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I’m going to keep this one short and sweet, mostly because a bunch of the BYB staff were at the park for the meet-up, and the focus for the day feels like it should mostly stick with Lou Whitaker’s jersey retirement. That said, there was a game, and the Tigers must have felt like the
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When Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has a chance to teach a baseball history lesson, he takes it. And so, Friday afternoon, he sat in the clubhouse with his pitchers — Tyler Alexander, Jason Foley, Tarik Skubal and Will Vest — talking about the weekend’s upcoming ceremony. He realized they knew Lou Whitaker, but didn’t know Lou Whitaker. So
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Luis Castillo has waited 11 years for this moment. Triple-A Toledo manager Lloyd McClendon called Castillo — a 27-year-old right-handed reliever — into his office after Friday’s game in Iowa. The Detroit Tigers had optioned right-handed starter Bryan Garcia and wanted to bolster their bullpen after they used six relievers in Friday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The
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Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch doesn’t typically put a premium on having pitchers with different arm angles in his bullpen. The premium is on guys who throw strikes and get outs, regardless of arm angle. For him, it’s more about matching up his relievers’ elite pitches with hitters’ weaknesses. Alex Lange’s breaking ball against right-handed
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The Tigers selected the contract of right-hander Luis Castillo, the team announced today. Not to be confused with the longtime Red (and new Mariner), the 27-year-old Castillo will be making his big-league debut whenever he enters a game. He’ll take the roster spot opened when the club optioned fellow righty Bryan Garcia to Triple-A Toledo
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Detroit Tigers (42-66) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (57-49) When: 6:10 p.m. Saturday. (Lou Whitaker’s No. 1 will be retired in a pregame ceremony.) Where: Comerica Park in Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Tigers radio affiliates). Probable pitchers: Tigers RHP Garrett Hill (1-3, 5.88 ERA vs. Rays LHP Shane McClanahan (10-4, 2.07 ERA). First-pitch forecast: Sunny, high-80s.
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The retirement of Lou Whitaker’s jersey number was a moment many Tigers fans thought might never come. Historically, the Tigers have been notoriously stingy in terms of number retirement, only giving the special distinction to former players or managers who found their way into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. To date, there were only
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On Saturday, the Detroit Tigers will finally retire the No. 1 jersey of longtime second baseman Lou Whitaker, 27 years after his retirement following the 1995 season. (Don’t worry, Joey Wentz: The No. 43 “Sweet Lou” wore during his rookie season of 1977 is still available.) It’s an honor long overdue for Whitaker, considering where
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