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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. The Detroit Tigers are just as lost as everyone else. The 60-game sprint amid the COVID-19

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. Becky Hinch’s phone rang Jan. 13, at the climax of one of the dark moments in baseball history. She had

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. The Houston Astros didn’t win the World Series until they traded for Justin Verlander in 2017. Yes, he came from

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce A.J. Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager A.J. Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers needed a bang. Owner Christopher Ilitch knew it. General manager Al Avila knew it. The fans knew it,

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What’s next for Dodgers, Justin Turner after COVID debacle? What I’m Hearing: Our MLB insider Bob Nightengale breaks down what’s next for the Dodgers and Justin Turner after it was found he had a positive COVID-19 test during the clinching game of the World Series.

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce A.J. Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager A.J. Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers announced AJ Hinch as the team’s new manager Friday, jumpstarting a fresh era of the rebuild, which general

Chris Thomas   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce A.J. Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Chris Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager A.J. Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Al Avila had one candidate in mind in his search for the Detroit Tigers‘ next manager.  It was always AJ Hinch,

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. Now that the Detroit Tigers have hired A.J. Hinch as their manager, the next

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce A.J. Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager A.J. Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. A.J. Hinch’s name has become synonymous with a few unsettling words in the baseball world: sign-stealing, cheating, suspension and scandal. But his

Ryan Ford   | Detroit Free Press When the 2020 World Series ended Tuesday night, there were three managerial openings in Major League Baseball. Those teams didn’t waste any time completing their searches: By the end of Friday, three openings had become one, with the Chicago White Sox hiring Tony La Russa and the Detroit Tigers

Jeff Seidel   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce A.J. Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager A.J. Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. A.J. Hinch, the Detroit Tigers’ new manager, carries a dirty asterisk and unmistakable stain for his role in his last

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press The Houston Astros cheating scandal is one of the biggest black eyes in baseball history, and it all happened under the watch of A.J. Hinch, who was hired Friday as the Detroit Tigers’ manager.  Hinch was in his third year as the Astros’ manager when players used cameras and banged

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. The Detroit Tigers are “making progress” on finalizing a deal to hire A.J. Hinch as

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Spencer Torkelson crushes homer in instructional league Detroit Tigers top prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson put together solid at-bats in the first inning of an instructional league game, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. No, the Detroit Tigers aren’t considering Jim Leyland as their

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Spencer Torkelson smashes home run in Tigers instructional league game Detroit Tigers infield prospect Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in 2020 MLB draft, smashes a home run to LF in instructional league game in Lakeland, Fla., Oct. 19, 2020. The Detroit Tigers have

Helene St. James   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan, Jon Merrill to Detroit Red Wings Steve Yzerman on signing Bobby Ryan & Jon Merrill. Oct. 9, 2020. Editor’s note: An arbitration decision has been rendered: Tyler Bertuzzi will make $3.5 million from the Red Wings this season.

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. The Detroit Tigers announced Tuesday that four players were waived by the organization: right-hander

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers prospects square off: Matt Manning vs. Riley Greene Detroit Tigers top prospects Matt Manning and Riley Greene face off during the intrasquad scrimmage on Friday, July 10, 2020, at Comerica Park. Detroit Tigers‘ right-hander Matt Manning has been one of the headliners in the

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. With the World Series concluding this week, Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila is preparing

Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Spencer Torkelson smashes home run in Tigers instructional league game Detroit Tigers infield prospect Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in 2020 MLB draft, smashes a home run to LF in instructional league game in Lakeland, Fla., Oct. 19, 2020. The Detroit Tigers managerial