Detroit Free Press

Detroit Tigers outfielder Nomar Mazara departed from Wednesday’s game against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park with a left abdominal strain. The timetable for Mazara’s return is unclear. “Right now, it’s day-to-day,” manager AJ Hinch said after the game. “I don’t have a ton of information on it. I generally have high concern when

Less than three hours before the Detroit Tigers game against the Houston Astros on Wednesday, the Astros put five players on the injured list: designated hitter Yordan Alvarez, third baseman Alex Bregman, second baseman Jose Altuve, catcher Martin Maldonado and infielder Robel Garcia. They were removed from the team for the time being because of health

Detroit Tigers catcher Wilson Ramos is turning back the clock. It’s not 2016, when Ramos crushed a career-high 22 home runs in 131 games for the Washington Nationals. But it’s not 2020, either, when the 12-year MLB veteran only picked up five homers in 45 games for the New York Mets. Until someone dethrones him,

Believe it or not, Detroit Tigers rookie Akil Baddoo isn’t perfect. The Rule 5 draft pick put his inexperience on display in Monday’s 6-2 win over the Houston Astros. Seeking his second home run in the series opener, Baddoo drove a fastball into the right-center field gap. He flicked his bat, trotted slowly out of the

The Detroit Tigers got on a plane Sunday night, after getting swept by Cleveland in a three-game series, with plenty of improvements to make. They were on a four-game losing streak with seven games left in a daunting 10-game road trip. Through two games against the Houston Astros, the woes of the last series have been

If the Detroit Tigers need him, infielder Zack Short will be ready. When the Tigers added first baseman Renato Nunez to the 26-man roster, thus removing him from the taxi squad, Short took his place. The squad, which gives teams extra reserves on road trips, puts the 25-year-old one step closer to his MLB debut.

If it weren’t for Miguel Cabrera’s left biceps strain, slugging first baseman Renato Nunez — who hit 43 home runs over the last two seasons with the Baltimore Orioles — would likely still be on the Detroit Tigers‘ taxi squad. The taxi squad, only allowed for road trips, is the closest a member of the alternate training site

Casey Mize‘s fastball command was crummy. As he put it: “Really bad, just couldn’t find that.” He sauntered back to the dugout wondering how — after two walks, one single and one hit-by-pitch through two innings — he could make it through the opposing lineup a second or third time without succumbing to the nucleus of the Houston

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch waved to the crowd. He tipped his baseball cap, flashing the Old English D emblem, to a standing ovation from the fans. It was his first time back at Minute Maid Park since getting fired in January 2020. After the emotions, the Tigers (4-6) buried the Houston Astros — the team Hinch managed from 2015-19 — with a

It had been 455 days since AJ Hinch last showed face inside Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. He was on his way out as the manager, fired from his job because of the team’s sign-stealing scandal. It had been 1,258 days since Hinch won the 2017 World Series, followed by a victory parade through the city amid

The Detroit Tigers received information from team doctors that allowed them to breathe a sigh of relief about Miguel Cabrera, who was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left biceps strain. Cabrera, too, was relieved upon hearing the injury was a “mild strain,” manager AJ Hinch said Monday. This means the former

Well, we’ve seen worse weekends in Ohio. But hey, this isn’t the Jim Harbaugh Newsletter. No, it’s the Detroit Tigers Newsletter — hello and welcome! — which means we have to talk about that sweep down in Cleveland, which only felt like it finished up at 62-39. The real score was 20-6 over 27 innings,

The Germans have a word for it. OK, the Germans have a word for pretty much everything. But in this case, when it came to seeing the Houston Astros get what was coming to them for more than a year, I could only think of one perfect, beautiful German word: schadenfreude. The word literally translates

It was a wreck of a weekend for the Detroit Tigers. Injuries piled up, mistakes mounted and so did the losses. “We just got our ass kicked by the Indians for the third time in a row,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said on Sunday after a 5-2 loss, which completed a 3-game sweep in Cleveland. If

The Detroit Tigers went 13-for-91 in their three-game series, a mere .143 batting average, and got swept by Cleveland on Sunday in a 5-2 loss at Progressive Field. Along with dropping four straight games, the Tigers (3-6) dug themselves into a deeper hole at the conclusion of the first of three legs in a 10-game road trip. After

The Detroit Tigers continued their lifeless offense in the top of the eighth inning. They had a chance to even the score or take the lead, but squandered the opportunity with three consecutive strikeouts. Facing Cleveland right-handed reliever James Karinchak, Robbie Grossman took a leadoff walk and, after Willi Castro struck out swinging, stole second base.

Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera had been dealing with soreness in his biceps, but the status of his health came to a breaking point in Saturday’s 11-3 loss to Cleveland at Progressive Field. Cabrera grabbed his left arm in pain after fouling away a seventh-inning changeup from Aaron Civale. He finished the at-bat by grounding out to

The Detroit Tigers will be missing their Hall of Fame slugger for the next several games. Eleven-time All-Star Miguel Cabrera was placed on the injured list Sunday with a left biceps strain. In a corresponding move, Renato Nunez, a first baseman/designated hitter signed to a minor-league contract this past winter, has been added to the

Tarik Skubal looked stone cold. He sounded angry. He perked up, only for a moment, when talking about reliever Alex Lange making his MLB debut. Discussing his performance, however, brought out some negative emotions. And rightfully so, considering Skubal was bombarded by Cleveland in the Detroit Tigers‘ gruesome 11-3 loss Saturday at Progressive Field. “What happened

Easter Sunday was a momentous day for both Baltimore Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins and Detroit Tigers outfielder Akil Baddoo. Mullins went 5-for-5 with three doubles and one walk against the Boston Red Sox. Baddoo, a Rule 5 draft pick, made his MLB debut and crushed an opposite-field home run on the first pitch he saw