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Detroit – Is it really possible the Tigers are at yet another crossroads with third baseman Jeimer Candelario? After back-to-back productive seasons, after leading the Major Leagues with 42 doubles last season and being named Tiger of the Year by the Detroit chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America in 2020 and 2021, Candelario

Detroit — Coming back off the long road trip, there was some housekeeping to do before the Tigers started a short homestand Friday night. To wit: ► Veteran right-hander Michael Pineda was activated off the injured list and would, rain permitting, make his first start Friday since breaking a finger on his pitching hand on

Detroit – First things first. Tigers rookie Spencer Torkelson was hit in the side of the head with an 88-mph changeup from starter Brad Keller in the seventh inning of the Tigers’ 3-1 loss to the Royals Friday night. And in what might pass as the only good news for the home team on this

Detroit — Coming back off the long road trip, there was some housekeeping to do before the Tigers started a short homestand Friday night. To wit: ► Veteran right-hander Michael Pineda was activated off the injured list and would, rain permitting, make his first start Friday since breaking a finger on his pitching hand on

Detroit — The Tigers aren’t going to make the playoffs this year. That’s something we can agree on, right? The hole is too deep, the injury list isn’t shrinking fast enough, there’s probably not enough at-bats left in the season for the likes of Javier Báez, Jonathan Schoop, Robbie Grossman, Jeimer Candelario and others to get

With the bases loaded in the third inning and only one out, Rony Garcia was tasked with getting out of danger, and that’s exactly what he did by striking out Joc Pederson and forcing Brandon Belt to fly out to deep left field. That was the first jam the Tigers worked their way out of

The Tigers chipped away at a 4-0 hole after five innings in San Francisco on Tuesday night, but couldn’t get the big hit they needed in a 4-3 loss to the Giants. Miguel Cabrera had an RBI single in the sixth, and Jeimer Candelario followed that up with a double in the seventh that brought Willi Castro

The Tigers tried their best to chip away at the 4-0 hole they found themselves in after five innings in San Francisco, but just couldn’t seem to get the big hit they needed in their 4-3 loss to the Giants on Tuesday night. Miguel Cabrera broke into the scoring column for Detroit with an RBI single

Tigers rookie Riley Greene had a weekend for himself. It wasn’t the offense; rather, it was what he did with his glove that drew the attention. Greene had a trio of highlight-reel plays against the Arizona Diamondbacks that showed why the organization and fans were anxiously awaiting his arrival to the majors. On Saturday, Greene

Detroit — Major League Baseball announced its weekly honors Monday and, what do you know, former Tiger Isaac Paredes is the American League Player of the Week. Every home run Paredes hits for the Tampa Bay Rays feels like salt in a wound, doesn’t it? It shouldn’t, but it does. His 10 home runs in 108

By Jimmy Golen |  Associated Press Boston — Growing up as the son of a major league ballplayer, Terry Francona knew the rules: “Talk only when spoken to, or I’d be spanked.” When Francona became a big league manager and his players would bring their kids around, he ran a more hospitable clubhouse. “There used to be a

Willie Horton is going back to the All-Star Game. The Detroit Tigers icon will be an honorary coach and join the festivities at Dodger Stadium on July 19, Major League Baseball announced on Monday. Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker selected Horton, who is a four-time All-Star. Horton currently is serving as a special assistant to Al

Phoenix – The Tigers were in position to get out of the desert with a sweep Sunday. A two-run triple by Willi Castro, a clutch, two-out RBI knock by Robbie Grossman and a three-run home run by Eric Haase had the Tigers up 6-5 going into the bottom of the fifth. Given the way the

Phoenix — You would have been within your rights to wonder why Tigers skipper AJ Hinch decided to place left-handed-hitting rookie Riley Greene in the clean-up spot Sunday against a crafty veteran lefty like Dallas Keuchel. Prepare to get a big-league lesson in lineup construction. “I wanted (Javier) Baez in the two-spot with Keuchel so if they

Joe Reedy |  Associated Press NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood realizes that game telecasts without announcers have been attempted a couple times, mostly without success. He is hoping the July 3 game between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers on Peacock will reverse that trend. Peacock will not have any announcers in the

Even the past year’s MLB Draft can slip rapidly into one’s mental murk. Oh, yeah — when again was he picked? Dylan Smith was the third player taken in the third round of last July’s MLB sweepstakes when the Tigers snagged him with the draft’s 74th overall turn. It was three years after the Padres had tried

Not one to make dramatic splashes, not one for box-score pyrotechnics, is Andre Lipcius. He shows up for a Double-A game, at either UPMC Park or at another port within the Eastern League, and plays baseball. Good baseball. Third base. Second base. First base. All that Erie manager Gabe Alvarez must do is decide where

Phoenix — Kody Clemens was 4-for-34 when he stepped to the plate in the sixth inning of a 3-3 game Saturday night. There were two runners on and he was facing Arizona Diamondbacks lefty Joe Mantiply. Clemens is a left-handed hitter and had only five at-bats against lefties in his brief time in the big leagues.

Phoenix — Kody Clemens was 4-for-34 when he stepped to the plate in the sixth inning of a 3-3 game Saturday night. There were two runners on and he was facing Diamondbacks lefty Joe Mantiply. Clemens is a left-handed hitter and had only five at-bats against lefties in his brief time in the big leagues. Mantiply,

Phoenix — Michael Fulmer watched his buddy Daniel Norris go through this last year. The trade deadline is still more than a month away (Aug. 2) but this is when pundits start preparing their lists of top trade chips and rumors start flying. Never mind that most teams haven’t yet determined whether they are going