2026 Exhibition Spring Games

[IdahoBert]

Mize pulled after 43 pitches and 1.2 innings. Couldn’t find the strike zone and walked four.

[IdahoBert]

14 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Mize pulled after 43 pitches and 1.2 innings. Couldn’t find the strike zone and walked four.

And then, of course Mize comes back out after a good talking to or whatever the heck it is… It’s hard to get used to this rule, but it makes sense in spring training. 

[1984Echoes]

1 hour ago, IdahoBert said:

Mize pulled after 43 pitches and 1.2 innings. Couldn’t find the strike zone and walked four.

Mize COMPLETELY ineffective at 6 hits 6 runs and 4 walks in a total of 3 innings.

[IdahoBert]

22 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Mize COMPLETELY ineffective at 6 hits 6 runs and 4 walks in a total of 3 innings.

On the optimistic side - aside from Mize - all the relievers who have come in have done pretty well, although I can’t speak for the quality of the hitting they are facing. I’m not paying too much attention to this game.

[IdahoBert]

Brieske pitched a clean frame with a K against the Pirates, which is good news. 

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

On the optimistic side - aside from Mize - all the relievers who have come in have done pretty well, although I can’t speak for the quality of the hitting they are facing. I’m not paying too much attention to this game.

appears the Tiger hitters weren't either. Torkelson, McGonigle, Green, Carpenter, Keith, Roger a combined O for a bunch of ABs.

[tiger2022]

12 hours ago, 4hzglory said:

They’re only paying him a couple million this year.

 

[TigerNation]

4 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48031988/verlander-valdez-get-final-deferred-tigers-payments-2039

$11 million is deferred. 

[tiger2022]

26 minutes ago, TigerNation said:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48031988/verlander-valdez-get-final-deferred-tigers-payments-2039

$11 million is deferred. 

They still have to pay it sometime.   

[4hzglory]

5 hours ago, tiger2022 said:

They still have to pay it sometime.   

But at a lower present value-iirc it’s not until 2039.  And $13 mil still isn’t “$16 million” you keep throwing around.  I th

[Tiger337]

14 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

Mize COMPLETELY ineffective at 6 hits 6 runs and 4 walks in a total of 3 innings.

NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN THE ROTATION BY ENMANUEL DEJESUS!!!

[NorthWoods]

On 3/13/2026 at 9:32 AM, tiger2022 said:

They didn't pay Verlander $16 million to not be in the rotation.  

That method keeps him eligible to compile some wins and healthy for the stretch run.

[1984Echoes]

3 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN THE ROTATION BY ENMANUEL DEJESUS!!!

Those are YOUR words, not mine.

[Tiger337]

12 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Those are YOUR words, not mine.

It wasn't directed towards you or anyone in particular.  

Edited 13 hours ago by Tiger337

[IdahoBert]

Wow, after four innings Skubal is really dealing. He has registered 5K’s and one hit in only 46 pitches against the Jays. 

[IdahoBert]

On my MLB.TV there is allegedly a Detroit Tigers TV feed, but all it gives me is the Toronto feed, but the Tigers radio feed is now perfectly synchronized with the picture and this is the first time this spring where they had finally achieved this level of acuity, which is good. 

[IdahoBert]

Although I don’t really care about the scores in these games, it was nice to see Scoob do a good job and the relief guys do good jobs too. It was nice to see a W against the Jays too.

[chasfh]

De Jesus is killing it for Venezuela against Japan.

[IdahoBert]

5 minutes ago, chasfh said:

De Jesus is killing it for Venezuela against Japan.

It would be really nice if he amounted to something that’s surprising and unexpected especially given his age, and the on again off again trajectory of his career. 

[IdahoBert]

Valdez starts in Sunday’s March 15 game against the Yankees in Tampa. Both the Yankees and the Tigers are alleged to provide TV feeds, although that was alleged today for the Blue Jays game and there was only a Blue Jays feed.

The Tigers radio feed, however, was perfectly synced with the picture on MLB.TV which made up for it and a Tigers radio feed is available for Sunday. I guess we’ll find out, although I’ll be missing this game as I have other plans. Hope any of the rest of you enjoy it. The Valdez starts have been a bright spot. 

[Tiger337]

29 minutes ago, chasfh said:

De Jesus is killing it for Venezuela against Japan.

Anderson and De Jesus have been very strong this Spring.  I don't usually care about spring training performance of career minor leaguers, but the Harris administration has been good at finding pitching diamonds in the rough, so they might have somethting.  We'll see.