Detroit Tigers: Tigers set to take on the Rangers

Here at The Corner, we round up Detroit Tigers news and rumors around the Tigers blogosphere so that you don’t spend hours surfing the web searching.

The Detroit Tigers are taking on the Texas Rangers in their next series. The first game is tonight with first scheduled tonight at 8:05 PM. Andy Patton has our preview of what you can expect in the series.  Over at Lone Star Ball, they have the Rangers perspective of what to expect from the series.

The Detroit Pistons let Steve Van Gundy go today and Jamie Samuelson, of 97.1 the Ticket, writes that the Tigers have the most exciting rebuild going on in the Motor City. Part of the rebuilding process is stockpiling prospects. In this years MLB draft, the Tigers have the number one overall draft pick.

Lynn Henning, of the Detroit News, writes that pitcher Casey Mize is the clear-cut favorite for the Tigers to select with their draft pick. Mize is a right-handed pitcher out of Auburn who has dominated throughout his college career.

With the season well underway beat writer Anthony Fenech gives his observations on the Detroit Tigers. Most notably he thinks that Jose Iglesias still doesn’t get it. The Detroit Free Press also has five numbers you need to know this week about the Detroit Tigers.

Next: Exploring an Jose Iglesias Trade

Over at the Athletic, there are plenty of articles worth reading. First, Kurt Menschening points out that the Tigers schedule may be skewing our outlook on the team. Second, Max Bultman has his own five observations on the current state of Tigers baseball. Finally, Emily Waldon thinks that the Tigers made the right move when they called up Grayson Greiner to Comerica Park.

These articles are behind a paywall but a subscription to the Athletic is more than worth the cost. The Athletic also released their power rankings of the MLB Teams. The Reds and Marlins are in a tank-off and the Tigers moved up from 23 to 22.5.