The Detroit Tigers announced Tuesday promotions within the baseball operations department, giving new opportunities to Sam Menzin, Jay Sartori and Kenny Graham. Both Menzin, 31, and Sartori, 42, were promoted to vice president/assistant general manager titles. Graham is taking over the player development department on an interim basis. He replaces vice president of player development Dave Littlefield, who
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The Minnesota Twins nearly handed the Detroit Tigers a victory in Monday’s makeup game. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Eric Haase delivered a two-out infield single. Reliever Alex Colome fielded the ball, but he threw it past first baseman Miguel Sano. On the next play, Colome pulled Sano off the
Two more wins. That’s how far the Detroit Tigers are from their fourth straight winning month. Not two wins in the past, those games you wish they’d taken one more pitch, pushed one more run across. (AKA, those two losses to the Blue Jays this weekend.) But two more wins in the two games remaining
As the clock ticks, the Detroit Tigers aren’t sure if they will have enough time to get catcher Jake Rogers back from his injury this season, which concludes Oct. 3 against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. The 26-year-old has been on the injured list since July 19 with right arm soreness. “I’m growing
Detroit Tigers right-hander Jose Urena returned from a right groin strain that sent him the injured list and started Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Despite one of his best performances, Tigers manager AJ Hinch only allowed him to complete three innings. Don’t expect that to change. “Now he can finish strong as we use
Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd returned to the Comerica Park mound for the first time since June 8, back from left arm discomfort that forced him out of his June 14 start in Kansas City and sent him to the injured list. Facing the Toronto Blue Jays, Boyd flashed positives and negatives — five strikeouts
Ahead of Sunday’s series finale, the Detroit Tigers needed to make room on the active roster. The decision seemingly came down to outfielders Daz Cameron and Victor Reyes, as the Tigers had to clear a roster spot for left-hander Matthew Boyd. He was activated from the injured list as Sunday’s scheduled starting pitcher against the
Gerson Adamus drew a one-out walk in the first inning. “Now here comes one of the finest athletes in this year’s Little League World Series: Jonathan Schoop,” play-by-play broadcaster Brent Musburger said on the ABC telecast. “He’s a slick fielding shortstop, and he can also do some damage with the bat.” Seventeen years later, this memory reminds Schoop why he loves
The throw from Detroit Tigers left fielder Akil Baddoo looked perfect. But the ball was late. Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — the free extra-inning runner on second base to open the 10th inning — slid into home just before Baddoo’s rocket connected with catcher Eric Haase, who turned to apply the tag. Guerrero had been
Detroit Tigers starter Matthew Boyd sat on the couch inside Matt Manning’s home in Lakeland, Florida. He watched the Tigers climb the standings after a dreadful April, putting together three consecutive winning months and now sitting in third place of the American League Central. He also saw the developments of Manning, Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal
A pinch-hit inside-the-park home run. That’s how the Detroit Tigers came away with a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Friday’s series opener at Comerica Park. Desperate for a run, manager AJ Hinch called on Victor Reyes to hit for Zack Short — hitting .143 this season — to open the eighth inning against
The Detroit Tigers are officially preparing for the 2022 season. Manager AJ Hinch’s primary goal — winning every game in 2021 — isn’t changing, but the organization wants to find out more about certain players ahead of spring training in February. With MLB rosters expanding Sept. 1 from 26 to 28 players, the Tigers can get looks at
ST. LOUIS — Detroit Tigers reliever Alex Lange is a key part of the future. That’s the first thing manager AJ Hinch said when he shared what the organization thinks of Lange, who has been shuffled four times between the Tigers and Triple-A Toledo. Hinch then discussed opportunities, as he so often does with his unestablished big
The Detroit Tigers had a choice at backup catcher: Grayson Greiner or Dustin Garneau. The answer came Thursday, when the Tigers optioned Greiner to Triple-A Toledo to make room for Eric Haase, set to return before Friday’s series opener with the Toronto Blue Jays after a 10-day stay on the injured list with right abdominal strain. (Also:
ST. LOUIS — Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize, the expected ace of the pitching staff for years to come, is already gearing up for October 2022. Ex-Tiger Justin Verlander, who becomes a free agent after this season, pitch six games (five starts) in October with AJ Hinch as his manager during the Houston Astros’ 2017 World Series championship
TOLEDO, Ohio — Sometimes a man’s choice of fashion says something about who he is, or at least aspires to be. So with a little twinkle in his eye and a tiny spritz of joy in his voice, Spencer Torkelson offered up this little morsel about his roommate, Riley Greene: He loves shopping at Lululemon,
ST. LOUIS — It’s not a surprise, but Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera has reaffirmed his plan for the future. “Two more years,” Cabrera said. “That’s it.” In an interview Wednesday morning with ESPN’s Sage Steele, Cabrera discussed his Hall of Fame career, reaching 500 home runs Sunday in Toronto and his chase for 3,000
ST. LOUIS — Detroit Tigers rookie Tarik Skubal recorded strikeouts for his first seven outs. He finished Wednesday’s outing with 10 punchouts, pushing his season total to 144. When he struck out Harrison Bader in the fifth inning, the 24-year-old put himself two away from a tie for second place among all Tigers rookies — held
ST. LOUIS — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch couldn’t have asked for a better third outing from left-hander Matthew Boyd in Triple-A Toledo. To complete his rehab assignment, Boyd started Tuesday for the Mud Hens against the St. Paul Saints, an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. He pitched 4⅓ scoreless innings without a walk, giving
ST. LOUIS — For the first time in his career, Wily Peralta feels like a pitcher. He posted exceptional — and not so exceptional — performances in his younger years with the Milwaukee Brewers, making his MLB debut in 2012 and sticking around through 2017. He then pitched out of the bullpen for the Kansas City Royals