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Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Matt Manning evaluates start vs. Cleveland Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning talks Monday, June 28, 2021, after giving up nine runs in a 13-5 loss to Cleveland at Progressive Field. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Outfielder Derek Hill — fully recovered from a right shoulder strain  — was set to

The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland postponed Tuesday’s game, scheduled for 7:10 p.m., because of rain at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Rainfall began Tuesday evening and didn’t show signs of letting up. The second matchup in the three-game series has been rescheduled for Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. as part of a straight doubleheader. The seven-inning series

The Detroit Tigers reinstated center fielder Derek Hill from the injured list Tuesday but optioned him to Triple-A Toledo, meaning Akil Baddoo, Robbie Grossman, Daz Cameron and Nomar Mazara are staying in the big leagues. To some, the decision is tough to understand. “Derek Hill is playing very well and did nothing wrong to get

Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull is still going through the rehabilitation process in Lakeland, Florida, but he is getting closer to returning. Turnbull has been on the 10-day injured list since June 5 with a right forearm strain. He removed himself from a June 4 game against the Chicago White Sox and following an evaluation

Matt Manning displayed his frustration in the dugout by slamming his glove. Later, he voiced his disappointment as he tried to make sense of allowing nine runs Monday night in the Detroit Tigers‘ 13-5 loss to Cleveland at Progressive Field. Simply, Manning did not pitch well. At all. Manning, making his third MLB start, gave up nine

Let’s get the nots out of the way: John Valente is not tall. He does not have a big arm. He is not a speedster. He does not have much hype. He does not hit many home runs. And he is not a high draft pick. Nope, none of those things. And that shouldn’t matter. Because Valente

When Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker went to his bullpen Sunday with two outs in the seventh inning, he picked left-hander reliever Brooks Raley to face Detroit Tigers left-handed hitter Akil Baddoo, a 22-year-old Rule 5 draft pick. The Tigers had runners on first and second base, and manager AJ Hinch wasn’t short on bench options.

Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter walked to the mound to speak with right-hander Matt Manning, a 23-year-old rookie making the third start of his MLB career, with two outs in the fourth inning Monday at Progressive Field. Manning had been beat up by Cleveland, allowing two runs in the first inning, three runs in

With the Houston Astros in town to face the Detroit Tigers, and Daz Cameron and Jake Rogers starting to earn serious playing time in Detroit, it’s only natural for our thoughts to drift to Justin Verlander. Yes, we know that the righty is out all season recovering from Tommy John surgery; we won’t be seeing

AKRON, Ohio — You can see the core coming together. The future of the Detroit Tigers. All in one place. Riley Greene roaming the outfield. Spencer Torkelson anchoring the infield. And Dillon Dingler controlling everything from behind the plate. They are the “Big Three,” the Tigers’ top three positional prospects. And they are playing together

Justin Verlander is set to be a free agent after this season. Verlander has pitched for the Houston Astros since 2017, but he isn’t ruling out a reunion with the Detroit Tigers. He admits he has pondered a return, but he doesn’t want to focus too much on the future. “I’d be lying if I said I

Detroit Tigers rookie left-hander Tarik Skubal turned in his best outing of the season — and his MLB career — against the Houston Astros on Sunday. Skubal completed seven innings for the first time in his career. He struck out nine, all swinging, while getting 21 swings-and-misses. The Tigers (34-44) didn’t waste the efficient outing, but

Casey Mize closely inspected videos from April 12, 2021. In his second start of the season for the Detroit Tigers, the rookie right-hander posted seven scoreless innings in a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. It marked the best game of his young career in his ninth MLB start. On Saturday,

Before Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch leaves the ballpark, he checks in with the athletic trainers. The topic of conversation after splitting Saturday’s doubleheader with the Houston Astros was right-handed reliever Michael Fulmer, who squandered the Game 2 lead by giving up back-to-back home runs in a 3-2 loss at Comerica Park. “They informed me of a

Spencer Torkelson was stuck in a tornado of doubt and indecision for the first time in his life. He looked confused and overwhelmed at the plate in the middle of a slump that had lasted nearly 11 months. And he had no idea how to get out of it. “Don’t change anything,” Rick Torkelson, Spencer’s

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch trotted out to the mound and removed right-hander Wily Peralta in the third inning, even though the 32-year-old veteran had a no-hitter intact. But that was the plan. Peralta was only scheduled to pitch one time through the Houston Astros’ batting order in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader, and he didn’t

Driving to Comerica Park on Saturday, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch purposefully went the wrong way on a few roads. “A lot of accidents and floods,” Hinch said Saturday. Metro Detroit roads, especially the freeways, looked apocalyptic. Vehicles were sideways, turned backward and underwater. Some cars were lifeless in the middle of the roads, others were

The Detroit Tigers know they need a shortstop, but the long-term answer might not arrive until this offseason or, at the earliest, the trade deadline in July. The combination of Niko Goodrum, Willi Castro and Harold Castro hasn’t worked. As a result of those struggling, the Tigers have a combined minus-15 Defensive Runs Saved — a metric measuring how many

Detroit’s “Big Four” professional sports teams — the Lions, Pistons, Red Wings and Tigers – have combined to win 22 championships over the past 120 years. And though it’s hard to believe, considering the city’s recent playoff drought — the last postseason victory by any of the four, a 2-0 win by the Wings over the

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch sat in his dugout Thursday as the fans at Comerica Park taunted Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, one of Hinch’s former players, during his six plate appearances. This weekend’s series is the Astros’ first trip to Detroit since their 2017 sign-stealing scandal — the same year Hinch managed the Astros to