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Chicago — You never know with Miguel Cabrera. Usually when he’s talking to players on the field, it’s with good humor and playfulness. So when he started talking and pointing back toward White Sox second baseman Nick Madrigal as he was returning to the batter’s box after a foul ball in the sixth inning Tuesday night,

The United Shore Professional Baseball League, hoping the COVID-19 pandemic and all the corresponding financial uncertainty soon is in the rearview mirror, has restarted expansion discussions in recent weeks. Andy Appleby, founder, owner and chairman of the USPBL in Utica, said there are active discussions with “two or three” communities in the Midwest — including one that

Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera will help to promote COVID-19 vaccination in Michigan as co-chair of the Protect Michigan Commission. Cabrera and the Tigers will produce public service announcements in English and Spanish to encourage Michigan residents to get the vaccine, wear masks and social distance, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday. “Based on what I know from

Chicago – Josê Ureña just wouldn’t break. The Tigers were kicking and throwing the ball around behind him — five errors in the first five innings. For most of the game, the Tigers had more errors on the board than runs and hits combined. But Ureña, with his high-velocity sinker and heavy slider, kept getting

Chicago — Put yourself in Akil Baddoo’s shoes for a minute. He’s 22 years old. He didn’t play at all last year. The year before that, before he had elbow surgery, he was playing in Grapefruit League parks — Bradenton, Port St. Lucie, Jupiter, Port Charlotte. In 2018, in Low-A, he made the prairie circuit,

Detroit — AJ Hinch, without seeking absolution, asked that everybody keep this horrific stretch of losing baseball in perspective. An ask that’s getting tougher with each passing day. “Without giving us a pass for underperforming, we have to stay positive,” he said. “It’s not going to get any better by coming to work in a bad

Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. In the latter weeks of May, 2000, the then-Florida Marlins had a decision to make. They had the first pick in that June’s MLB draft. But they

Detroit — Maybe calling it a “modified” six-man rotation is wrong. It might be better to call it a modifiable six-man rotation, or a six-man flex. Tigers manager AJ Hinch and pitching coach Chris Fetter are kicking around the idea of flipping roles again for Michael Fulmer and Tarik Skubal. “We’re talking about what we’re

A rebuild isn’t an excuse for lethargy. It’s not a free pass to the future. It’s not whatever ugliness the Tigers are offering up right now. They’re the worst team in baseball again, at 7-15. They have one of the worst offenses imaginable, a conglomeration of retreads and scuffling youngsters. With another dreary loss, 4-0

Detroit — It’s gone beyond frustrating now. It’s reached the quicksand phase. You know, where the harder you try to climb out the deeper you sink. “We’re in the trenches together,” manager AJ Hinch said Sunday after the Tigers’ offensive futility continued in a 4-0 loss to the Central Division-leading Kansas City Royals at Comerica

In the young baseball life of Joey Wentz, Tuesday of this week will be no ordinary date. He will throw batting practice on the TigerTown compound at Lakeland, Florida. And while that might seem a mundane event, definitely light on drama, it will be theatrical for a 23-year-old, left-handed Tigers prospect who 13 months ago

Detroit — Nobody is under the delusion that Miguel Cabrera’s return to the lineup will immediately cure the Tigers hitting woes. But, doggone, it won’t hurt. “It doesn’t just snap our fingers and make us better, no,” manager AJ Hinch said. “But it will make a difference.” The Tigers went 4-7 in the 11 games that

Detroit — The media isn’t allowed in the clubhouse these days, but even through the Zoom lens, the growing frustration level is palpable. “It’s pretty high,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch acknowledged after his team’s offensive ineptitude squandered a brilliantly pitched game by Matthew Boyd Saturday in a 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “As

Detroit — It was not how he dreamt it. Not on a day he struck out three times, not in a 6-2 loss in the midst of a team-wide offensive struggle, not on a day he dropped an easy throw and botched a double-play chance. But maybe a year or two from now, when he

Detroit – When you don’t know what to expect, you make yourself ready for anything. Just ask Tigers lefty reliever Tyler Alexander. His appearances this year have been, to say the least, well-spaced – six days apart, five days apart; and when he came into the game in relief of Casey Mize in the fifth

Detroit — It’s something Brad Ausmus said often during his managerial tenure with the Tigers. And it’s as true now as it was then. When you aren’t hitting, when you aren’t putting runners on base, there’s no energy, no verve — it looks like your compete level is low. AJ Hinch didn’t know much about that during

Detroit — On the first pitch he saw from right-hander Erasmo Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera slapped a hard ground ball into left field. On his second swing, a riding fastball from Ramirez shattered Cabrera’s bat. On his last swing, he drove a ball into deep right-center, one hop into the shrubs. It was 3:30 p.m. Friday and

Detroit — It’s something Brad Ausmus said often during his managerial tenure with the Tigers. And it’s as true now as it was then. When you aren’t hitting, when you aren’t putting runners on base, there’s no energy, no verve — it looks like your compete level is low. AJ Hinch didn’t know much about that

Detroit — On the first pitch he saw from right-hander Erasmo Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera slapped a hard ground ball into left field. On his second swing, a riding fastball from Ramirez shattered Cabrera’s bat. On his last swing, he drove a ball into deep right-center, one hop into the shrubs. It was 3:30 p.m. Friday and

Janie McCauley |  Associated Press San Francisco — A handsome, golden-colored therapy bunny named Alex came to the ballpark and stole the hearts of San Francisco Giants fans Thursday night, attending the series opener against Miami with owners Kei Kato and Josh Row. Sporting a dark bow tie with orange crabs to represent the Giants’ colors, 4