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Following a promising finish to the 2021 campaign, the Detroit Tigers look to make more strides in AJ Hinch’s second year.
In 2022, most Tigers games will be locally televised on Bally Sports Detroit, while others may be nationally televised on MLB Network (those ones will also be on Bally Sports Detroit), ESPN, ESPN2, Fox or Fox Sports 1.
If you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch every Tigers game live online in 2022, including options for both in-market and out-of-market viewers:
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If You’re in the Tigers Market
DirecTV Stream
This is the only streaming service that has Bally Sports Detroit
DirecTV Stream has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” ESPN, ESPN2, Fox and FS1 are included in every one, while Bally Sports Detroit and MLB Network are in “Choice” and up, but you can pick any package and any add-ons you want with your free five-day trial:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch Tigers games live on the DirecTV Stream app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the DirecTV Stream website.
If you can’t watch live, DirecTV Stream comes with unlimited cloud DVR recordings.
If You’re Out of the Tigers Market
Amazon Prime’s MLB.TV Channel
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a 30-day free trial) can watch every out-of-market, non-nationally televised MLB game via Prime Channels.
The MLB.TV channel costs either $24.99 per month to watch every out-of-market game (“All Team Pass”) or $109.99 for the year to just watch out-of-market Tigers games (“Single Team Pass”), but either option comes with a free seven-day trial:
MLB.TV Amazon Prime Free Trial
Once you’re signed up for the Prime MLB.TV Channel, out-of-market viewers can watch Tigers games live on the Prime Video app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, various smart TV’s, Xiaomi, Echo Show or Echo Spot, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. You can also watch on your computer via the Amazon website.
If you can’t watch live, all games are available on-demand by the next day.
MLB.TV
This is ultimately the same as the Amazon Prime option above, only you’ll watch games on MLB’s digital platforms instead of Amazon’s.
You can watch all out-of-market, non-nationally televised MLB games via MLB.TV. It costs $24.99 per month or $129.99 for the year to watch every out-of-market game, or $109.99 for the year to just watch out-of-market Reds games. The monthly and yearly all-team options include a free seven-day trial (the single-team option does not):
Once signed up for MLB.TV, out-of-market viewers can watch Tigers games live on the MLB TV app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, various Smart TV’s, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. You can also watch on your computer via the MLB.TV website.
If you can’t watch live, all games are available on-demand by the next day.
ESPN+
This isn’t going to be an option to watch many Tigers games, but if you’re looking for a cheap way to watch a random MLB game daily, ESPN+ includes at least one out-of-market game every day during the regular season:
In addition to one live MLB game every day, ESPN+ also has dozens of other live sports, every 30-for-30 documentary and additional original content (both video and written) all for $6.99 per month.
Or, if you also want Disney+ and Hulu, you can get all three for $13.99 per month. Separately, the three streaming services would cost a total $20.97 per month, so you’re saving about 33 percent:
Get the ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu Bundle
Once signed up for ESPN+, out-of-market viewers can watch select MLB games live on the ESPN app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation 4 or 5, Xbox One or Series X/S, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Samsung Smart TV, Oculus Go, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via ESPN.com.
Tigers Season Preview 2022
Detroit enters this season with confidence after going 69-66 for the final stretch of the 2021 season. The Tigers have been mired in a rebuild since 2017, and this season’s team could take the next step and end an eight-year playoff drought.
Last season’s Tigers squad finished 77-85 for third in the American League Central Division. The Tigers ranked 11th in runs scored and ninth in ERA.
“We did establish a good foundation,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said according to Fox 17’s Brad Galli. “Now we got a lot of work to do to get ready in a short period of time. I think you take the good from last season, build off of it for the people that have been here, we added some talent, and we need to address some areas that we weren’t great at, but go forward.”
Projected Lineup
- Tucker Barnhart, C
- Spencer Torkelson, 1B
- Jonathan Schoop, 2B
- Jeimer Candelario, 3B
- Javier Baez, SS
- Austin Meadows, LF
- Akil Baddoo, CF
- Robbie Grossman, RF
- Miguel Cabrera, DH
Bench: Eric Haase, Dustin Garneau, Jake Rogers, Harold Castro, Victor Reyes
Projected Starting Rotation
- Eduardo Rodriguez
- Tarik Skubal
- Casey Mize
- Michael Pineda
- Matt Manning
Projected Bullpen
- Gregory Soto, closer
- Michael Fulmer, setup
- Joe Jimenez, reliever
- Andrew Chafin, reliever
- Kyle Funkhouser, reliever
- Alex Lange, reliever
- Rony Garcia, reliever
- Drew Hutchison, reliever
- Jacob Barnes, reliever
- Jason Foley, reliever
- Elvin Rodriguez, reliever
- Jose Cisnero, reliever
Projected lineups based on ESPN and CBS Sports.