.
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch talks Saturday, March 27, 2021, about his Opening Day roster decisions.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2021/03/in-surprise-move-tigers-demote-former-closer-to-toledo.html
In surprise move, Tigers demote former closer to Toledo.
Mlive

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2021/0...er-set-harold-castro-in-renato-nunez-out.html
Tigers Opening Day roster set: Harold Castro in, Renato Nunez out.
Mlive
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https://motorcitybengals.com/2021/03/27/detroit-tigers-joe-jimenez-to-toledo/
Detroit Tigers Option Reliever Joe Jimenez to Toledo.
MCBTB

https://motorcitybengals.com/2021/03/27/detroit-tigers-opening-day-roster-2021/
Detroit Tigers: The 2021 Opening Day roster is set.
MCBTB

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/03/renato-nunez-wont-make-tigers-opening-day-roster.html
Renato Nunez Won’t Make Tigers’ Opening Day Roster.
MLBTR
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-phillies-crazy-rundown-play
Tigers-Phils rundown devolves into madness.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2021/3...rs-highlights-spring-training-phillies-pickle
Watch the Tigers get into a pickle that goes absolutely nowhere.
Maybe the Phillies should run a few more drills before Opening Day.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ictory-over-philadelphia-phillies/7032406002/
Eight-run eighth gives Tigers wild victory over Phillies.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...aining-game-philadelphia-phillies/7027978002/
Detroit Tigers rally for 8-run eighth inning in 9-8 win over Philadelphia Phillies.
Freep

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/phillie...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=642112
Boxscore.
 
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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2021/03/27/open-mike-84/
OPEN MIKE!
Totally Tigers

Readers on deck to take the wheel! Here is another opportunity to comment on the Tiger topic of your choosing.
Today, we open up the comment parameters for you, so you can really get those juices flowing. Comments can be expanded to a maximum of 8 sentences. So pick a topic and let us hear from you! What?s on your minds?
 
Positional versatility has become increasingly important now that teams are carrying 13 or 14 pitchers on their rosters. That leaves benches bereft of depth, meaning that an ability to move around the diamond makes a player especially valuable ? if not essential. One-dimensional non-regulars are marginal assets unless they excel in a specific area.

In the opinion of A.J. Hinch, the term ?utility player? is anything but a pejorative. Moreover, everyday players who display versatility make a manager?s job easier.

?I don?t want ?utility? to be explained as a negative thing,? the Tigers? skipper told reporters recently. ?A utility player has traditionally been defined as a guy who can?t play every day. And that?s not true. Some guys it is, some guys it isn?t. I caution everybody that it?s not a slight.

?When you have an everyday guy that is elite at that position, absolutely, you?re going to leave him at that position,? continued Hinch, who circled back to his Astros days and cited Alex Bregman having played short when Carlos Correa was hurt. ?That?s a multiple position for an elite player.?

Hinch?s Detroit team clearly lacks the top-end talent that he had at his disposal during his Houston tenure, which suggests mixing-and-matching might be common in Motown this summer. If spring training is any indication, it might even be the M.O. Hinch has done no shortage of shuffling, and come the regular season, the likes of Jeimer Candelario, Niko Goodrum, Jonathan Schoop, and Harold Castro will be utilized as moving pieces in hopes of optimizing the lineup. Ditto Isaac Paredes, once he?s called up from the alternate site.

?If we just lock in guys in one spot, they?re immovable and we have a very rigid roster,? explained Hinch. ?If they?re all going to be All-Stars, if they?re all going to be high-end contributors, I?m all in. But if they?re not ? and the majority of the league is not ? it benefits our team, and ultimately the players, for them to be able to have a secondary position.?

Fangraphs
 
Right-hander Spencer Turnbull will miss at least the Tigers? first few series of the year, manager A.J. Hinch told MLB.com?s Jason Beck and other reporters. Turnbull has been away from Spring Training camp since March 20 due to healthy and safety protocols, and the club placed him on the COVID injured list earlier this week. Back on March 20, Hinch made the point to note that Turnbull wasn?t in violation of any team rules himself, so it?s possible Turnbull just needs some extra time to ramp up after pitching only nine Grapefruit League innings.
MLBTR
 
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