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Associated Press Anaheim, Calif. — Japanese two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani will compete in the All-Star Home Run Derby at Denver’s Coors Field on July 12. The Los Angeles Angels star will be the first Japanese-born player in the derby, held the night before the All-Star Game. “I always wanted to see a Japanese player participate in the

It’s not good news, but it’s far from the worst news. Tigers starter Matthew Boyd, after consulting with several doctors including Dodgers and Rams head physician Dr. Neal L. Ettrache, does not appear to have any structural damage in his left elbow. Manager AJ Hinch said Friday that tests confirmed that he’s dealing with muscular

By Dan Arritt |  Special to The Detroit News Anaheim, Calif. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning learned at the beginning of this week that he’d make his major-league debut on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Angels. Reality hit home about 45 minutes before the game, when Angels star Shohei Ohtani joined the 23-year-old right-hander in

By Dan Arritt |  Special to The Detroit News Anaheim, Calif. — The Detroit Tigers got the performance they were hoping for from right-hander Matt Manning in his major-league debut on Thursday night. They just didn’t receive a similar showing from the rest of the team. Detroit gave up a grand slam in the seventh inning after

By Dan Arritt |  Special to The Detroit News Anaheim, Calif. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning learned at the beginning of this week that he’d make his major-league debut on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Angels. Reality hit home about 45 minutes before the game, when Angels star Shohei Ohtani joined the 23-year-old right-hander in

It’s hard to be jokey and light during Zoom interviews. No matter how you try to soften things, the player is sitting in front of a screen, staring into a camera with a bunch of reporters asking questions — it always feels like an interrogation. This time, though, thankfully, the attempt at levity got through.

Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball is turning from “Let the Kids Play” to “Let the Kids Post.” In a pitch to gain traction with fans from Generation Z, MLB announced Thursday that it’s launching a campaign on TikTok to identify between five and 10 wannabe content creators to earn status as MLB brand ambassadors,

Kansas City, Mo. — Baseball has a wonderful way of creating moments like this. Wily Peralta had pitched eight straight seasons in the big leagues from 2012 through 2019 and quite suddenly last spring was back in the Dominican Republic and out of the game. But there he was 23 months later, on Tuesday, stepping onto one of the

Kansas City, Mo. — The last time the Tigers swept a series in Kansas City, Justin Verlander, Drew Smyly and Rick Porcello were chucking. That was in 2014. It’s happened again, seven years later, this time with a couple of rookies taking lead on the mound. After Casey Mize subdued the Royals Tuesday night, lefty Tarik

Kansas City, Mo. — The last time the Tigers swept a series in Kansas City, Justin Verlander, Drew Smyly and Rick Porcello were chucking. That was in 2014. It’s happened again, seven years later, this time with a couple of rookies taking lead on the mound. After Casey Mize subdued the Royals Tuesday night, lefty Tarik

Detroit — Tigers fans were shut out of Opening Day during the shortened 2020 season and capacity was limited to around 8,000 for the 2021 home opener. So, now, the team is planning a makeup party to kick off the second half of the season. The Tigers announced Wednesday they will host “Detroit’s Biggest Summer Baseball

Kansas City, Mo. — In the heat of the moment Tuesday night, when umpire John Tumpane made Casey Mize change gloves after the first inning, Tigers manager AJ Hinch didn’t immediately think about how that move might be perceived on social media and across the league. But he certainly did after he heard Mize’s angry postgame

Kansas City, Mo. – Typically, Casey Mize’s fire burns subtly. He’s not very vocal or demonstrative, even when he’s in full lather. But after he pitched 6.2 strong innings and helped the Tigers to a series-clinching 4-3 win over the faltering Royals at Kauffman Stadium Tuesday, Mize didn’t try to contain his fire. Between the

Kansas City, Mo. — Ready or not, right-handed pitching prospect Matt Manning has been summoned to the big leagues. Manning, 23 and rated the No. 3 prospect in the Tigers’ system by MLBPipeline, was the last healthy starting pitcher left on the 40-man roster not already in the big leagues. And when Matthew Boyd went on the

By Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21. The commissioner’s office, responding to record strikeouts and a league batting average at a more than half-century low, said

Kansas City, Mo. — It seemed funny earlier in the day. When the Tigers activated Michael Fulmer from the injured list Monday, and optioned infielder Isaac Paredes back to Toledo, they had 11 relievers on the active roster. Eleven. And just two extra position players. Then starter Matthew Boyd had to leave the game in the third

Kansas City, Mo. — It seemed funny earlier in the day. When the Tigers activated Michael Fulmer from the injured list Monday, and optioned infielder Isaac Paredes back to Toledo, they had 11 relievers on the active roster. Eleven. And just two extra position players. Then starter Matthew Boyd had to leave the game in the third

Kansas City, Mo. — It seemed funny earlier in the day. When the Tigers activated Michael Fulmer from the injured list Monday, and optioned infielder Isaac Paredes back to Toledo, they had 11 relievers on the active roster. Eleven. And just two extra position players. Then starter Matthew Boyd had to leave the game in the third

Kansas City, Mo. — The low point for Buck Farmer wasn’t so much getting the news that he was being designated for assignment. It was going home and telling his wife and young family that they might have to move. “The first few days sitting there watching my family pack up our place in Detroit and

Editor’s note: This is the 16th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. Rob Manfred must have tuned into the NHL Draft Lottery in 2020 and liked what he saw. The Red Wings, as hockey connoisseurs from Detroit will recall