2017 Detroit Tigers season

2017 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1894)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Al Avila
Manager(s)	Brad Ausmus
Local television	Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Dan Dickerson, Rod Allen, Jack Morris)
Local radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Mario Impemba, Jim Price, Rod Allen)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2017 Detroit Tigers season is the team's 117th season. This is the team's second year under a mostly new coaching staff led by fourth year manager Brad Ausmus. The Detroit Tigers open the season on the road against the Chicago White Sox on April 3. The Detroit Tigers play their home opener on April 7 against the Boston Red Sox.

Roster moves

Coaching staff

• On October 5, the Tigers announced that they would exercise their 2017 option on manager Brad Ausmus.^[1]
• On October 8, it was announced hitting coach Wally Joyner would not return for 2017.^[2]
• On October 20, the Tigers named Lloyd McClendon hitting coach. McClendon is in his second stint on the Tigers coaching staff, after serving as the Tigers' hitting coach from 2007 to 2013. The Tigers also named longtime hitting coach of the Toledo Mud Hens, Leon Durham, assistant hitting coach, replacing David Newhan.^[3]

Signings

• No signings for 2017.

Releases

• No releases for 2017.

Trades

• On November 3, the Tigers traded outfielder Cameron Maybin to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for minor league pitcher Victor Alcántara.^[4]

Standings

American League Central

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	0	0	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Cleveland Indians	0	0	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Detroit Tigers	0	0	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Kansas City Royals	0	0	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Minnesota Twins	0	0	-nan	—	0–0	0–0

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	-nan
Chicago White Sox	0	0	-nan
Houston Astros	0	0	-nan

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	0	0	-nan	—
Cleveland Indians	0	0	-nan	—
Detroit Tigers	0	0	-nan	—
Kansas City Royals	0	0	-nan	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	0	-nan	—
Minnesota Twins	0	0	-nan	—
New York Yankees	0	0	-nan	—
Oakland Athletics	0	0	-nan	—
Seattle Mariners	0	0	-nan	—
Tampa Bay Rays	0	0	-nan	—
Texas Rangers	0	0	-nan	—
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	-nan	—

Record vs. opponents

2017 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Boston	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Kansas City	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0
Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0
Toronto	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0

Game Log

Regular season

Legend
Tigers win	Tigers loss	Game postponed

2017 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ White Sox 2 April 5 @ White Sox 3 April 6 @ White Sox 4 April 7 Red Sox 5 April 8 Red Sox 6 April 9 Red Sox 7 April 10 Red Sox 8 April 11 Twins 9 April 12 Twins 10 April 13 Twins 11 April 14 @ Indians 12 April 15 @ Indians 13 April 16 @ Indians 14 April 18 @ Rays 15 April 19 @ Rays 16 April 20 @ Rays 17 April 21 @ Twins 18 April 22 @ Twins 19 April 23 @ Twins 20 April 25 Mariners 21 April 26 Mariners 22 April 27 Mariners 23 April 28 White Sox 24 April 29 White Sox 25 April 30 White Sox
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Indians 27 May 2 Indians 28 May 3 Indians 29 May 4 Indians 30 May 5 @ Athletics 31 May 6 @ Athletics 32 May 7 @ Athletics 33 May 9 @ Diamondbacks 34 May 10 @ Diamondbacks 35 May 11 @ Angels 36 May 12 @ Angels 37 May 13 @ Angels 38 May 14 @ Angels 39 May 16 Orioles 40 May 17 Orioles 41 May 18 Orioles 42 May 19 Rangers 43 May 20 Rangers 44 May 21 Rangers 45 May 22 @ Astros 46 May 23 @ Astros 47 May 24 @ Astros 48 May 25 @ Astros 49 May 26 @ White Sox 50 May 27 @ White Sox 51 May 38 @ White Sox 52 May 29 @ Royals 53 May 30 @ Royals 54 May 31 @ Royals
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 2 White Sox 56 June 3 White Sox 57 June 4 White Sox 58 June 6 Angels 59 June 7 Angels 60 June 8 Angels 61 June 9 @ Red Sox 62 June 10 @ Red Sox 63 June 11 @ Red Sox 64 June 13 Diamondbacks 65 June 14 Diamondbacks 66 June 15 Rays 67 June 16 Rays 68 June 17 Rays 69 June 18 Rays 70 June 19 @ Mariners 71 June 20 @ Mariners 72 June 21 @ Mariners 73 June 22 @ Mariners 74 June 23 @ Padres 75 June 24 @ Padres 76 June 25 @ Padres 77 June 26 Royals 78 June 27 Royals 79 June 28 Royals 80 June 30 Indians
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Indians 82 July 2 Indians 83 July 4 Giants 84 July 5 Giants 85 July 6 Giants 86 July 7 @ Indians 87 July 8 @ Indians 88 July 9 @ Indians 89 July 14 Blue Jays 90 July 15 Blue Jays 91 July 16 Blue Jays 92 July 17 @ Royals 93 July 18 @ Royals 94 July 19 @ Royals 95 July 20 @ Royals 96 July 21 @ Twins 97 July 22 @ Twins 98 July 23 @ Twins 99 July 24 Royals 100 July 25 Royals 101 July 26 Royals 102 July 28 Astros 103 July 29 Astros 104 July 30 Astros 105 July 31 @ Yankees
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 @ Yankees 107 August 2 @ Yankees 108 August 3 @ Orioles 109 August 4 @ Orioles 110 August 5 @ Orioles 111 August 6 @ Orioles 112 August 7 @ Pirates 113 August 8 @ Pirates 114 August 9 Pirates 115 August 10 Pirates 116 August 11 Twins 117 August 12 Twins 118 August 13 Twins 119 August 14 @ Rangers 120 August 15 @ Rangers 121 August 16 @ Rangers 122 August 18 Dodgers 123 August 19 Dodgers 124 August 20 Dodgers 125 August 22 Yankees 126 August 23 Yankees 127 August 24 Yankees 128 August 25 @ White Sox 129 August 26 @ White Sox 130 August 27 @ White Sox 131 August 28 @ Rockies 132 August 29 @ Rockies 133 August 30 @ Rockies
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Indians 135 September 2 Indians 136 September 3 Indians 137 September 4 Royals 138 September 5 Royals 139 September 6 Royals 140 September 8 @ Blue Jays 141 September 9 @ Blue Jays 142 September 10 @ Blue Jays 143 September 11 @ Indians 144 September 12 @ Indians 145 September 13 @ Indians 146 September 14 White Sox 147 September 15 White Sox 148 September 16 White Sox 149 September 17 White Sox 150 September 18 Athletics 151 September 19 Athletics 152 September 20 Athletics 153 September 21 Twins 154 September 22 Twins 155 September 23 Twins 156 September 24 Twins 157 September 26 @ Royals 158 September 27 @ Royals 159 September 28 @ Royals 160 September 29 @ Twins 161 September 30 @ Twins
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 @ Twins

Current roster

Detroit Tigers 2017 spring training roster
40-man roster				Non-roster invitees		Coaches/Other
Pitchers -- Victor Alcantara -- Sandy Baez -- Chad Bell 48 Matt Boyd 45 Buck Farmer 32 Michael Fulmer 61 Shane Greene 65 Blaine Hardy -- Myles Jaye 53 Jairo Labourt 21 Mark Lowe 60 Ángel Nesbitt 44 Daniel Norris 37 Mike Pelfrey 57 Francisco Rodríguez 43 Bruce Rondón 56 Kyle Ryan 19 Aníbal Sánchez 53 Warwick Saupold 54 Drew VerHagen 35 Justin Verlander 30 Alex Wilson 38 Justin Wilson 27 Jordan Zimmermann		Catchers 55 John Hicks 34 James McCann Infielders 24 Miguel Cabrera  9 Nick Castellanos  1 José Iglesias  4 JaCoby Jones  3 Ian Kinsler 49 Dixon Machado 17 Andrew Romine Outfielders 18 Tyler Collins 12 Anthony Gose 28 J. D. Martinez 33 Steven Moya  8 Justin Upton Designated hitters 41 Víctor Martínez				Manager  7 Brad Ausmus Coaches 29 Mick Billmeyer (bullpen/catching) 25 Dave Clark (third base/outfield) 52 Rich Dubee (pitching) -- Leon Durham (assistant hitting) 22 Gene Lamont (bench) 88 Matt Martin (defense coordinator) -- Lloyd McClendon (hitting) 98 John Murrian (bullpen catcher) -- Sam Palace (bullpen catcher) 13 Omar Vizquel (first base/infield/baserunning) 39 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees 7- or 10-day disabled list * Not on active roster ^† Suspended list Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated November 18, 2016 Transactions • Depth Chart → All MLB rosters

References

1. Beck, Jason (October 5, 2016). "Tigers end speculation, pick up Ausmus' option". MLB.com. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
2. Beck, Jason (October 8, 2016). "Ausmus' staff returning except hitting coach Joyner". MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
3. "Tigers hire McClendon as hitting coach". MLB.com. October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
4. Beck, Jason (November 3, 2016). "Tigers trade Maybin to Halos, land Alcantara". MLB.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

External links

• Detroit Tigers official site