The Tigers' notable pitching depth took a big hit on Tuesday.No. 8 Detroit prospect Joey Wentz underwent Tommy John surgery and is expected to be out for the next 14-16 months, the Tigers announced. The procedure was performed Tuesday by Dr. David Altcheck in West Palm Beach, Florida.

LAKELAND, Florida -- When a question came up about Joey Wentz, who joined the Tigers from the Braves at last year's Trade Deadline, Detroit vice president of player development Dave Littlefield offered a reply that sums up his farm system and applies to most of his club's top prospects these

The Tigers have invited 25 non-roster players to Major League Spring Training -- and the future is getting ever closer. Six of the organization's top 30 prospects will suit up in Lakeland, Florida, for Grapefruit League action.Among the invitees were three of the franchise's top four prospects -- No. 1

MOBILE, AL - The Atlanta Braves made the following roster move before tonight's 6:35 pm game in Mobile, Alabama, which affects the Mississippi Braves roster. LHP Joey Wentz  has been traded to the Detroit Tigers organization. 

Call these the grind times.Baseball players talk a lot about dealing with the grind of a long season, something that can be felt most in July. The weather's hot; the pennant chase is not quite here yet; the games within games -- adjusting to another team and then adjusting to

Double-A Mississippi relied on two of its biggest bats -- and one of its vaunted arms -- on Sunday.Braves No. 6 prospect William Contreras and fourth-ranked Drew Waters combined for seven hits, four RBIs and three runs scored as Mississippi took down Pensacola, 8-3, at Trustmark Park.

There were a few hours following his May 12 start when Joey Wentz stewed over a tough performance. But he knew he had to move past it and look for a bounce back if he wanted to get over his low point of the year. He's turned things around in

Joey Wentz describes himself as a process-oriented person. Between starts, he completes a bullpen session and watches film. Every fifth day, he steps on a mound and tries to throw the ball better than the other team swings their bats. "If they hit it well," he said, "they hit it

Joey Wentz must be getting used to seeing zeros on the scoreboard.The ninth-ranked Braves prospect scattered five hits over 6 2/3 innings in his fifth straight scoreless start as Class A Advanced Florida pulled away for an 11-3 victory over Clearwater on Saturday at Osceola County Stadium.

Theme of the dayDingers on dingers in Reno: There was no topping the absolute slugfest that took place at Greater Nevada Field. The 14-4 Aces win featured nine homers in total, and Reno's Kevin Cron and Salt Lake's Jabari Blash provided three apiece. In other words, 15.4 percent of all

Through two Florida State League outings, the results have been there for Joey Wentz, even if they're not showing up in the win column.The Braves No. 10 prospect continued his impressive start with Class A Advanced Florida, allowing two hits over five scoreless innings, in a 1-0, 10-inning loss to

This offseason, MiLB.com is taking a look at the most outstanding campaigns by players in each system across Minor League Baseball and honoring the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization.After being named the farm system with the best pitching

The Columbia Fireflies defeated the Rome Braves 4-2Friday night at State Mutual Stadium before a crowd of 1,805 fans.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Eric Krupa, President of the South Atlantic League, announced the selection of the 2017 Annual All-Star Team. The All-Star Team was voted on by the 14 South Atlantic League Team's Field Managers, General Managers, Sports Writers and Broadcasters for a total of 56 votes.

Joey Wentz freely admits he's never come close to such a sustained run of success as he's experiencing right now. Then again, not many other pitchers can say they have either.

The Rome Braves picked up their 10th straight victory, defeating the Asheville Tourists Saturday night, 2-1 at State Mutual Stadium before 4,822 fans.

The Braves plated the first run of the game in the second inning when Lucas Herbert (7) launched a solo home run to left to give the Braves the early 1-0 lead.

Game one saw the Braves fall behind 1-0 in the first inning but rallied to tie the game in the fourth on Austin Bush's RBI single. 

Game one saw the Braves fall behind 1-0 in the first inning but rallied to tie the game in the fourth on Austin Bush's RBI single. 

The lasted four hours and 13 minutes

From the get-go Saturday night, Joey Wentz and catcher Lucas Herbert were in sync, and whatever pitch the backstop was calling, the No. 13 Braves prospect was throwing. Wentz (4-3) fanned a career-high nine and allowed one hit and one walk in Class A Rome's 5-1 win over Columbia at Spirit Communications

Mets 3B David Thompson, Double-A Binghamton: 3-for-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB, CS -- It was a powerful weekend for the Mets' No. 23 prospect. Thompson entered Saturday with three homers over 59 games and none since May 18. He proceeded to hit three over the weekend's two

Rome plated five runs in the first inning thanks in part to some timely hitting and sloppy play by Augusta.