Yesterday, Dutchie Tom de Blok made his first appearance after an injury. Tom started the game for the Lakeland Flying Tigers against the Florida FireFrogs. He had a decent outing but did not get the necessary run support. The last game that De Blok played was on August 4 vs the Dayton Dragons. In four…
The affiliation news keeps coming. This time the Detroit Tigers extended their Player Development Contract with their A Full Season farm team West Michigan WhiteCaps. Even though the current contract will only expire in 2020, the Tigers were eager to extend their partnership with their A Full Season farm team. Since the WhiteCaps became a…
Tonight in the matchup between the South Bend Cubs vs the West Michigan WhiteCaps, Tom de Blok earned his first win in the Midwest League. De Blok pitched six shutout innings. In the six shutout innings, Tom limited his opponent to three hits and gave up three walks. The first hit was given up in…
Last night Tom de Blok pitched for the West Michigan WhiteCaps in a game vs the South Bend Cubs who had Yu Darvish, who is on a rehab assignment, on the mound. Tom didn’t get the win but had a good outing nevertheless. In this pitching matchup against Yu Darvish, De Blok lasted one inning…
According to his player page, Tom de Blok has been sent down to the West Michigan WhiteCaps on June 11. Just after a good outing in which he gave up only two runs in six innings. It is no secret Tom struggled at the start of the season as he needed to adapt to the…
After a fruitful year with the West Michigan Whitecaps, Tom de Blok has been promoted to the Lakeland Flying Tigers (A-Advanced affiliate of the Detroit Tigers in the Florida State League). The 21-year old righthanded pitcher from Amstelveen in the Netherlands earned this promotion by having a great season in 2017. After a stellar performance…
In a Tweet, Detroit Tigers minor league writer Emily Waldon, showed a clip with Tom de Blok throwing pitches in a bullpen next to Jordan Zimmerman. I hear you think “Wow”. But Zimmerman was scheduled to pitch an exhibition game with the A-Advanced team of the Tigers. Tom de Blok (L) warming next to #Tigers…
According to the website prospects1500.com, Dutch pitcher Tom de Blok has entered the top 50 of Detroit Tigers prospects. Rather quick after his debut with the Tigers’ A Full Season team, the West Michigan WhiteCaps, Tom has made his presence felt. Just before the 2017 season, Tom was signed by the Detroit Tigers after a…
Don’t worry, this isn’t about a season ending injury. But the season for Tom de Blok is simply over because his team, the West Michigan WhiteCaps was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. In the first round of the Midwest League play offs, the West Michigan WhiteCaps faced the Dayton Dragons. The best…
It looks like Tom de Blok has straightened the ship after a couple of poor outings. In the final game of the regular season, Tom de Blok shutout the Fort Wayne TinCaps as he lasted seven innings for the West Michigan WhiteCaps. The game review on MiLB.com, headed: de Blok leads West Michigan to 4-1…
