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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers are adding four players to their 40-man roster before Friday’s deadline to protect them from being selected in

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario became a father Nov. 12 when his wife gave birth to their daughter, Alaya, at

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers have requested unconditional release waivers on utility player Brandon Dixon, who led the team with 19 home

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers have 19 players, including six major leaguers, competing for teams in various leagues this offseason. The Mexican

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Jeimer Candelario on go-ahead single at St. Louis Detroit Tigers first baseman Jeimer Candelario speaks Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, after hitting a go-ahead two-run single in a 6-3 comeback victory. Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario didn’t know New York Mets second baseman

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. AJ Hinch had a lot of time on his hands to watch baseball during the 2020 season, so he took some

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Central Michigan coach Jim McElwain: Hard for us to watch others play Central Michigan football coach Jim McElwain speaks to the media on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Free Press sports intern Evan Petzold breaks down Wednesday’s Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Western Michigan Broncos game at

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch knows having a surplus of starting pitchers will be an added benefit in 2021, no matter

Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Two former Tigers are on the 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, which was announced Monday: Torii Hunter and Gary Sheffield. Neither spent the majority of their careers with the Tigers. The results of the votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will be announced Jan. 26 on MLB Network. The

Jeff Seidel   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Gage Workman turned to prayer before making one of the most important decisions of his life — a decision that

Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. With new manager AJ Hinch on board, the Detroit Tigers‘ process of returning to consistent success begins this winter. This offseason, the Tigers

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. To this point, AJ Hinch has swiped the best part of the “blockbuster” trade between the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers reliever Buck Farmer has already earned a nickname from manager AJ Hinch. Hinch, announced Oct. 30 as the

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers are at crossroads in the rebuilding and subsequent building stages of their organizational overhaul. They have their new

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter ready to develop rotation Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter is introduced Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, as an addition to new manager AJ Hinch’s coaching staff. Detroit Tigers infielder Jeimer Candelario climbed out of his slump and beyond this

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers‘ farm system is shaping up to look different in 2021. West Michigan, the team’s Single-A affiliate, is

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene homers in instructional league game Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene homers during an instructional league game in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. AJ Hinch always made sure to pay attention to the MLB draft, as a player, a front

Gabe Lacques   | USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption MLB’s $8.3 billion debt will have major impact on free agency SportsPulse: Former NBPA Executive Director Charles Grantham stops by to discuss the MLB’s $8.3 billion debt and how it will effect free agency and the future of the CBA. The final few weeks of the

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch searched for three characteristics when putting together his first coaching staff with the organization — player

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch is still friends with Alex Cora. Together, they challenged baseball’s integrity: Hinch was the manager