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Minneapolis — Baseball can be a tough business. Tigers rookie Matt Manning had the most impressive outing of his young big-league career Friday night in the Tigers’ 4-2 loss to the Twins at Target Field. He didn’t give up a hit for 4.1 innings and left the game with two on and no outs in

Minneapolis — Belief is a powerful tool. Not only self-belief, but being believed in. Strong stuff. When the Tigers lost both Matthew Boyd and Spencer Turnbull in early June, at a time when another veteran starting pitcher, Jose Urena, was beginning to scuffle, they didn’t panic. They didn’t seek to add a more seasoned pitcher or

Detroit — The Tigers are 100% open for business, and they’re ready to throw a party. The Tigers will host what they’re calling “Detroit’s Biggest Summer Baseball Bash” on Saturday, July 17, with appearances by several franchise luminaries, including Jim Leyland, Mickey Lolich, Lance Parrish and more. The first 10,000 ticketed fans through the gates will

Every fifth day during this 2021 baseball season, when Casey Mize starts a game for the Tigers and a fan decides, “I’m going to tune in to see what the kid’s doing tonight,” it’s a reminder how vital the MLB Draft is and how quickly it can affect a big-league team. Tarik Skubal has been

Minneapolis — An old bugaboo from April reared up and bit the Tigers Thursday night. The failure to turn a couple of double-plays — and one big missed opportunity on offense — was at the heart of the Tigers’ 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins Thursday night at Target Field. “It is frustrating,” manager AJ Hinch said. “It hasn’t

Minneapolis — You can’t blame Ian Krol if he immediately thought the worst. It was Tuesday night and the Toledo Mud Hens were trying to lock up a win in Omaha. The lefty Krol was warmed up and ready and he was summoned in the ninth inning to close out the game. “I ran out of

Arlington, Texas — It was announced before the game that Rangers slugger Joey Gallo would participate in the Home Run Derby next week during the All-Star Game festivities. He chose Wednesday afternoon to start getting loose. Bad timing for Tigers rookie Casey Mize. Gallo hit a pair of two-seam fastballs from Mize a total of 902

Associated Press Hempstead, N.Y. — Former Detroit Tiger Frank Catalanotto was hired Wednesday as the baseball coach of Hofstra. Catalanotto replaces John Russo, who said last month that he was retiring after 10 seasons. The 47-year-old Catalanotto went to Smithtown East High School on Long Island, signed a letter of intent with Seton Hall and

Arlington, Texas — No sense easing into a Wednesday morning in the middle of a seven-game road trip. The Tigers made a flurry of moves: ► Right-handed pitcher Spencer Turnbull (forearm strain) was transferred to the 60-day injured list after experiencing a setback in his throwing program. ► Left-handed reliever Ian Krol, who pitched for the

Arlington, Texas — He’s got them all shaking their heads in wonder down here. Former Tiger John Hicks has done what no other player in Rangers history has ever done: He’s hit four home runs in his first four games with the club. “There’s some loud sounds coming out of that bat right now,” Rangers manager

Arlington, Texas – The Tigers didn’t play an especially clean baseball game here Tuesday and they were justifiably whipped by the Texas Rangers, 10-5 at Globe Life Field. “We didn’t play well enough to win and they took advantage of it,” manager AJ Hinch said. “So credit to them.” The Rangers broke a 5-5 tie

Arlington, Texas – The Tigers didn’t play an especially clean baseball game here Tuesday and they were justifiably whipped by the Texas Rangers, 10-5 at Globe Life Field. The Rangers broke a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the seventh, two runs scoring on a fielding error in left field by Eric Haase on a

Arlington, Texas —  Nomar Mazara can sit in the visitor’s dugout here at the new Globe Life Field, look out the big vertical window panes behind the seats in left field and see, still intact, the old ballpark that he played in from 2016 through 2019, where he clubbed 41 of the 79 homers he hit in

Arlington, Texas — We were all forewarned. Manager AJ Hinch very nearly did it against Yankees slugger Aaron Judge in spring training, and he said then, don’t be surprised if he uses a four-man outfield at some point this season. That point in the season was Monday in the Tigers’ 7-3 win over the Texas Rangers in their

Associated Press Anaheim, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani plans to be a pitcher and a hitter in his first All-Star Game next week, his Los Angeles Angels manager says. Joe Maddon said Monday that he has spoken with AL manager Kevin Cash and given his encouragement to showcase all of the Japanese sensation’s two-way skills on

Arlington, Texas — What to make of Jeimer Candelario’s offensive production to this point this season? You could argue he’s been one of the Tigers’ most consistent offensive players. He went into play Monday hitting .265, with a .347 on-base percentage and a 101 OPS-plus. His .716 OPS is third best on the team. You could

Arlington, Texas — To lose one assistant coach to the college ranks in one season is rare. To lose two, well, that speaks to the quality of staff manager AJ Hinch has put together in his first season with the Tigers. Third-base coach Chip Hale has accepted the head coaching job at his alma mater, the

Editor’s note: This is the 19th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. One benefit from $40 million spent on opening new TigerTown facilities at Lakeland, Florida, in 2017 can be appreciated this week in the three-story building beyond right

Detroit — There’s movement again, around the bases, slowly up the standings. There’s noise again as the fans gradually return. Piece by piece, series by series, the Tigers are energizing — and perhaps accelerating — their rebuild. On a steamy Fourth of July, they did a few things they rarely do. They beat the first-place White Sox,

By Ronald Blum  |  Associated Press New York — Shohei Ohtani achieved a first in the near century history of baseball’s All-Star Game: selection as both a hitter and pitcher. The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way sensation was among the American League starting pitchers picked Sunday for the July 13 showcase at Denver’s Coors Field. Ohtani, who leads