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Detroit – The portends were ominous. Harold Castro, who was supposed to start at third base, was scratched with a right hand injury before the game. Then in the top of the first, just three batters in, Derek Hill crashed into the wall in center field while making an incredible running catch of a 429-foot

Detroit – Tigers center fielder Derek Hill made another incredible, highlight-reel catch, but this one knocked him out of Wednesday night’s game against Seattle. In the first inning. Mariners Kyle Seager, batting third in the first inning, hit a Casey Mize splitter 429 feet to center field. According to Statcast, that ball would have been

Noah Trister  |  Associated Press Baltimore — New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso accused Major League Baseball of manipulating the baseballs to harm the earning potential for star free agents and players eligible for arbitration. Alonso’s comments came Wednesday before New York’s game at Baltimore. He was responding to a question about the crackdown on sticky substances

Detroit — The drill had just started. It was four hours before game time and Harold Castro, who was in the Tigers’ original starting lineup at third base Wednesday, was doing early work on the field with the other infielders. Suddenly he started shaking out his right hand, drawing the attention first of Niko Goodrum and

Associated Press Cooperstown, N,Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame is moving this year’s induction ceremony for Kalamazoo native Derek Jeter, Southfield native Ted Simmons, Larry Walker and the late Marvin Miller from July 25 to Sept. 8 so a crowd may attend as coronavirus restrictions ease. The ceremony will take place outdoors on the Hall’s lawn as

Detroit – This is what AJ Hinch has talked about since spring training. The vision he had of what this 2021 Tigers baseball team could be, the best version, it was on display Tuesday night in a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. “We have this version of us in us,” Hinch said. “It’s nice

Detroit — A phone call from a player in the wee hours of the morning, particularly the morning after an off-day, well, it’s rarely good news for a manager. It wasn’t this time, either. Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario informed manager AJ Hinch on Tuesday morning that he had to tend to a family emergency. “Jeimer

Detroit — The Tigers will be without third baseman Jeimer Candelario for at least three days. The club placed Candelario on the bereavement list Tuesday afternoon, which is used to allow players to tend to family or personal emergencies. Any player put on the bereavement list has to miss a minimum of three games. Infielder Isaac

The Detroit Tigers can boast two of baseball’s top 10 prospects. Baseball America unveiled the first significant reshuffling of its top 100 on Monday, and while third baseman Spencer Torkelson held steady at No. 5 overall, outfielder Riley Greene climbed 13 spots to No. 10. It wasn’t all good news for the Tigers, however, as

You’re out of practice, obviously. You’ve been rooting from your sofa — rooted to your sofa — near the fridge, not far from the bathroom. If the game turns dull, you flip to the Cooking Channel or clean the garage. Time to get back to work, or back to play. Sports venues are opening up again, partially

Editor’s note: This is the 15th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. Nothing helps on MLB Draft day quite like an ample checkbook. The Tigers are in nice shape, at least budget-wise, heading into the July 11-13 draft. Their

Chicago — D-Ceased. If you want to put a corny stamp on what went on Sunday in the finale of the Tigers’ four-game set with the White Sox — that would work. Plain and simple, the Tigers can’t solve the riddle that is White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease, who dominated them over seven innings in

During an eight-game stretch from May 27 through Friday, a man the Tigers ideally see as either their next (a) Bill Freehan, (b) Lance Parrish, or (c) Brandon Inge — albeit, with a better bat — was 15-for-35 (.429) with four home runs, five doubles, four walks, and five strikeouts. That was the portfolio compiled by catcher

Chicago — Really? More COVID forms to fill out? Jason Foley, the hard-throwing right-handed reliever, shrugged and dragged himself into the Toledo Mud Hens clubhouse as he was asked to do Saturday afternoon, thinking to himself, when will these protocols ever end? Surprise! “Incredible moment,” Foley said. “When they told me they needed me to sign

Chicago — The lessons never stop coming in this game, especially at the major-league level. Rookie Akil Baddoo had a couple of teachable moments in one critical inning Sunday as the Tigers lost the series finale to the White Sox, 3-0. Baddoo, who started in left field, had two plays go awry in the three-run second.

In the matter of How Not To Get Called To Detroit, it would appear Matt Manning is writing quite the how-to manual. Consider the evidence gathered from six starts at Triple-A Toledo, compiled by a 23-year-old, right-handed, first-round draft (2016) who supposedly was en route to Comerica Park at some point in 2021: Manning has

Chicago — And just like that, JaCoby Jones is off the Tigers 40-man roster and quite possibly on his way out of the organization. The 29-year-old Jones, the Tigers injury-plagued starting center fielder the last three seasons, was designated for assignment Sunday morning to clear a roster spot for 25-year-old relief pitcher Jason Foley, whose contract

Chicago – And just like that, JaCoby Jones is off the Tigers 40-man roster and quite possibly on his way out of the organization. Jones, the Tigers injury-plagued starting center fielder the last three seasons, was designated for assignment Sunday morning to clear a roster spot for 25-year-old relief pitcher Jason Foley, whose contract was

Chicago — They were giving Eric Haase the business from the left field seats Saturday afternoon, as fans will, especially those here at Guaranteed Rate Field. There were the obligatory “Dee-troit Sucks” chants, of course. But there was some loud jeering directly focused on Haase, the Tigers’ left fielder. “Oh yeah, all game,” Haase said with

Chicago – Well, now what? Just as the Tigers are expecting to get right-hander Jose Urena back Sunday after he missed one start because of a forearm cramp, they lose another right-handed starter – Spencer Turnbull – who went on the injured list Saturday with a right forearm tightness. “We have an off-day ahead (on