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Detroit — With the Tigers searching for a new vice president of player development, it was inevitable there would be some personnel changes down through the ranks, as well. The inevitability became reality on Tuesday as 11 player-development staffers were informed their contracts would not be renewed for 2022. Among them were four longtime roving coordinators:

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — There was the hint of a challenge in the comment Tigers manager AJ Hinch made prior to Monday night’s game with the Chicago White Sox: “This team has handled us all year.” The White Sox were 9-4 versus Detroit heading into this series. But the Tigers

Associated Press |  Associated Press Cleveland — Formerly a fleet outfielder, Anthony Gose returned to the majors five years later Monday night as a rocket-armed reliever for the Cleveland Indians, flashing 100 mph heat and fanning Royals slugger Salvador Perez. Gose pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing one run with one walk and one strikeout in the second

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers took down yet another first-place team Monday night, beating the Central Division-leading Chicago White Sox with a 4-3 comeback win before 12,884 at Comerica Park. Detroit has won three straight, having taken the last two games at Tampa Bay against the East Division-leading Rays.

Due to the threat of predicted heavy rain Tuesday night, the second game of the White Sox-Tigers series at Comerica Park has been moved up to 1:10 p.m. In a news release, the Tigers said fans holding tickets for the originally scheduled 6:40 p.m. game can use them for the 1:10 start Tuesday or exchange them for

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch can identify with his new backup catcher, Dustin Garneau. Hinch played for four teams, including the one he now manages, over parts of seven seasons in the majors. He was mostly a backup, too. Garneau has played for six teams over the

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Where would the Tigers be without Wily Peralta? The correct answer is, you don’t want to know. The veteran right-hander pitched seven scoreless innings Sunday and the Tigers left Tropicana Field with a 2-0 win over the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays. BOX SCORE: Tigers 2, Rays 0 “We were pretty

Why, exactly, Daniel Cabrera was promoted from Single-A West Michigan to the Tigers’ Double-A niche at Erie remains a minor mystery. He had not instilled fear in high-A pitchers, by any means — not with a .242 batting average, .300 on-base and .695 OPS. He had not shown any exceptional power. He had not racked up

You grow accustomed to these Beau Brieske starts, comfortably, if you are Erie manager Arnie Beyeler. Brieske threw six innings Thursday against the Richmond Flying Squirrels in a Double-A game at Erie’s UMPC Park. He allowed four hits and no runs in six innings. He walked none, struck out four. Brieske, 23, and a right-handed starter

St. Petersburg, Fla. — If you are looking for a living, breathing, human example of the Tigers’ resiliency this season, lock in on veteran lefty Derek Holland. “I wish people understood how far I’ve come,” he said. “It’s not been an easy road.” The Tigers are his fifth team in five years, that after pitching in

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The 2021 season has come to an end for two players who greatly impacted the Tigers turnaround this season. Gregory Soto and Derek Hill were both placed on the injured list Sunday. Soto, the Tigers’ representative in the All-Star game this season, was hit in the left hand by a line drive,

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Tigers center fielder Derek Hill was carted off the field in the fifth inning of the Tigers’ 4-3 win Saturday after he hyperextended his left knee crossing first base. Leading off the inning, Hill dropped a bunt. Running at full speed, he hit the bag with his left heel and lost his

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Manager AJ Hinch said his ballclub wouldn’t sulk, sag or pout after blowing a three-run lead in the ninth Friday night and getting walked-off. He wasn’t lying. “We’ve been this way, it’s not a surprise to me that we showed up today with a lot of energy in the clubhouse, a

St. Petersburg, Fla. — These are frustrating times for Tigers’ catcher Eric Haase, but probably not for the reasons you think. He’s fighting through a very odd stretch, both at the plate and behind the plate. Since coming off the injured list (stiff back) on Aug. 27, he’s 11 for 62 (.177) with just two

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Lefty reliever Gregory Soto sauntered out to the field several hours before the game Saturday and had a leisurely game of catch and long toss with Kyle Funkhouser. The only unusual part of that scene was the presence of head athletic trainer Doug Teter. But by all accounts, Soto escaped serious

St. Petersburg, Fla. —  The Tigers were three outs away from evening the series. Up 4-1 and with closer Gregory Soto on the mound, the Tampa Bay Rays stormed back to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth and then walked it off in the 10th, beating the Tigers 7-4 Friday night at Tropicana Field.

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tigers were three outs away from evening the series. Up 4-1 and with closer Gregory Soto on the mound, the Tampa Bay Rays stormed back to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth and then walked it off in the 10th, beating the Tigers 7-4 Friday night at Tropicana Field.

St. Petersburg, Fla. — A season like the one Willi Castro has endured could ruin a player. Going from getting Rookie of the Year votes in 2020 and winning the regular shortstop job to losing the shortstop job; moving to second base and losing the regular second base job, to taking on a utility role, even

St. Petersburgh, Fla. — What’s amazing about the underhand pitch Tyler Alexander flipped over the hitter-catcher-umpire all the way to the backstop in the fifth inning Thursday was that there was an actual purpose to it. To set the scene, Rays Manuel Margot asked for — and was given — a timeout by home plate umpire

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tigers beat up the vaunted Rays bullpen in Detroit over the weekend, scoring 15 runs in three games. Different story at Tropicana Field Thursday. “That was standard operation Tampa Bay Rays,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said after the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Tigers 5-2. “Six pitchers, all really good arms, we