Detroit News

Editor’s note: This is the 13th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. Why, seemingly, Jordan Lawlar is at the heart of a pro-and-con debate ahead of July’s MLB Draft is either mysterious or baseless. But scouts seem unsure about

Kansas City, Mo. — A 4-2 road trip through Seattle and Kansas City is no cause for distress, certainly. Still, the Tigers flight home Sunday night was far less jubilant than maybe it could’ve or perhaps should’ve been after Carlos Santana blasted a two-run walk-off home run against Michael Fulmer giving the Royals a 3-2 win.

Kansas City, Mo. — No pressure, right? Hall of Famer Jack Morris hopped on the Zoom call Sunday to remind Spencer Turnbull that he’s got a chance to make real history Monday when he takes the mound at Comerica Park against the Indians. “Have you been reading up on Johnny Vander Meer,” Morris said. “Cleveland’s already

Kansas City, Mo. — Tigers manager AJ Hinch said on Wednesday that if Victor Reyes kept producing at Triple-A Toledo, it would force him to figure out a way to get him back to Detroit. Reyes kept producing and Hinch found a way. The Tigers Sunday night optioned JaCoby Jones to Toledo and recalled Reyes. Reyes,

There was risk involved, sure, in deciding Riley Greene — 20 years old, with not even one full season of minor-league grooming behind him — would begin his 2021 Tigers apprenticeship at Double-A Erie. The pitching at Double A is quality-controlled. It’s a level where guys with arms very close to the big leagues, or

How various Tigers farmhands are faring as the minor-league season pushes toward Memorial Day weekend: Triple-A Toledo Who’s hot … ► Victor Reyes, OF: Not the most shocking news, the reality a man who has played in the big leagues the past three seasons would be finding Triple-A pitching delectable. Reyes is batting .400 in

Kansas City, Mo. — The story line Sunday very suddenly turned from a debate on an official scorer’s decision to whether the Tigers squandered a fatal dose of scoring chances. The former was rendered irrelevant and the latter turned out to be true. Carlos Santana hit a two-run walk-off home run off Michael Fulmer to send

Kansas City, Mo. — The story line Sunday very suddenly turned from a debate on an official scorer’s decision to whether the Tigers squandered a fatal dose of scoring chances. The former was rendered irrelevant and the latter turned out to be true. Carlos Santana hit a two-run walk-off home run off Michael Fulmer to send

Kansas City, Mo. — The Detroit Tigers didn’t quit fighting Saturday. They just ran out of comebacks. They left the bases loaded in the seventh and ninth innings, allowing the Kansas City Royals to escape and even the series with a 7-5 win at Kauffmann Stadium. “We know we’re going to be in every game,” Tigers starter

San Diego — There was a big number reached in Major League Baseball during the San Diego Padres’ 16-1 blowout over Seattle, and it had nothing to do with runs. Because when Mariners backup catcher José Godoy made his big league debut Friday night, he became the 20,000th player in MLB history. There was no

Kansas City, Mo. — It’s very rare that Tigers manager AJ Hinch will ask the umpire for a video review of a play he hasn’t already gotten video confirmation on. But, when Eric Haase emphatically signaled to the dugout after being called out at the plate in the fourth inning of the Detroit Tigers’ 7-5

Kansas City, Mo. — Talk about being at the crossroads. It was Sept. 24 of last year. Detroit Tigers pitcher Michael Fulmer stood in front of the Zoom camera in the bowels of Kaufmann Stadium looking utterly beleaguered after being unable to finish three innings, giving up four runs and seven hits. It was his

Kansas City, Mo. – It might’ve been a storyline from another time, like maybe 2014 or 2013. Miguel Cabrera came to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh inning Friday. The Tigers had lost the lead in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run homer by Michael A. Taylor

Kansas City, Mo. — Is there a more beleaguered figure in Major League Baseball these days than the hitter? Batting averages are down, strikeouts are up, extra base hits are down. There’s been six no-hitters thrown in the first seven weeks of the season. Debates are now springing up across the industry about whether MLB went

The zip ties are coming off the seats at Comerica Park. The Tigers announced Friday that they have begun selling more tickets for June games, starting with their first home stand of next month, June 8-13, against the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox. The state of Michigan announced Thursday that beginning June 1, all

Spencer Turnbull pitches a no-hitter and the Tigers cosmos finally has something to celebrate. It’s been a while for fans weary of having to go to You Tube and Magglio Ordonez’s 2006 home run to remember the last time they felt good about a baseball moment in Detroit. Now for the tough news: The Tigers

Kansas City, Mo. — Manager AJ Hinch was asked after the Tigers completed the three-game sweep of the Mariners in Seattle on Wednesday if it was getting harder to keep Harold Castro out of the lineup. “I’m not,” he said, somewhat incredulously. There’s no justifiable way to keep Hitting Harold out of the lineup. He finished

Goodbye extra leg room, hello high-fiving a total stranger. At Dow Diamond in Midland on Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced outdoor capacity restrictions will be entirely lifted June 1, meaning sports teams can start selling as many tickets as their facilities fit. Whether sports teams do that immediately is up to each one. Most are

Goodbye extra leg room, hello high-fiving a total stranger. At Dow Diamond in Midland on Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that outdoor capacity restrictions will be entirely lifted June 1, meaning sports teams can start selling as many tickets as their facilities fit. Whether sports teams do that immediately is up to each one. The

Seattle — It was kind of a beer frame night for Tigers rookie Tarik Skubal, facing the Mariners in the series finale after Casey Mize allowed a run in 7.2 innings Monday and Spencer Turnbull threw a no-hitter on Tuesday. Oh, it’s a thing. “He doesn’t have to match what Mize and Turnbull did,” manager AJ