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DET Spencer Torkelson
Detroit Tigers
1B: 154   DH: 5  
2024 Projected Value: $12
2024 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $-12
Based on 10-team AL-only league

Player Stats      Daily Log
Year AB H R HR RBI BB SO SB AVG Rate
2024 proj 555 124 92 28 91 60 155 2 0.223 32.1
2024 316 70 40 8 33 28 95 0 0.222 8.3
2023 606 142 88 31 95 67 171 3 0.234 36.4
2022 360 73 38 8 28 37 99 0 0.203 2.6

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Date News
9/17/24 Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson's 'awesome' take after wild comeback vs Royals amid playoff push. The Detroit Tigers came away with a wild 7-6 comeback win on the road against the Kansas City Royals on Monday, pulling to within 1.5 games of the Minnesota Twins for the last wild card spot in the American League, and first baseman Spencer Torkelson was fired up after the win. So that was huge to get to their bullpen.
Source: https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-first-baseman-spen...
9/02/24 Torkelson and Greene homer as the Tigers earn a rare series win against the Red Sox. Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Sunday. The Tigers (70-68) earned their second series win in the last 13 against Boston and won the season series for the first time since 2017. Brant Hurter (3-1) pitched five innings of one-run ball for the win.
Source: https://whatsupnewp.com/2024/09/torkelson-and-gree...
9/01/24 Torkelson and Greene homer as the Tigers earn a rare series win against the Red Sox. Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The Tigers earned their second series win in the last 13 against Boston and won the season series for the first time since 2017. They trail the Red Sox by a half-game for fourth in the AL wild-card race. Brant Hurter pitched five innings of one-run ball for the win. Jason Foley, the fourth Tigers pitcher, got his 20th save with a perfect ninth.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/torkelson-and...
8/29/24 Detroit Tigers Are Back In Playoff Picture After 6th-Straight Win. The Detroit Tigers have crawled their way back into the American League playoff picture after a season-high six straight win Wednesday night. The Tigers' 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Comerica Park pulls them to just four-and-a-half games back of the Minnesota Twins for the final wild card spot. Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson smashed a 408-foot home run and outfielder Kerry Carpenter batted in another run to lead the way over the Angels Wednesday night.
Source: https://patch.com/michigan/detroit/detroit-tigers-...
8/29/24 Spencer Torkelson and Kerry Carpenter lead the Tigers to 6th straight win, 3-2 over Angels. Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run home run in the second inning and Kerry Carpenter added an RBI single in the third as the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The teams were forced to wait out a lengthy rain delay at the outset for the second straight night. This time, after a delay of 1 hour, 50 minutes, first pitch took place at 8:30 p.m. The Tigers moved two games over .500 at 68-66 for the first time since May 7, when they were 19-17. Los Angeles (54-79) lost its fifth straight game and has dropped 13 of 15.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/spencer-torke...
8/28/24 Tigers edge Angels for season-high sixth straight win. Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run homer and the host Detroit Tigers notched their season-best sixth straight victory by edging the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Wednesday. Kerry Carpenter drove in the other Detroit run as the Tigers moved two games above .500 for the first time since May 7. Kenta Maeda (3-6) gave up two runs, both unearned, and struck out five in 4 1/3 innings of relief to collect the win.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/tigers-edg...
8/27/24 White Sox swept by Tigers 6-3 at home. CHICAGO (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer during a five-run seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Monday night to complete a four-game sweep and drop the majors’ worst team to 31-101. Parker Meadows led off the seventh with a homer off Jared Shuster (1-3) that tied […]
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/white-sox-swept-tigers-6-...
8/27/24 Spencer Torkelson's 3-run homer helps Tigers beat MLB-worst White Sox 6-3 for 4-game sweep. Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer during a five-run seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 to complete a four-game sweep and drop the majors’ worst team to 31-101. Parker Meadows led off the seventh with a homer off Jared Shuster that tied the game at 2-all. Jace Jung hit a go-ahead RBI single before Torkelson greeted Justin Anderson with a 439-foot drive to center field that made it 6-2. The White Sox have lost eight of nine and recorded their 31st blown save, the most in the majors. Torkelson finished 3 for 5, falling a triple short of the cycle.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/spencer-torke...
8/26/24 Spencer Torkelson's 3-run homer helps Tigers beat MLB-worst White Sox 6-3 for 4-game sweep. Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer during a five-run seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 to complete a four-game sweep and drop the majors’ worst team to 31-101. Parker Meadows led off the seventh with a homer off Jared Shuster that tied the game at 2-all. Jace Jung hit a go-ahead RBI single before Torkelson greeted Justin Anderson with a 439-foot drive to center field that made it 6-2. The White Sox have lost eight of nine and recorded their 31st blown save, the most in the majors. Torkelson finished 3 for 5, falling a triple short of the cycle.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/spencer-torke...
8/19/24 Torkelson Returns to Detroit Tigers Roster, Is He the Spark?. It was an exciting weekend for the Detroit Tigers, who took a couple games from the New York Yankees — the latter in walk-off fashion in the Major League Baseball Little League Classic. More importantly, the first of those victories included the return of Spencer Torkelson, whose next few weeks could say a lot about how much longer Detroit will remain mediocre. The Tigers haven't made the postseason since 2014, matching the Los Angeles Angels for baseball's longest active drought.
Source: https://wbckfm.com/torkelson-returns-to-the-majors...
8/19/24 Torkelson returns to the majors, and he has a lot to prove amid another mediocre season in Detroit. It was an exciting weekend for the Detroit Tigers, who took a couple games from the New York Yankees — the latter in walk-off fashion in the Major League Baseball Little League Classic.. More importantly, the first of those victories included the return of Spencer Torkelson, whose next few weeks could say a lot about how much longer Detroit will remain mediocre. The Tigers haven't made the postseason since 2014, matching the Los Angeles Angels for baseball's longest active drought. A lot went wrong to prolong Detroit's rebuild, particularly the failure to land any future standouts when trading Justin Verlander back in 2017.
Source: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/baseball/...
8/19/24 Torkelson returns to the majors, and he has a lot to prove amid another mediocre season in Detroit – KION546. It was an exciting weekend for the Detroit Tigers, who took a couple games from the New York Yankees — the latter in walk-off fashion in the Major League Baseball Little League Classic.. More importantly, the first of those victories included the return of Spencer Torkelson, whose next few weeks could say a lot about how much longer Detroit will remain mediocre. The Tigers haven't made the postseason since 2014, matching the Los Angeles Angels for baseball's longest active drought.
Source: https://kion546.com/news/2024/08/19/torkelson-retu...
8/18/24 Torkelson doubles and triples in big league return as Tigers beat Yankees 4-0. Spencer Torkelson doubled and tripled in his return to the majors, and the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 4-0 on Saturday. Torkelson, who turns 25 on Aug. 26, was batting .201 with four homers when he was demoted to Triple-A on June 2. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft was called up this weekend, along with Jace Jung and Trey Sweeney — two of Detroit's top infield prospects. “That was a really fun game and, gosh, it is great to be back,” Torkelson said.
Source: https://www.wbng.com/2024/08/18/torkelson-doubles-...
8/17/24 Torkelson doubles, triples in big league return as Tigers beat Yankees. Spencer Torkelson doubled and tripled in his return to the majors, and the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 4-0 on Saturday. Torkelson, who turns 25 on Aug. 26, was batting .201 with four homers when he was demoted to Triple-A on June 2. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft was called up this weekend, along with Jace Jung and Trey Sweeney — two of Detroit's top infield prospects. "That was a really fun game and, gosh, it is great to be back," Torkelson said.
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/spencer-torke...
8/17/24 Former No. 1 pick Torkelson recalled by Tigers. The Tigers have recalled Spencer Torkelson after a stint at Triple-A Toledo.
Source: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40893919/forme...
8/17/24 Detroit Tigers recall Spencer Torkelson after 58 games in Triple-A Toledo. Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson hit .239 with 11 home runs and a .799 OPS in 58 games for Triple-A Toledo, plus a 30.9% strikeout rate.
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/detroit-tigers-recall-spe...
8/17/24 Detroit Tigers lineup vs. New York Yankees: Spencer Torkelson, Jace Jung back-to-back. The Detroit Tigers host the N.Y. Yankees on Saturday afternoon before wrapping up their series in Pennsylvania on Sunday night.
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/detroit-tigers-vs-york-ya...
8/07/24 'Days of Roar': Debating if Tigers should call up Spencer Torkelson for final 2 months. Detroit Tigers continue to struggle on the field, but there's much to track in final 2 months of the 2024 season. The "Days of Roar" podcast digs in.
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/days-roar-debating-tigers...
7/31/24 Detroit Tigers' Scott Harris: Spencer Torkelson 'is still a part of our future'. First baseman Spencer Torkelson hit .201 with four home runs and a .597 OPS in 54 games for the Detroit Tigers in the 2024 season.
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/detroit-tigers-scott-harr...
6/17/24 Henning: Estimating a Comerica Park return or debut for 4 Tigers at Triple-A Toledo. Seeing one-time Tigers big-leaguers dressed in Triple-A Toledo togs always seems strange. Spencer Torkelson and Parker Meadows showed during a Friday night doubleheader at Fifth Third Field how much they've gained, and how much Toledo time probably remains, as both men, 24 years old, retool their bats and work toward a return to Comerica Park.
Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tiger...