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Minneapolis — Baseball is stupid, as Eric Haase once famously and correctly said. How else do you explain the manic swing of the Tigers’ offense this month? It defies logic. They were shut out three times in the first eight games of June. Opposing pitchers were threatening no-hitters almost every night, it felt like. They

Minneapolis — Zach McKinstry was on the field five hours before game time with the three Tigers’ hitting coaches Friday. You don’t wait out a slump, you work out of a slump. “We texted last night,” he said. “Just get here a little sooner and get some extra time in the cage.” After a scorching

Minneapolis — The Tigers were walking a shaky tightrope coming into this series with the Central Division-leading Twins. Which made their come-from-behind 8-4 win in the series opener at Target Field Thursday so, well, stabilizing. “That was awesome,” said Spencer Torkelson, who delivered a clinching, two-run double in the top of the ninth. “Not only

Minneapolis —Tigers’ lefty reliever Chasen Shreve was born and raised in Las Vegas. Tigers’ manager AJ Hinch was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the third round in 1996 and spent the first four years of his professional career with that franchise. Obviously, the sale of the Athletics and the franchise’s move to Las Vegas

Tony Paul and Chris McCosky talk about the slumping Tigers heading into the series against the first-place Twins and what went right during Detroit’s 26-28 start to the season. Here are some highlights from this episode of The Detroit News’ Tigers Today podcast: 0:30: Canadian wildfire smoke blankets Minnesota 2:10: Tigers “living on the razor’s

Detroit — It didn’t matter when. It didn’t matter where. It certainly didn’t matter who. Nothing could stop the ball from sailing out of the yard at Comerica Park Wednesday, as the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves combined for a combined 11 home runs in a Wednesday doubleheader that saw the visitors leave town with

Detroit — The Detroit Tigers started a scoring parade at Comerica Park on Wednesday afternoon. And then the Atlanta Braves finished it. Detroit jumped out to an early 4-0 lead behind homers from Spencer Torkelson, Eric Haase and Miguel Cabrera — his first of the season — but slowly saw the game slip away over

Detroit — UCL reconstruction is apparently all the rage in the Detroit Tigers’ minor-league system, as the team announced Wednesday that a handful of players underwent the procedure recently — or will soon. Right-handed pitcher Trevor Rosenthal is scheduled to go under UCL reconstruction revision next week, while left-hander Miguel Del Pozo and righty Kervin

Detroit — They tried. They waited until 9 p.m., hoping that the waves of storms would abate long enough to get a baseball game played. They even pulled the tarp and got the field prepped and set an 8:45 p.m. start. But the next wave of rain came, the field was re-tarped, and Major League

Detroit — You look at right-hander Brendan White’s body of work at Triple-A Toledo throughout May and early June and it’s a bit of a head-scratcher. “He’s got really good stuff and he’s had a really weird year,” manager AJ Hinch said. “But his stuff plays.” White, the Tigers’ No. 27-ranked prospect who was called

Detroit — Tigers president Scott Harris reiterated Tuesday that this is not Chicago or San Francisco. So despite the team carrying a 27-37 record into the middle part of his first season at the helm, he’s not sweating the general direction coming off a nine-game losing skid. “Those two organizations were in different spots than

Detroit – The Tigers seemed dead in the water and headed to their 10th straight loss Monday night against N.L East-leading Atlanta Braves. Seemingly out of nowhere, they caught a spark. They scored three runs off right-hander Raisel Iglesias in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to the 10th. And then, against

Detroit — As the Tigers prepared to get through another game against a high-level team using a fleet of relievers Monday, it was hard not to look toward the back of the clubhouse and see Matt Manning and Tarik Skubal cooling down after doing their rehab work. It was hard not to notice Eduardo Rodriguez

There are old sofas that haven’t been visited, haven’t seen as many plop-downs, as one of the most overworked lines in professional draft history: “We’ll take the best player available.” But if you’re the Tigers, picking third overall three weeks from Sunday, will it necessarily be the best player they can choose on the night

Tigers farm teams last week, from Sunday through Saturday, were a combined 5-19 in 24 games. It is another rugged season in Detroit’s bushes, surprisingly so, when it was thought heading into 2023 that an emerging band of hitters — and pitchers — were about to revive a big-league team in Detroit. Here and there

Detroit – When manager AJ Hinch decided to use lefty Tyler Holton as an opener ahead of rookie Reese Olson’s start Thursday in Philadelphia, it was more about the two left-handed hitters that bat first and third in the Phillies lineup – a couple of guys named Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. By letting Holton

There was suspicion Sunday when Colt Keith was missing from Double-A Erie’s lineup against Bowie that the hard-hitting Keith might at last be getting his ticket punched to Triple-A Toledo. No go. Keith remains with the SeaWolves, where he will continue to do guest appearances at second base, perhaps before he auditions in the outfield

Detroit — This one is going to leave a mark. The Tigers were one strike away from snapping their eight-game losing streak Sunday. That strike never came. The Arizona Diamondbacks scored four runs in the top of the ninth off reliever Jason Foley to extend the Tigers’ misery, sweeping the series with a 7-5 win

Detroit — This one is going to leave a mark. The Tigers were one strike away from snapping their eight-game losing streak Sunday. That strike never came. The Arizona Diamondbacks scored four runs in the top of the ninth off reliever Jason Foley to extend the Tigers’ misery, sweeping the series with a 7-5 win

He had seen enough for one night. There had been a missed call — in his view — at home plate that led to a Bowie first-inning run. And then, in the fifth inning of Saturday’s game between the Double-A Erie SeaWolves and Bowie Baysox at UPMC Park, Erie manager Gabe Alvarez yelled after home-plate