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Detroit — If you tuned your attention away from the Tigers back in October — and who’d blame you after yet another disappointing season — well, there’s been some changes. There is new leadership in the scouting department. The medical department — athletic training, strength and conditioning, rehabilitation — has been revamped both in Lakeland

Detroit — The likelihood of a Matthew Boyd reunion in Detroit grew infinitely stronger the day Scott Harris was hired as the Tigers president of baseball operations. It was Harris, then with the Giants, who signed Boyd last offseason for $5.5 million, even though Boyd was coming off flexor tendon surgery and wasn’t going to

Associated Press Washington — Former Detroit Tigers infielder Jeimer Candelario agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, giving the club someone to compete for the starting job at third base. The 29-year-old Candelario is a switch-hitter who is coming off a down year for the Tigers, hitting just .217 with a

Detroit — These aren’t the transactions that fuel the hot stove season, clearly. But sometimes they are the ones you go searching for later in the year when you’re wondering how a certain surprise contributor came to be in the organization. The Tigers Tuesday re-signed four players to minor league deals: Infielders Brendon Davis and

Detroit — Miguel Cabrera is throwing a party in Miami on Wednesday, a massive gala and auction to raise money for his foundation and, at a press gathering on Monday, he acknowledged that the 2023 season would be his last. Mostly, the press event was in Spanish. But to MLB.com’s Christina DeNicola, the Tigers’ future

That last full week of November always means … … The best of all holidays, Thanksgiving, because it doesn’t require a shopping spree to help celebrate blessings temporal as well as spiritual. … And, for those privileged to hold a vote, the arrival of Baseball Hall of Fame ballots for the upcoming Cooperstown class. About

Detroit — John Nelson, who joined the Detroit Tigers as a teen-aged bat boy in 1979 and eventually became their visiting clubhouse manager, is suing the ballclub over racial and age discrimination. Nelson, who identifies as African American, was 58 at the time of his firing in October 2021. He filed a lawsuit in federal

Detroit − The Tigers on Friday night announced they were not tendering contracts to three relatively long-tenured, arbitration-eligible players – third baseman Jeimer Candelario and utility players Harold Castro and Willi Castro. Candelario, 29 and a two-time Tiger of the Year honoree, had been with the club the past six seasons and was projected to

Detroit — Another day, another roster deadline for Tigers president Scott Harris. By 8 p.m. Friday, decisions to tender contracts to nine arbitration-eligible players will be rendered. Those not tendered will be outrighted and become free agents — which was the fate of outfielder Victor Reyes earlier this week. Seven of the nine players played

Lynn Henning |  Special to The Detroit News Scott Harris had been on the job minutes, maybe hours, but apparently, not much longer, when on Oct. 6 he made his first big move as the Tigers’ new front-office chief. He fired his 12-year director of amateur scouting, Scott Pleis, whose primary responsibility was to turn Draft

Detroit – Just two seasons ago, right-hander Kyle Funkhouser emerged as a versatile and vital part of the Tigers’ bullpen, covering 68.1 innings and posting a 3.42 ERA. Now, after missing the entire 2022 season with a shoulder injury that ultimately required surgery, he finds himself off the club’s 40-man roster and facing an uncertain

Detroit — The Tigers didn’t just hire a new hitting coach. They’ve installed a new hitting department. On Tuesday, the Tigers announced the hiring of Michael Brdar and Keith Beauregard as big-league hitting coaches and James Rowson as assistant hitting coach. Presumably, they will join holdover Adam Melhuse to make a four-man hitting group. The

Detroit — The Tigers didn’t just hire a new hitting coach. They’ve installed a new hitting department. On Tuesday, the Tigers announced the hiring of Michael Brdar and Keith Beauregard as big-league hitting coaches and James Rowson as assistant hitting coach. Presumably, they will join holdover Adam Melhuse to make a four-man hitting group. The

Detroit — The Victor Reyes era in Detroit might be over. Reyes, the former Rule 5 pick who spent the last five seasons with the Tigers, was among a group of six players waived and outrighted to Triple-A Thursday. That list includes pitchers Bryan Garcia, Luis Castillo and Elvin Rodriguez, and infielders Luis Garcia and

Detroit — Here we go again. Justin Verlander, as the entire baseball world expected, opted out of his contract with the Houston Astros on Thursday and, on the heels of a World Series championship and a presumptive Cy Young Award has, entering his age-40 season, put himself on the free-agent market. Which will bring another

Go through the gallery above to view Tony Paul’s top 50 Major League Baseball free agents heading into the 2023 season. Click here if you have trouble viewing the gallery. Detroit — Black Friday still is two weeks away. But for Major League Baseball, the store doors have swung open this week, with the start of free agency.

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By Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — Former Tigers ace Justin Verlander declined a $25 million option with the Houston Astros to become a free agent on Thursday, five days after helping the team with its second World Series title. The 39-year-old right-hander likely headed to his third Cy Young Award got his first

Las Vegas — Stage one of the inevitable roster purge happens Thursday, when the Tigers will have to transfer the 10 players who ended the season on the 60-day injured list back onto the 40-man roster. Stage two will happen before next Tuesday, when prospects who they want to protect from the Rule 5 draft

Las Vegas – Tigers president Scott Harris presently has three assistant general managers (Sam Menzin, Jay Sartori and Rob Metzler), a vice president of player personnel (Scott Bream) and a vice president of player development (Ryan Garko). But he’s come to the league’s general managers meetings in Las Vegas without an actual general manager. And