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Alex Faedo produced six scoreless innings on Sunday to give the Detroit Tigers their sole win of their series against San Diego. On Monday, he was sent back in Triple-A Toledo. However, his return to the minors has little to do with his stellar start, it has more to do with the team’s upcoming grueling

GRAND RAPIDS – Andy VanHekken is back on the mound – this time as a coach. The Holland native and former Detroit Tigers pitcher has joined Calvin University as pitching coach. VanHekken, a Holland High School graduate, joins the Calvin baseball program after a 21-year professional career as a pitcher, which included a stretch in

Just outside the visiting clubhouse at Comerica Park, Jake Cronenworth dispensed a few final hugs before departing. This wasn’t a sad goodbye but rather the bittersweet end to another homecoming. Cronenworth, a San Diego Padres infielder, and his father Charlie embraced before going their separate ways. In total, they spent about an hour over the

The Detroit Tigers had limped into their series finale against San Diego with only a faint chance of salvaging much from a series that was already lost. The Padres spent the previous night bludgeoning them, pounding away at a bullpen that collapsed in an 11-run defeat. Now, they were sending Alex Faedo to the mound.

Gene Myers |  Special to Detroit Free Press How do you earn a plaque with your picture in Cooperstown? All while not wearing a uniform, but sporting a signature look of a collared shirt, tie, sports coat, leather shoes and a Panama hat, whether toiling in the chill of the Twin Cities or the heat of

Curtis Granderson made his return to Detroit this weekend, and for a very special reason. The three-time All-Star will be honored on Sunday with the Willie Horton African American Legacy Award as part of the Detroit Tigers‘ 21st annual Negro Leagues Weekend. The award was created in 2009 “to honor African Americans who have strengthened

Things seemed to be trending upwards for the Detroit Tigers early in Saturday’s game against the Padres, but the rain at Comerica Park from an hour and 24-minute weather delay cooled off their bats. And the weather didn’t seem to help the Tigers’ bullpen much, either. The Tigers dropped their second straight game in a

Staff reports |  Columbus Dispatch Gahanna Lincoln graduate Jackson Wolf won his MLB debut Saturday night, pitching five innings in the San Diego Padres’ 14-3 victory at Detroit. The 6-foot-7, 205-pound left-hander needed only four pitches to retire the Tigers in order in the first. He allowed three earned runs in the second, with two coming

Gene Myers |  Special to Detroit Free Press Longtime Free Press sportswriter John Lowe — who covered the Detroit Tigers for 29 seasons before retiring in 2014 — received the 2023 BBWAA Career Excellence Award in a Saturday afternoon ceremony on the outskirts of Cooperstown, New York. He will receive additional recognition for his award — which

After some speculation, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch all but confirmed Alex Faedo’s return to the team Sunday in the series finale against the Padres. “Alex Faedo will likely be the starter and we’ll confirm it after the game, but we’ve lined him up to be available and told him to be on standby today,”

Oh man, this kid is smooth. Max Clark, the Detroit Tigers‘ No. 1 draft pick, stood in Comerica Park, wearing a Tigers jersey over his suit. The bottom of his suit pants were rolled up, as the kids do these days, showing off a pair of blue-and-white Nike UNC Dunks — yes, the kid has

The Detroit Tigers failed to complete the comeback against the San Diego Padres, falling 5-4 and snapping their two-game win streak in the three-game series opener at Comerica Park. Juan Soto’s prodigious blasts off rookie Reese Olson created an early deficit for the Tigers all night, and though the offense woke up in the latter

The Detroit Tigers have had their fair share of players on rehab assignments in the minor leagues this season. As they work their way back up, they have been able to experience the automated ball-strike (ABS) system that is being tested out with Triple-A clubs, including the Toledo Mud Hens. Most recently, Nick Maton, Akil

Gene Myers |  Special to Detroit Free Press Tributes from John Lowe’s former colleagues at the Free Press as he receives a permanent home in the scribes and mikemen wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown: Curt Sylvester Here’s my best John Lowe story. As a baseball guy on the Lions beat I

The Detroit Tigers’ draft class of 2023 continues to fill in, with the team coming to terms with third-round pick Paul Wilson on Thursday. Wilson, a high-school left-hander and the son of former MLB pitcher Trevor Wilson, has agreed to a deal worth $1,697,500 (plus a $2,500 contingency bonus), well over the slot value of

Right-hander Michael Lorenzen, one of the most coveted pitchers leading up to the Aug. 1 trade deadline, fueled the Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals with another stellar pitching performance. The 31-year-old, who owns MLB’s longest active scoreless innings at 21⅔ innings, fired seven scoreless innings before manager A.J. Hinch ended his afternoon in

Brady Cerkownyk got the phone call after he landed at an airport in Boston. “What are you doing?” his advisor asked. “I’m just about to get on the bus to go to the Cape,” Cerkownyk said. It was July 11 — a Tuesday and the third day of the MLB draft — and Cerkownyk was

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals honored Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera before the final game of his career at Kauffman Stadium with a $10,000 check to his charitable foundation and a framed collection of pictures from when he clinched his 2012 Triple Crown. Cabrera thanked the Royals with another clutch hit. The

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal struggled in his third start since returning from flexor tendon surgery. His poor performance contributed to Tuesday’s 11-10 loss to the Kansas City Royals. The 26-year-old allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts across four innings. He needed 32 pitches to get

Detroit Tigers (42-52) at Kansas City Royals (28-68) When: 8:10 p.m. Wednesday. Where: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1 in Detroit; Tigers radio affiliates). Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-5, 2.70 ERA) vs. Royals LHP Ryan Yarbrough (2-4, 5.29). • Box score Tigers lineup: LF Matt Vierling CF Riley Greene 1B Spencer Torkelson RF Kerry