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Detroit — If you pay close enough attention while attending a Detroit Tigers game these days, Comerica Park, which opened in 2000, is starting to show its age a bit. But noticeable and significant upgrades are coming soon to the ballpark, Ryan Gustafson, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Ilitch Sports & Entertainment,
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He was into this professional baseball thing, Kevin McGonigle was. You could tell it from the outset. He showed up in July at Lakeland, Fla., a few weeks after pocketing his high-school diploma, began hitting crisply with the Florida Complex League Tigers (.273/.467/.333/.800), then really showed off during a 12-game audition with the low-Single A
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Anaheim, Calif. — It’s not like the power component wasn’t part of Jake Rogers’ offensive profile. Shoot, it wasn’t long ago that the power was the only positive component of his hitting profile. He hit 18 homers in Low-A and High-A in 2017, 17 with Double-A Erie in 2018. In 2021, he brought a 27-degree
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Anaheim, Calif. — You ask what could Tigers rookie right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long do for an encore after winning his major league debut last week? How about this: Achieving something no Tigers pitcher had done since Hall-of-Famer Jack Morris in 1977. Gipson-Long struck out 11 hitters in five innings Saturday and left with a 4-1 lead.
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Detroit — There’s always more to it than the raw numbers. But, in the matter of Tigers lefty Joey Wentz’s struggles this season, well, the numbers leave little room for interpretation or further exploration. His fastball has betrayed him. Plain and simple. Last year, he had a plus-1 run value with his four-seamer. He limited
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