The Detroit Tigers walked-off the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-6, on Saturday in the first game of the 2025 Grapefruit League schedule in spring training.

Casey Mize will start the Detroit Tigers' first road exhibition game of the Grapefruit League season. Mize will pitch on Sunday in Tampa against the New York Yankees. Manager A.J. Hinch previously announced that Kenta Maeda would start Saturday’s opener in Lakeland against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Detroit Tigers bench coach George Lombard will manage the team in Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener against the Philadelphia Phillies. Manager A.J. Hinch will be away from the club to attend the funeral of former coach Rich Dauer.

The Detroit Tigers enter 2025 planning to build on their resurgence of last year, when the franchise ended a nine-year playoff appearance drought and posted its first winning record since 2016. Winning 86 games,

The Phillies led early, taking a 5-0 lead in the fifth, but the Tigers rallied to tie things up in the eighth inning.

Suddenly, Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda looks like a legit starting pitcher again. All he needed to do was change his offseason routine.

The Detroit Tigers announced some changes to their broadcast team in 2025, plus Dillon Dingler and Tarik Skubal put on impressive performances.

The Detroit Tigers continue their preseason schedule on Sunday afternoon as they head over to Tampa to take on the New York Yankees in Spring Training action. This will be the second game the Tigers have played this spring. They opened up Grapefruit League action on Saturday in Lakeland against the Philadelphia Phillies.