Detroit Free Press

TORONTO — Detroit Tigers third baseman Ryan Kreidler and catcher Eric Haase threw their hands in the air simultaneously while Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. received a free pass to home plate. Manager A.J. Hinch bounced out of the dugout for a conversation with third base umpire Erich Bacchus. The Tigers were charged with

TORONTO — Tyler Nevin left the Detroit Tigers with no choice. A spot on the active roster opened up Tuesday night, when starting pitcher Matt Manning fractured a bone in his right foot, and the Tigers reached out to Nevin — who plays third base, first base and left field — rather than promoting a reliever to eat

TORONTO — Detroit Tigers reliever Trey Wingenter went 1,289 days — or three years, six months and 12 days — without throwing an MLB pitch. Elbow surgery and two back surgeries were the culprits of his downfall. He is finally healthy again. He is finally pitching in the big leagues again. “First time out there is one thing,”

TORONTO — The sound of fans singing “O Canada” filled the Rogers Centre as the Toronto Blue Jays prepared for their first home game of the season with an extraordinary pregame ceremony. The 42,053 fans, a sold-out crowd, were amped up for baseball’s return to their city. A different feeling — Oh no — almost immediately infiltrated

TORONTO — Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning has suffered another injury. The 25-year-old fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot on the final pitch of his start in Tuesday’s 9-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. He was limited to 12 starts and 63 innings last season because of shoulder inflammation,

TORONTO — Finally, the Detroit Tigers have pinpointed the problem with Beau Brieske The right-hander, who flashed potential as a starting pitcher last season, has been on the shelf a couple times in the past nine months. The 25-year-old spent the second half of 2022 on the injured list with a forearm strain, pitched nearly nine

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch isn’t wavering from the message he has sent to his players over the past two seasons, despite another poor start. Make it three years in a row for the third-year manager. Win today’s game. The Tigers are 2-7 in the 2023 season, swept in three games by the Tampa Bay

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Mark Gorosh (@sportz5176) and Evan Petzold (@evanpetzold) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: epetzold@freepress.com On this episode: While the Houston series may have shown some signs of hope for the team, Mark & Evan have an overall disappointing week to recap for the Detroit Tigers. Certain position players are showing some promise but

Perhaps you’ve seen — or shared — that meme going around social media these days, as the weather oh-so-slowly transitions from “freezing” to “really cold, but sunny, so where’re my shorts?” detailing “The 11 seasons of Michigan”: “Second winter,” “mud season,” “summer,” “second summer,” and so on. It’s not that far off the roller coaster

Colleen Costello-Kreidler has this mantra. “My whole mantra is, you know, bet on Ryan and you’ll be fine,” Colleen said of her son, Detroit Tigers infielder Ryan Kreidler. She laughed and repeated it: “Bet on Ryan.” This is precisely what the Tigers did when they selected Kreidler out of UCLA in the fourth round of

The Detroit Tigers scored one run. It happened on a gift, or two gifts, from the Boston Red Sox in the first inning. But the defensive blunders were among the few mistakes from the Red Sox in Sunday’s series finale. The Tigers collected nine hits on offense, plus one walk by Jonathan Schoop in a

The Detroit Tigers talked about it all offseason. They kept talking about it all spring training. And they’re still talking about it. “You can’t win without throwing strikes,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Sunday morning. “You can’t win if you continually swing at non-strikes. It’s directly correlated to how successful you’re going to be as

Walks come back to haunt pitchers. The Detroit Tigers learned that lesson — again — in the second inning of Saturday’s 14-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park, as left-handed starter Joey Wentz walked four batters, including three in a row and two with the bases loaded, before manager A.J. Hinch pulled him and

Players from the Detroit Tigers would walk into a tiny kitchen and receive their food on a paper plate or in a carryout box. There were only a few tables available, so if the tables were already occupied, the players would eat in the clubhouse. Sometimes, they chowed down while hunched over and looking into

The Detroit Tigers have placed outfielder Austin Meadows on the 10-day injured list. He is dealing with anxiety. Meadows, 27, has stepped away from the Tigers because of mental health struggles for the second time in seven months. “Last year was what it was,” Meadows said April 1, two days after Opening Day and one

It’s been 10 years since Leyland managed the Tigers in an eight-year tenure that included two World Series appearances, three division titles and 700 wins. LAKELAND, Fla. — A long time ago, I learned an important lesson about conducting an interview as a reporter: You’ve got to go where people live. In other words, if

As you walk into Comerica Park a day before Opening Day, the loud roar of fans cheering, the sound of a bat making contact with the ball, and the typical baseball music are all missing; The only thing you hear is a loud motor running and water making contact with the pavement as an employee

Time is running out for Jonathan Schoop. The exact timeline is unknown, but at some point, the 31-year-old second baseman won’t be on the Detroit Tigers‘ roster anymore. It could happen sooner than later. The 31-year-old, earning $7.5 million in the final year of his contract, transitioned into a platoon role — only playing against left-handed

Javier Báez hit an off-the-wall, walk-off single to beat the Chicago White Sox on Opening Day a year ago at Comerica Park. The rest of the season didn’t go so well, for Báez, the six-year, $140 million shortstop, or for the Detroit Tigers. So don’t make too much of their 6-3 loss on this year’s

Miguel Cabrera sat in a corner of the Detroit Tigers’ lighter and brighter remodeled clubhouse Thursday morning at Comerica Park. Everything is new in the clubhouse. New entryway, new paint, new weight room, new manager’s office, new kitchen. You name it. A fitting change for the team’s home opener. Even Cabrera has a new spot.