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Steve Yzerman’s connection to Scott Harris, the new president of baseball operations for the Detroit Tigers, began thanks to a former teammate. It was Chris Chelios who introduced Yzerman and Harris, who now are in charge, respectively, of building the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers. Yzerman was part of Chris Ilitch’s recruiting team in

If this whole president of baseball operations job with the Detroit Tigers doesn’t work out, Scott Harris might have a career playing across the street in the Lions’ secondary. Because above all else during his introductory news conference Tuesday at Comerica Park, Harris proved he knows how to play defense and backpedal out of any

After finishing an impressive introductory news conference, new Detroit Tigers president Scott Harris stepped off a platform on Tuesday afternoon in Comerica Park. Harris did a few more interviews with reporters, and then something absolutely cool happened. Something that revealed a different side of him. Harris took time to meet an old man, sitting in

Change and baseball go together like peanut butter and mayonnaise. A few swear by it. Most resist its creamy charms, at least until that’s all there is to eat. Baseball is changing. Home runs are down. Strikeouts are up. Overall hitting is down, too. The ball is less springy, stored in humidors and sooner or

Perhaps the Detroit Tigers’ 2022 wouldn’t have been so bad if they were just allowed to play the Baltimore Orioles a lot more. The Tigers remained perfect against the O’s this season after Tuesday’s 3-2 win in Baltimore. Detroit swept a three-game series from Baltimore in April at Comerica Park, outscoring the Orioles, 12-3. The

The Detroit Tigers formally introduced Scott Harris on Tuesday afternoon as the team’s president of baseball operations. Harris, a 35-year-old forward-thinking executive, joins the Tigers after three seasons with the San Francisco Giants, holding the general manager title, and seven seasons with the Chicago Cubs. “When it came time to make a decision,” Harris said,

We don’t yet know who the Detroit Tigers will hire as general manager, but we do know who will have a chief role in making that decision. And the city will get to know him soon. Scott Harris, the new president of baseball operation for the Tigers, will be introduced 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Comerica

We don’t yet know who the Detroit Tigers will hire as general manager, but we do know who will have a chief role in making that decision. And the city will get to know him soon. Scott Harris, the new president of baseball operation for the Tigers, will be introduced 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Comerica

The Detroit Tigers targeted Scott Harris from the beginning. Prying him from San Francisco — at the onset of the CEO and chairman Christopher Ilitch’s search for a president of baseball operations — seemed improbable. Harris, in his third season as the Giants’ general manager, grew up in Redwood City, California, and at age 35, he stood

Tyler Alexander picked a good night to make a first impression. On the day the Detroit Tigers announced the hiring of new president of baseball operations Scott Harris, Alexander carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning. The left-hander allowed just two hits and two walks in seven innings in the 9-0 win over the Orioles

The Detroit Tigers‘ front office just got a whole lot younger. Few people have climbed the baseball ranks as quickly as the Tigers’ new president of baseball operations, Scott Harris. The Tigers made the move to hire Harris, 34, about a month after firing Al Avila, who served as general manager and vice president, midseason.

The Detroit Tigers have hired San Francisco Giants general manager Scott Harris as the organization’s new president of baseball operations, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Free Press. Harris, 35, inherits a rebuild that former general manager Al Avila began in 2017. Avila, who spent seven seasons in charge of the Tigers’

We want to believe. The structure of the MLB season makes it so easy, after all, with 162 three-hour sprints (give or take a few extra minutes for a Gregory Soto relief appearance) comprising one six-month marathon toward the promise of the future. One good game begets another, and another, and pretty soon, PLAYOFFS! Of

Drew Hutchison missed the strike zone on four straight pitches, walked in a run and exited his start with two outs in the fifth inning. His replacement, reliever Jason Foley, hung a two-strike slider to a power hitter, resulting in a grand slam. “I walked in a run and left the bases loaded,” Hutchison said.

Detroit Tigers right-hander Beau Brieske is healthy. But he isn’t going to pitch again in 2022. The Tigers, after several internal discussions, have decided to shut down Brieske for the remainder of the season. The 24-year-old, who made 15 starts and posted a 4.19 ERA as a rookie this season, has been on the injured

Detroit Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, accompanied by a disappointing 7.31 ERA across his first three starts in September, looked like a man on a mission Saturday night against the Chicago White Sox. “He was probably as sharp as he’s been,” manager A.J. Hinch said. He painted the corners and worked efficiently. He mixed his five

Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera, on the injured list, took a trip to Ann Arbor on Saturday morning and attended a portion of Michigan football’s 59-0 win over Connecticut at the Big House. By 2 p.m., Cabrera was in the Tigers’ clubhouse. Not long after that, the 39-year-old took early batting practice on the

The 2022 MLB season is winding down, meaning it’s time to focus in on the races that matter. Playoffs? Not in Detroit! Instead, we’ll be watching the big home run race as Aaron Judge attempts to catch … the Detroit Tigers! (Sorry, Roger Maris fans, but stick with us here for a bit …) The

Matt Manning pitched seven scoreless innings. Alex Lange struck out the side and stranded the free extra-inning runner in a crucial 10th inning. Javier Báez finished a home run shy of the cycle — and even worked a walk. “It was a great win,” manager A.J. Hinch said. It was almost the opposite of the

If there is one attribute, one binding quality of the 2022 Guardians to this point in the season, it is perhaps their ability hold a steady course. Most of the players going through their first playoff push together? They have remained unfazed while the pressure and atmosphere has steadily built. A healthy dose of close