Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida.
Opening day is less than six weeks away (Monday, April 6 against the Twins at Comerica Park).
But before that the Detroit Tigers will prep for the 2015 season in Florida in the Grapefruit League. The Tigers will play 36 games in spring training starting Monday at Joker Marchant Stadium in their annual exhibition opener against Florida Southern.
Fox Sports Detroit will televise five games, all of them in the final two weeks of the spring schedule. By then we’ll know a lot more about who will be on the 25-man roster that manager Brad Ausmus will bring north. This team has more question marks than they’ve had in several years. Will Hernan Perez stick with the club as a utility infielder? How many outfielders will make the club? Which relievers will earn a spot in the bullpen?
This season, Fox Sports Detroit has enlisted the services of two former Tiger heroes to add to their broadcast team. Kirk Gibson and Jack Morris, members of the 1984 World Series champions, will both be in the booth for the team in 2015, shuttling in and out with Rod Allen, whose role will be reduced. Mario Impemba will once again perform play-by-play duties.
More than 20 spring games will be broadcast on radio in the Detroit network. Dan Dickerson and Jim Price return as the radio team.
Here’s the complete spring training schedule for the Tigers in 2015.
2015 Tigers Spring Training Schedule |
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| Date | Day | Game | Time | Stadium | Location | FSD |
| Mar 2 | Monday | Florida Southern at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 3 | Tuesday | Orioles at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 4 | Wednesday | Tigers at Orioles | 1:05 | Ed Smith Stadium | Sarasota | |
| Mar 5 | Thursday | Braves at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 6 | Friday | Tigers at Mets | 1:10 | Tradition Field | Port St. Lucie | |
| Mar 7 | Saturday | Tigers at Braves | 1:05 | Champion Stadium | Orlando | |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | Astros at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 9 | Monday | Blue Jays at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 10 | Tuesday | Tigers at Phillies | 1:05 | Bright House Field | Clearwater | |
| Mar 11 | Wednesday | Tigers at Nationals | 1:05 | Space Coast Stadium | Viera | |
| Mar 12 | Thursday | Phillies at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 12 | Thursday | Tigers at Astros | 1:05 | Osceola County Stadium | Kissimmee | |
| Mar 13 | Friday | Tigers at Braves | 1:05 | Champion Stadium | Orlando | |
| Mar 14 | Saturday | Phillies at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 14 | Saturday | Tigers at Yankees | 1:05 | Steinbrenner Field | Tampa | |
| Mar 15 | Sunday | Tigers at Marlins | 1:05 | Roger Dean Stadium | Jupiter | |
| Mar 16 | Monday | Tigers at Cardinals | 1:05 | Roger Dean Stadium | Jupiter | |
| Mar 17 | Tuesday | Nationals at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 18 | Wednesday | Tigers at Pirates | 6:05 | McKechnie Field | Bradenton | |
| Mar 19 | Thursday | Tigers at Nationals | 1:05 | Space Coast Stadium | Viera | |
| Mar 20 | Friday | Yankees at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | Mets at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 22 | Sunday | Nationals at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 22 | Sunday | Tigers at Braves | 1:05 | Champion Stadium | Orlando | TV |
| Mar 24 | Tuesday | Tigers at Yankees | 7:05 | Steinbrenner Field | Tampa | |
| Mar 25 | Wednesday | Marlins at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | TV |
| Mar 26 | Thursday | Orioles at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | TV |
| Mar 27 | Friday | Tigers at Blue Jays | 1:07 | FL Auto Exchange Stadium | Dunedin | |
| Mar 28 | Saturday | Cardinals at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Mar 29 | Sunday | Tigers at Phillies | 1:05 | Bright House Field | Clearwater | |
| Mar 30 | Monday | Braves at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | TV |
| Mar 31 | Tuesday | Pirates at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Apr 1 | Wednesday | Tigers at Astros | 1:05 | Osceola County Stadium | Kissimmee | |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | Yankees at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | |
| Apr 3 | Friday | Rays at Tigers | 1:05 | Joker Marchant Stadium | Lakeland | TV |
| Apr 4 | Saturday | Tigers at Rays | 12:35 | Tropicana Field | St. Petersburg | |
