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Detroit — The Tigers, according to a report by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, have placed veteran right-hander Jose Cisnero on waivers. Cisnero, 34, has been a staple in the Tigers’ bullpen for five seasons, but he’s struggled mightily this month. In his last five outings, he’s allowed 10 runs in 3.2 innings with hitters slashing

Detroit — It always seems like the contact play results in an out at home plate, does it not? Case in point: Zach McKinstry was going on contact from third base with one out in the sixth inning Monday night with the Tigers trailing the Yankees 1-0. Riley Greene hit a ball that barely got

Detroit — The names on the New York Yankees aren’t as readily recognizable, and sitting in last place in their division and likely missing the playoffs certainly aren’t familiar positions for the organization. But Monday against the Tigers, the Yankees flashed some of their big bats and ability to pitch. The Tigers, despite some great

Detroit — There were a couple of miserable losses over the weekend, a 9-2 loss Saturday to Houston Astros, and the Astros stomping Sunday to a 17-4 victory. Two painful losses after the Detroit Tigers’ dramatic and exciting win Friday night on Parker Meadows’ ninth-inning home run. But that’ll happen during a long baseball season.

Miguel Cabrera’s Hall-of-Fame career, which includes 3,000 hits, 500 home runs, a Triple Crown and two MVPs, is quickly coming to an end. Detroit — For 21 seasons, including 16 in Detroit, Miguel Cabrera mostly has let his generational talent do the talking. He’s done plenty of interviews, and he’s almost always nice, but he’s

Always, it seems, someone else is getting a surplus of Tigers farm-team limelight: Parker Meadows — until his Detroit call-up, anyway. Colt Keith. Justice Bigbie. Through it all, another prospect hotshot named Jace Jung has had a quiet and sustained season of steps-taking that began this spring at Single-A West Michigan and has carried on

Detroit — AJ Hinch wanted to be clear where his allegiances were in the matter of Justin Verlander vs. Miguel Cabrera. “It’s hard not to be super one-sided,” he said. Really? One of them helped him win a World Series. The other plays for him right now. Both are going into the Hall of Fame.

That helpful minor-league hatchery known as the Florida Complex League shut down last week, which left Ryan Garko with some decisions about a bunch of Tigers kids. Where was he going to put everyone? Especially the gang that was just drafted last month. Before the minor leagues realigned two years ago, it was easy for

Detroit — It’s easy to forget that these guys, most of them, were once kids who saved baseball cards and collected autographs and wore the jerseys of their favorite players. For some, like Tigers’ catcher Jake Rogers, that kid is still very much alive inside. Waiting in his locker Sunday morning was a signed jersey

Detroit – The Houston Astros gave right-hander Hunter Brown a nice cushion to work with for his homecoming start Saturday night. The Lakeview High School and Wayne State University product, who will turn 25 on Tuesday, struck out nine in five innings, beating the Tigers 9-2. He’s now 2-0 against his boyhood team. “I made

Detroit — Casey Mize’s was the first bullpen Carson Kelly caught after he signed with the Tigers a week ago. Before Saturday’s game, he got to hit against him. Guess which one he prefers? “When I caught his pen, I was like, this guy is really good, really good,” Kelly said. “Just electric stuff. All

Detroit — Don’t know if you were planning to come out to Comerica Park Sunday for the finale of the Tigers’ series with the Houston Astros, but you might want to think about it. It will be your last opportunity to see a pair of future Hall-of-Famers square off against each other. Miguel Cabrera, who

Detroit – All Parker Meadows wanted to do was go out and see his mother. As reporters circled his locker, he was texting her. “They showed your mother crying on television,” Meadows was told. “I know, she’s still crying,” Meadows said. “I need to get out and try to comfort here.” Not to worry, Staci

Detroit – Tigers manager AJ Hinch wasn’t around to see the end of this one. At least not from the bench. He missed some drama. After being no-hit for seven innings by lefty Framber Valdez, the Tigers went into the ninth down 1-0. They strung three straight singles off closer Ryan Pressly, with Javier Báez’s

Detroit — We’ve been watching Spencer Torkelson’s power game take flight with our own eyes. But when viewed through the data lens of Baseball Savant, it casts it in a different light. Entering play Friday, Torkelson was one of nine players with 50 barrels. Statcast defines a barrel as balls struck with a combination of

Detroit — Tyler Holton had just plopped himself in front of his locker with a carton of muscle milk, still in full glisten and winding down from his pregame workout. Seemed a good time to hit him with a goofy question. So, should we start a Tyler Holton Rookie of the Year campaign? “It seems

Detroit — The Tigers were holding on to a skinny one-run lead Tuesday night and the top of the Cubs order was coming up in the top of the ninth. A tack-on run would be very comforting. Zach McKinstry got hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the eighth. When he promptly stole

Detroit — Tarik Skubal lying on his back on the Comerica Park mound with his arms behind his head trying to will away the pain. That will be the indelible image from the Tigers’ 6-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs in the series finale Wednesday afternoon. “It hurt him,” manager AJ Hinch said. “You don’t

Detroit — The ending was anticlimactic in contrast to the overall drama. The Chicago Cubs left Comerica Park with a 6-4 victory on Wednesday afternoon, along with a series win over the Tigers. The deciding run was set up by an infield hit that was initially scored an error, an uncontested stolen base and a

Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch expects that right-hander Spencer Turnbull will work his way back to being a major league pitcher, but it’s not going to be any time soon. The Tigers on Wednesday activated Turnbull off the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo. There is no corresponding move because his activation