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LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch doesn’t want baseball owners to have the freedom to spend more money on players, and he opposed Major League Baseball’s final offer sent Tuesday to the Major League Baseball Players Association. The players’ union rejected, leading to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s cancellation of regular season games. The MLB’s lockout continues
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers prospect Andre Lipcius learned a lot about his swing last season. The 23-year-old infielder was picked in the third round of the 2019 draft following three seasons at Tennessee. The COVID-19 pandemic canceled his 2020 season, making last year’s campaign his first full pro season. Lipcius hit .243 in 116 games. TRENDING: Tigers union rep Tucker
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Lakeland, Fla. — Andre Lipcius almost seemed embarrassed to talk about it. “It’s a spring training at-bat,” he said. True. The Tigers split the minor league minicamp into two teams — Team Horton and Team Trammell — and played a controlled, six-inning scrimmage at Joker Marchant Stadium Thursday. But on a team with top prospects Riley Greene, Spencer
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers are at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium for an intrasquad scrimmage at 10:30 a.m. Thursday featuring the franchise’s top prospects. The two groups are Team Horton, wearing gray uniforms, and Team Trammell, wearing white uniforms. There is one unofficial umpire (director of coaching Ryan Sienko) stationed behind home plate. Right-hander Beau Brieske received
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Sometimes, one small question can take a story in a surprising place. I was standing outside the Detroit Tigers complex, talking to Jordan Marks, a right-handed pitching prospect. He grew up in Sarnia, Ontario, across the St. Clair River from Michigan; and his grandfather is a huge Tigers fan. It seemed like such
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The Major League Baseball lockout will be over at some point. When the games return, Opening Day — metro Detroit’s favorite spring holiday/party — will be rescheduled. Will it feel different? Maybe a little. More likely, though, stadiums across the country — including Comerica Park — will be packed, because that’s what we do. By July (or
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Major League Baseball Players Association on Tuesday rejected a collective bargaining agreement offer from Major League Baseball leading up to the owners’ self-imposed 5 p.m. deadline, leading MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to cancel the first two series of the regular season. Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart is an MLBPA player representative. He has been in a leadership
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The Major League Baseball lockout will be over at some point. When the games return, Opening Day — metro Detroit’s favorite spring holiday/party — will be rescheduled. Will it feel different? Maybe a little. More likely, though, stadiums across the country — including Comerica Park — will be packed, because that’s what we do. By July (or
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