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Riley Greene leads the Detroit Tigers with 21 strikeouts. The thing is, Greene has the potential to be the Tigers’ best player. The 22-year-old seems to always finds a way, despite his swing-and-miss tendencies and lack of extra-base hits, to contribute by getting on base. He leads the Tigers with 13 hits, one more than

One year later, everything has changed. For all of them. Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez has gone from “Yes! Finally, the Tigers are spending some money” to “Ugh, I’m so sick of this, stop swinging at stuff in the dirt.” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell has gone from “OK, he’s fun and a good quote

The last three days have been a whirlwind for Javier Báez. He was benched by Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch for mental mistakes in the middle of Thursday’s game. He worked two walks and reached base four times in Friday’s game. He won a 12-pitch battle, refusing to swing at pitches outside the strike zone,

What a luxury. To bring a future Hall of Famer off the bench to pinch-hit. On Saturday afternoon, there went Miguel Cabrera, sauntering to the plate for the Detroit Tigers in the bottom of the 11th inning in a tie game against the San Francisco Giants, and the crowd in Comerica Park was going crazy.

His debut with the Detroit Tigers didn’t go as planned. Right-hander Michael Lorenzen, who signed a one-year, $8.5 million contract in the offseason, was beat up Saturday by the San Francisco Giants. The 31-year-old allowed six runs — including a pair of two-run home runs — in the second of three games in the series at

The Detroit Tigers made their first significant roster moves in the regular season ahead of Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. They activated Michael Lorenzen from the injured list, called up a left-handed reliever and optioned two players to Triple-A Toledo. One of the two players, multi-positional infielder Ryan Kreidler, has been sent to

Look to Joey Wentz for an example of dominating the strike zone. “Feels good to pitch ahead,” he said. Every team believes in the importance of pitchers throwing strikes (and hitters swinging at strikes). The Detroit Tigers have made the concept their top priority under president of baseball operations Scott Harris, but early in the

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has been checking in with right-hander Michael Lorenzen and counting down the time — 48 hours to go, 24 hours to go — with the veteran pitcher over the past couple days. “It’s been a long wait for him,” Hinch said of Lorenzen, who suffered a left groin strain in spring

Detroit Tigers (3-9) vs. San Francisco Giants (5-7) When: 6:40 p.m. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Apple TV+. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; other radio affiliates). ⋅ BOX SCORE First-pitch weather forecast: Mostly cloudy, 78 degrees. Probable starting pitching: Tigers LHP Joey Wentz (0-2, 10.29 ERA) vs. Giants LHP Sean Manaea (0-0, 4.50 ERA). EVAN PETZOLD: In benching

TORONTO — Matt Vierling didn’t slide. He thought he heard the crack of the bat while trying to steal second base in the sixth inning Wednesday at Rogers Centre. The Detroit Tigers‘ newcomer, acquired in an offseason trade, planned to either hold up at second base or run to third base. Two problems: Nick Maton never

TORONTO — Mental mistakes on the bases defined the Detroit Tigers in the past two games. Likewise, mental mistakes in more than one area of the on-field performance have defined the Tigers throughout the 2023 season. It’s partially why they have a 3-9 record. The overarching problem — sloppy baseball — reached a breaking point in the second

TORONTO — Kerry Carpenter found it on Saturday at Comerica Park. He worked a five-pitch walk in the sixth inning against Boston Red Sox reliever Zack Kelly, taking some nasty changeups for balls in the process, and realized his mechanics and approach were aligned for the first time in the calendar year. Four days later, Carpenter

Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez headed to the showers early after two consecutive base-running errors in Thursday night’s matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays. Báez was pulled following the second inning after he was doubled off at second base after losing track of the number of outs. He legged out a double off Toronto’s Chris Bassitt – his first extra-base hit

TORONTO — The Detroit Tigers benched Javier Báez. In the second inning of Thursday’s game, Báez hit a double off the wall in right field but didn’t hustle out of the batter’s box. On the next play, he forgot how many outs there were on a fly ball and was doubled up to end the inning.

TORONTO — The Detroit Tigers salvaged one game. Right-hander Spencer Turnbull pitched completed five innings of one-run ball. Newcomer Tyler Nevin provided a low-key spark on offense, while Zach McKinstry stayed hot against Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt. And finally, four relievers protected a slim lead by throwing four scoreless innings. The Tigers beat the

TORONTO — The Detroit Tigers benched Javier Báez. In the second inning of Thursday’s game, Báez hit a double off the wall in right field but didn’t hustle out of the batter’s box. On the next play, he forgot how many outs there were on a fly ball and was doubled up to end the inning.

TORONTO — Javier Báez has four hits in 40 at-bats this season. All four hits are singles. He isn’t hitting the baseball in the air. He isn’t hitting it hard. He isn’t sticking to an approach at the plate. The Detroit Tigers are paying him $22 million this season to hit, and while his defense has

Times weren’t always so tough in Detroit sports. It has been a decade since the city last saw a team advance in the playoffs — when the Tigers beat the A’s in the 2013 ALDS, after Justin Verlander threw eight shutout innings and struck out 10 in win-or-go-home Game 5. (No need to talk about

Just two weeks into the season, the Detroit Tigers have already reached a new level of ugliness. There are big-picture problems, not to mention plenty of small ones. In just the first two weeks of the season, we’ve seen flaws and flops, mistakes and miscues. Brain farts and baserunning blunders, popups that fall between four

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Shawn Windsor (@shawnwindsor) and Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: swindsor@freepress.com On this episode: The disappointment in “The D” continues as the guys talk the Detroit Pistons season that was and why head coach Dwane Casey stepped down. Across town on the baseball diamond, things don’t appear to be swinging