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Sunday came and the Tigers’ draft-day plans were final. No matter what the Pirates decided to do at first-overall, where they were expected to take a broadly popular choice to begin the 2021 MLB Draft — Marcelo Mayer — the Tigers were resolute about who they were snaring with the draft’s third overall turn. Jackson Jobe, an exception in

Michigan fifth-year senior shortstop Benjamin Sems was picked in the 15th round, No. 440 overall, Tuesday by the Colorado Rockies on the third and final day of the MLB Draft. Sems was an All-Big Ten second-team player this past spring, starting all 46 games and hitting .314 with 15 extra-base hits and 30 RBIs for the Wolverines.

Detroit — Day 1 brought the drama. Day 2 brought the depth. What’s in store for Day 3? The Tigers, who took high school right-hander Jackson Jobe with the No. 3 overall pick Sunday night, were working early and often Monday. They selected six pitchers and high school shortstop Izaac Pacheco, among others. Monday featured the

Detroit — The old ballpark, even old back then, is gone, has been for years. Many of the players are gone, too, several who’ve died in the last 15 months, including Mr. Tiger, Al Kaline. But memories, they can be stickier — sure, they may get fuzzy over time, or embellished, or more often, both — and typically

By Jerry Green |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit —  The struck baseball whooshed through the night —  a white missile blurred in the darkening sky above the ballpark. This stark scene has remained fixed in my memory for a half-century now. The baseball crashed into the light tower on the roof of the ballpark, above right

Ernest Hemingway wrote an epic novel entitled “A Farewell to Arms.” The Tigers, who weren’t trying to be cute Sunday and Monday, decided their theme for the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft would be “a big organizational hello to arms,” which, face it, is what they needed, and what they believe they got through the

The Detroit News |  The Detroit News Detroit — Day 1 brought the drama. Day 2 brought the depth. The Tigers, who took high-school right-hander Jackson Jobe with the No. 3 overall pick Sunday night, were working early and often on Monday. Monday feature the second through 10th rounds, and Tuesday will be the 11th through 20th.

Pitching depth, which the Tigers privately acknowledged was something they wanted to add in the 2021 MLB Draft, continued to mount Monday when the Tigers took 6-foot-4, 235-pound right-hander Tyler Mattison in the fourth round of the three-day MLB talent sweepstakes. Mattison pitched for Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He was a senior year

As the Tigers readied for their second-round pick in Monday’s resumption of the 2021 MLB Draft, they got a high-energy endorsement from their second selection Sunday, Ty Madden, the University of Texas right-handed starter Detroit grabbed with the No. 32 overall pick. “Perfect organization for me,” said Madden, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound redshirt sophomore who was

The Tigers doubled up on right-handed pitching Sunday night, grabbing University of Texas ace Ty Madden with the 32nd-overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, after they had tabbed Oklahoma prep Jackson Jobe with the No. 3overall choice. Madden, 21, is a 6-foot-3, 215-pound starter who was Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. The Tigers got

After scooping up a pair of starting pitchers in Sunday’s early business from the three-day MLB Draft, the Tigers might be expected to turn toward position help when Round Two of the 20-round sweepstakes begins at 1 p.m. Monday. The Tigers will have the day’s third pick, No. 39 overall, and it is known they

They were expected to bag a blue-chip infielder with Sunday’s third pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, ideally California prep shortstop Marcelo Mayer. But even as Mayer sat there, unclaimed, in a somewhat stunning surprise after the Pirates shopped elsewhere with the draft’s first pick, the Tigers went for an old standby Sunday — pitching — in

The Tigers doubled up on right-handed pitching Sunday night, grabbing University of Texas ace Ty Madden with the 32nd-overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft, after they had tabbed Oklahoma prep Jackson Jobe with the No. 3overall choice. Madden, 21, is a 6-foot-3, 215-pound starter who was Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. The Tigers got

As a movie concept, “Back to the Future” is great, an all-time favorite. As a continuing pro sports theme, uh, not quite as thrilling. For Detroit fans, the future can’t get here soon enough. In the absence of contending teams, this is the month of truth, with prime picks in the MLB, NHL and NBA

The Tigers selected Jackson Jobe, a right-handed pitcher from Heritage Hall out of Oklahoma City, with the No. 3 overall pick in Sunday’s first round of the MLB Draft. This is a developing story. Check back with detroitnews.com for more updates. MLB Draft ► When: 1 p.m. Monday (Rounds 2-10), noon Tuesday (Rounds 11-20) ► How

Minneapolis – Gregory Soto has a guy. Heck yes he has a guy. Few Tigers players can match Soto’s flair, on the mound or off the mound – from his multi-colored dreads to chic wardrobe. So keep an eye out for him during the red carpet ceremony on Tuesday – as if you could miss

Rather than keeping an eye on the clock Friday, making sure he headed to the ballpark in time for another minor-league day and game, Cam Gibson had other plans on a summer morning. “Just finished up doing some school work,” he said during a phone conversation. “Sitting in my apartment, watching Wimbledon, getting ready to

Minneapolis — The Tigers rolled into Minnesota riding a string of five straight successful series and on a 31-23 run since May 8. Now, they are facing the possibility of heading into the All-Star break on a four-game losing streak. Momentum is a fickle thing in baseball. “I want to win every day,” manager AJ

By Lynn Henning |  Special to The Detroit News The Tigers were sorting options Saturday, all of which appear to be fluid heading into Sunday’s MLB Draft as negotiations quietly continue between the top players and MLB clubs. Detroit picks third-overall when the 2021 draft begins at 7 p.m. (MLB Network, ESPN) and ideally would pick

Minneapolis – Tigers manager AJ Hinch admits it is tempting. And it’s been a topic of discussion. But, no, there are no plans to transition right-hander Kyle Funkhouser into a starting role. “We’re not going to stretch him out,” Hinch said Saturday before Funkhouser got the ball first in a bullpen game against the Twins. “We’re