Miguel Cabrera has hurt the Detroit Tigers more than he has helped this season. A 19-year MLB veteran, his presence will always be a positive impact. He is eight home runs away from No. 500 and 92 hits away from No. 3,000 — two historic milestones he seeks to add to an already strong Hall of Fame resume.
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The Detroit Tigers announced that since there will be full capacity at Comerica Park for all home games for the rest of 2021, “giveaway days” are back. Among the highlights of the special giveaways and themes are a 4th of July celebration, Negro Leagues weekend, and Pink-out the park. The special-themed events get starting this
Dana Gauruder | Special to the Detroit Free Press The banged-up Detroit Tigers starting staff could have used a strong outing from its lone remaining veteran, but Jose Urena failed to deliver once again. The Los Angeles Angels clubbed three homers off Urena during a five-run fifth and cruised to a 11-3 win on Friday night. Urena, who
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The good news on Matthew Boyd is there’s no structural damage to his pitching arm. But the Detroit Tigers will have to make do without their veteran left-hander for a few weeks. Boyd, placed on the 10-day injured list earlier this week, has been diagnosed with muscular tendinitis. Boyd departed
Detroit Tigers top pitching prospect Matt Manning draped his arms over the dugout railing and smiled. “Definitely fun,” Manning said Thursday. “A lot of emotions. It was just good enough to where I feel good about it, but there are some things I need to clean up for the next one, and I’m going to
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press Matt Manning set the Detroit Tigers up for success in his major-league debut, but his new teammates fumbled the opportunity to stretch their winning streak to four games. The Tigers’ defense and bullpen struggled Thursday during their 7-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Manning, the organization’s top pitching
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The All-Star Game is nearly a month away and Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch hinted that two of his top starting pitchers may not return until the second half of the season. Spencer Turnbull and Matthew Boyd are on the 10-day injured list and neither one has
Dana Gauruder | Special to the Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers starter Matt Manning made a promising major-league debut but couldn’t quite match Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. The Angels then battered Detroit’s bullpen and ended the Tigers’ three-game winning streak, 7-5, on Thursday. Taylor Ward clubbed a grand slam off Kyle Funkhouser during the
The final piece of the Detroit Tigers’ long-desired, rarely seen “Big Three” is finally making his big-league debut: Matt Manning, taken ninth overall in 2016 by the Tigers is set to start Thursday night in Anaheim, California, against the Los Angeles Angels. Manning was part of a dominant group of starters for Double-A Erie in
The bats were hot for the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday in Kansas City. The Tigers’ seventh-inning rally was enough to hold off the Royals, 6-5, and complete a three-game series. The big blow in the seventh, after a leadoff walk by Niko Goodrum, came off the bat of Willi Castro, who launched a 3-2 breaking ball from Greg
Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize wants the world to know he wasn’t cheating Tuesday night in Kansas City. After pitching a scoreless first inning, Mize was pulled aside by home plate umpire John Tumpane. Catcher Jake Rogers joined the conversation. The umpire said Mize’s glove color was too light. The lighter the color, the more districting
Matt Manning hadn’t seen Tarik Skubal in two months. The 23-year-old right-hander’s season for Triple-A Toledo was supposed to catapult him to the Detroit Tigers and his MLB debut in 2021. He was eager to join Skubal and Casey Mize — a pair of 24-year-olds expected to lead the starting rotation into the future. But Manning’s season wasn’t going as
Home plate umpire John Tumpane approached Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize and catcher Jake Rogers after the first inning for a conversation. Manager AJ Hinch exited the dugout to join them. “He said the gray color was too light,” Mize said. “I thought it was pretty shitty, pretty shitty thing to do. I assume everyone thinks
As soon as the announcement was made Sunday evening, alarm bells went off all around the Detroit Tigers fanbase. Spencer Torkelson and Dillon Dingler were headed to Double-A and the Erie SeaWolves. “It was pretty hectic. We were told Sunday around 5 or 6 p.m. and had to pack everything up and get here for (Tuesday’s)
The Detroit Tigers are bringing right-handed pitcher Matt Manning to the big leagues, in an effort to aid their injured starting rotation. Losing Spencer Turnbull and Matthew Boyd to injuries left the Tigers with three starters: Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Jose Urena. To find a fix, the Tigers announced Tuesday that Manning — already on
The Detroit Tigers are battling the injury bug. In the past four games, the Tigers have used relievers to complete 27 of a possible 37 innings. They have needed 693 pitches to get through these games, including 223 pitches in Saturday’s 15-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox — featuring position players Jake Rogers and Harold
Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd realized something was wrong with his arm and signaled to manager AJ Hinch in the dugout. Moments later, Boyd walked off the mound and into the clubhouse with athletic trainer Doug Teter. He was removed from Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals in the third inning with left arm
For the third game in a row, the Detroit Tigers relied heavily on their bullpen. Starter Jose Urena couldn’t make it out of the second inning in Saturday’s loss to the Chicago White Sox, and manager AJ Hinch implemented a scheduled bullpen game for Sunday’s loss to the ChiSox in the series finale. In Monday’s 10-3 win
Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd realized something was wrong with his body and signaled to manager AJ Hinch in the dugout. Moments later, Boyd walked off the mound and into the clubhouse with athletic trainer Doug Teter. He was removed from Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals in the third inning with left arm