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Lynn Henning |  Special to The Detroit News A week ago, it seemed certain with just about any entity tracking the 2023 MLB Draft that Louisiana State’s swaggering outfielder, Dylan Crews, was destined to be the venerable first pick when the draft gets rolling on July 9. Bob Dylan’s lyrics now apply: “Things have changed.” University

Kansas City – This one would’ve left a mark. The Tigers had leads of 3-0 and 5-3. They had base runners in every inning but one. They drew eight walks and had 11 hits. And yet, against a Kansas City Royals team that was 20 games under .500, the game was tied 5-5 after nine

This is at least the second lawsuit filed in the last year by a former employee against the Tigers. Detroit − A former Detroit Tigers vice president is suing the ballclub and parent company, Olympia Entertainment, alleging racial, sex and age discrimination over her 2020 firing. Elaine Hendrix worked for the Tigers for nearly 21

Kansas City — Part of what president Scott Harris and manager AJ Hinch have set out to do this season is establish a culture of development. This is still a young team with a lot players in various stages of their development cycle. So, no, the Tigers didn’t give up on Spencer Torkelson after they

Lynn Henning |  Special to The Detroit News As happens each week from early April through September, Tigers minor-league teams and games were scanned the past six days (Mondays are off-days on the farm) for news and updates. Some of it was good. Some of it was bleak. Triple-A Toledo is having a time of it

Washington, D.C. — Watching Joey Wentz take another beating in the 6-4 loss to the Nationals in the series finale Sunday, the first natural thought is that the Tigers need to make some renovations to their starting rotation. Then you dive into it. Spencer Turnbull, Matt Manning, Tarik Skubal are all on the injured list

Washington, D.C. — Tigers lefty reliever Tyler Alexander is stuck in a Catch-22 no pitcher wants to be in. He needs more work to pitch better, but he needs to pitch better to earn more work. “There’s always these lulls in the season where you don’t throw a lot and other times when you do

Lynn Henning |  Special to The Detroit News If anything was going to make Sunday night easier for Toledo manager Anthony Iapoce, it was Saturday night’s version of Reese Olson. Iapoce was speaking Sunday from Omaha, Neb., site of an evening Triple-A game against the Storm Chasers, after which Iapoce and his Mud Hens players could

Washington, D.C. — There was a lot for right-hander Alex Faedo to like about his performance Saturday. But it’s going to take a minute before he can feel too awfully good about it. “I think it’s one of those games where you look back at it and, like, ‘Damn, I feel like I probably should’ve

Washington, D.C. — Tigers’ utility man Nick Maton had a unique plan of attack Friday night. He’s 4 for 34 in May, hitting .155 on the season and against breaking balls and off-speed pitches, he’s 5 for 56 with 30 strikeouts. So, against Nationals right-handed starter Jake Irvin, he put the bat on his shoulders

Washington, D.C. — Riley Greene’s home run to right field in the sixth inning Friday night was a Statcast marvel. He hit it with a 40-degree launch angle (his average angle is 3.7 degrees) and lofted it 162 feet into the air. That was the third-highest home run hit in the big leagues this year.

Washington, D.C. – The Tigers hit four home runs, built an 8-0 lead and Matthew Boyd took a no-hitter into the sixth inning Friday night against the Washington Nationals. And it very nearly got away from them. “If we’re going to preach play the whole game, then we’re going to have to manage the whole

Washington, D.C. — You can’t blame Tigers manager AJ Hinch for keeping things low-key regarding injured lefty pitcher Tarik Skubal’s recovery plan. He’s been down this road too many times in the last few years. When players are working their way back after surgery, like Skubal is from flexor tendon surgery, things progress until they

Comstock Park, Mich. — Jace Jung doesn’t claim to have everything figured out. He continues to be a student of the game of baseball — and a student of the game of life. Jung has millions in the bank, but he still spends his spring mornings in west Michigan taking online classes, working toward earning

Detroit — Miguel Cabrera isn’t winning many footraces these days. But this one looked like a dead heat, which made it worth watching, at least. With two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the second inning Wednesday afternoon, Cabrera stepped into the batter’s box for his 2,001st career game in a Tigers

Detroit — Eric Haase wasn’t trying to be argumentative. He just wanted to make his point. “I just simply told him that they’re not on the plate,” he said. “I didn’t think it was that big of an issue. I wasn’t really arguing as much as I was just telling him that’s not a strike.”

Detroit — Eric Haase wasn’t trying to be argumentative. He just wanted to make his point. “I just simply told him that they’re not on the plate,” he said. “I didn’t think it was that big of an issue. I wasn’t really arguing as much as I was just telling him that’s not a strike.”

Detroit — It was the fourth inning Tuesday night. Riley Greene had just ripped his third hit of the game and chased Pirates starter Luis Ortiz. Spencer Torkelson sidled up to Javier Báez in the on-deck circle while the reliever was warming up. “Tork said, ‘Man, I want to be seeing the ball like Greeney

A Detroit traffic controller and single mother of two who recently lost her husband got a life-changing gift over the weekend from a social media influencer and the Detroit Tigers. Zachery Dereniowski ― known as MD Motivator on social media and is known for spreading kindness by giving strangers cash, cars and other gifts ―

Former Tigers right-hander Aníbal Sánchez, who holds the Detroit franchise record with 17 strikeouts in a nine-inning game against the Braves at Comerica Park in 2013, is retiring after 16 years in the majors. The 39-year-old Venezuelan posted a retirement message on Instagram on Tuesday after going unsigned the first six weeks of the season.