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The Detroit Tigers are interested in one of baseball's most experienced closers. Free agent Kenley Jansen is on the team's radar.
The Detroit Tigers have enjoyed pushing for an American League pennant the past two years. But there is a downside when it comes to the MLB draft.
Former Tigers first-round pick Matt Manning has signed with the Samsung Lions in Korea on a one-year, $1 million contract.
These six players just missed the cut for the Free Press' All-125 team despite outsized roles in the 125-season history of the Detroit Tigers.
Around since 1901, the Detroit Tigers are one of the oldest and most decorated franchises in baseball history. Despite Miguel Cabrera and Tarik Skubal being the most recent stars, the top of the Tigers' bWAR list is populated by players who played before 1970.
(Expected Weighted On-Base Average on Contact) is a measure from Statcast that considers a player’s offensive production only when they make contact, removing strikeouts, walks, and hit-by-pitches to assess the quality of batted balls, indicating how well a player should have performed on contact alone, not what they actually got.
Jackson Jobe last pitched for the Detroit Tigers on May 28, then underwent surgery June 16 to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
To add to the mix, the Tigers recently signed Drew Anderson to a one-year contract after four seasons in Asia. In 2025, he registered a 2.25 ERA with 51 walks and 245 strikeouts across 171⅔ innings in 30 starts in KBO League. Anderson, who turns 32 in late March, will report to spring training as a starter, with a fallback role as a reliever.
Another piece of the 2026 Detroit Tigers roster has just fallen into place. They needed to free up a spot on the 40-man roster for top reliever Kyle Finnegan, a