Detroit Tigers, Game 17: One thing I loved, one thing I didn't

The News' Tony Paul gives his quick takes on the Tigers' 2-1 win over the Royals on Tuesday: One thing I loved It wasn't a long broadcast — that happens when the teams combine for three runs; the Tigers had just two hits entering the eighth inning, both infield singles — but it was a clean broadcast. I've been meaning to say this for a while about the Tigers' new TV network, Detroit SportsNet. The Tigers moved on from the soon-to-shutter FanDuel Sports Network and moved under the MLB Media umbrella, and it's been beneficial for the fans, who no longer are inundated with constant gambling odds and crawls and unnecessary graphics.

There's a single score bug in the bottom right-hand corner that's small but has all the information you need (even ABS challenges remaining) and is very easy to read. The Tigers, in taking over more control of the broadcast, clearly have decided that less is more, and kudos to them. They're nailing it.

Let's hope it stays that way, especially once Detroit SportsNet's presenting sponsor, bet365, becomes a legal betting operator in the state of Michigan later this month. WILD pic. twitter.

com/cY2mpQ4Reu — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) April 15, 2026 One thing I didn't It's shaping up to be another lost season for Parker Meadows. Meadows — the Tigers' center fielder who was an invaluable piece to the playoff puzzle in 2024 before falling off in 2025 amid a freak spring-training nerve injury from which he never did get right — was transferred to the 60-day injured list earlier this week after his scary collision with left fielder Riley Greene last Thursday. Meadows, 26, suffered a broken arm and concussion in the collision with Greene, he's had surgery on the arm, and he now stands to be out of action until at least early June — just as he was starting to look a bit more like the Meadows of old, with that athleticism that can play so well in center field and on the bases.