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TORONTO — Detroit Tigers center fielder Derek Hill is back. Needing a spark defensively and on the bases, the Tigers reinstated the 25-year-old from the injured list Saturday before the second of three games against the Toronto Blue Jays. He has been sidelined since an Aug. 10 collision in the outfield in Baltimore with fellow

TORONTO — Detroit Tigers rookie Daz Cameron believes every aspect of his game needs to improve. He remains in the early stages of his development. After returning Thursday from the injured list, Cameron — partially healed from a right toe sprain — has just over a month to show the organization why he deserves to be

TORONTO — What Vladimir Guerrero Jr. accomplished in the fourth inning seemed bound to happen, considering Detroit Tigers starter Tyler Alexander — a left-hander who is more crafty than overpowering — faced a lineup full of powerful righties. “They’re potent and dangerous,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game. “They like to swing.” Guerrero,

TORONTO — When Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch changed his mind and benched Miguel Cabrera in Baltimore eight days ago, he did so to give the fans at Comerica Park the best chance to watch their superstar reach 500 home runs. Cabrera smashed No. 499 on Aug. 11, followed by a day off during the series

The Detroit Tigers played a miserable final four innings. Manager AJ Hinch was ejected with one out in the fifth inning, and everything went downhill from there. The Tigers (58-65) allowed the Los Angeles Angels to score 11 runs after the fifth in Thursday’s 13-10 loss at Comerica Park, squandering an eight-run lead. Los Angeles forced Hinch and bench

Bill Dow |  Special to the Detroit Free Press Editor’s note: Story updated for accurately reflect Freehan’s health the last few years. Former Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan, a perennial All-Star and the quiet leader of the 1968 world champions, has died at age 79, the team announced Thursday. Freehan had suffered from dementia for several years, spending

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch didn’t have much of a choice. He evaluated his roster ahead of a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays from Friday through Sunday at the Rogers Centre in Canada. Of course, he realized Grayson Greiner was the only healthy catcher. “That position is not one that we can tip-toe around,” Hinch said

Bill Dow |  Special to the Detroit Free Press Former Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan, a perennial All-Star and the quiet leader of 1968 world champions, has died at age 79 the team announced on Thursday. Freehan had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for several years, spending the last few years in under hospice care in his northern

Shohei Ohtani couldn’t help but smile. He singled on the first pitch he saw Tuesday to reach first base, where Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera — one home run away from No. 500 in his 19-year MLB career — waited to greet the Los Angeles Angels’ two-way sensation. Ohtani bent over to take off his

Detroit Tigers Hall of Famer Jack Morris has been suspended indefinitely by Bally Sports Detroit for an apparent racist comment he made during Tuesday’s game telecast. During Tuesday’s game, Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani, a Japanese-born pitcher and hitter who started this year’s All-Star Game, was about to step to the plate in the sixth inning. Play-by-play

Detroit Tigers rookie Tarik Skubal wishes he hadn’t left the ball over the plate in the first inning. He didn’t make many mistakes Wednesday at Comerica Park, but he paid for his early miscue. Ex-Tiger Justin Upton crushed Skubal’s fastball over the left-center wall for a two-run blast, giving the Los Angeles Angels a 2-0 lead. Skubal

The Detroit Tigers needed another catcher, so they acquired old friend Dustin Garneau. Without starting catcher Eric Haase for the next couple of days, the Tigers were left with backup Grayson Greiner as their lone catcher. Infielder Zack Short and utility player Harold Castro lobbied for emergency catcher gigs, but manager AJ Hinch didn’t want to take that route. “That’s

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch isn’t known for intentional walks. There were 5,995 plate appearances against the Houston Astros in 2019, and Hinch — the Astros’ manager from 2015-19 — didn’t issue a single intentional walk. For the Tigers in 2021, he entered Tuesday’s series opener with the Los Angeles Angels at six intentional walks.

It wasn’t quite a caravan. But it was close. Spencer Torkelson and Ryan Kreidler loaded some of their stuff into Riley Greene’s truck before they all drove from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Toledo, Ohio, leaving about 15 minutes apart. “Riley has a big truck,” Torkelson said. “So he is kind of like the U-Haul for the boys.” Goodbye,

Former Detroit Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias gets a chance to witness history in his return to Comerica Park. From afar, Iglesias has followed Miguel Cabrera‘s epic climb to 500 home runs. They were teammates in Detroit from 2013-18, which included some of the best and worst baseball the Tigers have played over the past decade. Entering a

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch wants the fans to cheer. He is asking them to get pumped for the entirety of Miguel Cabrera’s plate appearances against the Los Angeles Angels at Comerica Park. For the past three games against Cleveland, the crowd would go silent just before each pitch to the future Hall of Famer, and Hinch didn’t

Detroit Tigers Hall of Famer and Bally Sports Detroit game analyst Jack Morris apologized during the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels for making an offensive comment earlier in the telecast. In the sixth inning, Tigers pitcher Joe Jimenez struck out Juan Lagares, setting up a two-out, runner-on-second scenario for Angels superstar

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch turned his head and looked to home plate at Comerica Park, where outfielders Akil Baddoo and Derek Hill were taking swings off the pitching machine before Tuesday’s series opener with the Los Angeles Angels. “Well, it looks like they’re hitting,” Hinch said sarcastically. His two youngest and most exciting outfielders

The Detroit Tigers believe in Willi Castro’s offense. He’s not quite the defensive shortstop the Tigers were banking on, but the truth is the organization won’t care if he never plays shortstop again. They just want to see his bat spark, as it did in 2020 during an American League Rookie of the Year race. To

The Detroit Tigers moved their top pitching prospects Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal to the big leagues in 2020. Embarking on their first full MLB season, the arms of the future are no longer considered prospects. But the organization’s farm system hasn’t missed a beat. The Tigers are ranked No. 6 in Baseball America’s midseason rankings,