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Detroit — The clock struck midnight on the 2022 Tigers Tuesday night, the 6-3 loss to the Astros mathematically eliminating them from the postseason for the eighth straight season. But apparently the bylaws of Major League Baseball mandate the full season be played regardless. So the Tigers on Wednesday, against another dominating starting pitcher, fell to

Detroit — For a man who typically lives his life free of doubts and second-guesses, Andrew Chafin was dealing with a lot of conflicting thoughts on his drive home from the ballpark Tuesday night after he’d given up a badly-timed, two-run home run to Yuli Gurriel in the Tigers’ 6-3 loss. “I wanted to be so

Detroit — Pretty good night for the local kid. Astros rookie Hunter Brown, the pride of St. Clair Shores Lakeview High School and the Wayne State University baseball program, took over Comerica Park for a night. Pitching in front a large and enthusiastic rooting section comprised of family, friends and former teammates and coaches, the right-hander

Detroit — Spencer Torkelson, the Tigers’ first-round pick in 2020, stood behind the batting cage Tuesday afternoon watching Jace Jung, the Tigers’ first-round pick in 2022, take batting practice on the field at Comerica Park for the first time. “Tork is a good guy,” said Jung, who played in 30 games at West Michigan after he was

Detroit — The Detroit Tigers have played 21 innings of baseball since they last scored a run, which makes it fitting that on Monday night at Comerica Park the team grabbed its 21st shutout loss of the season — a new franchise record. Kicking off the season’s penultimate homestand, Detroit was blanked at Comerica Park by the

Detroit — Hunter Brown is in the place where everything came together for him. As Brown, a 24-year-old St. Clair Shores native and Wayne State University product playing with the Houston Astros prepares to make just the second MLB start of his career, imagine how surreal this all must be. He’ll take the same mound that he watched

Some baseball news arrived last week. Bigger, in some respects, than Friday’s word that MLB next year will opt for pitch clocks, an end to defensive shifts and larger bases. Minor-league players voted to have the Major League Players Association represent them in future wage-and-benefit talks with Major League Baseball. You could hear the Richter scales

Detroit — You just never know what life is going to throw at you. Or who. In 2014, Javier Báez was on the verge of breaking into the big leagues with the Chicago Cubs. He had, in three pro seasons and still only 21 years old, climbed all the way to Triple-A Iowa. He hit 37

Kansas City, Mo. — It was a few weeks ago and in a lopsided loss, the Tigers pulled off some late-inning aggressiveness on the bases to scratch across a run. “We’re trying to score runs,” manager AJ Hinch said when asked about it. “We’re tired of seeing zeros up there.” That was three shutouts ago.

Kansas City, Mo. — Manager AJ Hinch was asked prior to the game what he thought might be at the core of lefty starter Tyler Alexander’s recent struggles. “It’s been quality of strikes,” he said. “He’s always been a really good strike-thrower. But he’s been spraying it a little more recently and it’s forced him to the

Kansas City, Mo. — Spencer Torkelson hit a rocket, 404 feet arching toward the seats next to the Tigers’ bullpen in left field. It was in the sixth inning Saturday and the Tigers were already up 8-2. Torkelson thought it was gone. Everybody in Kauffman Stadium thought it was gone, including Royals center fielder Michael A. Taylor,

Colt Keith, an infielder who was on fire at West Michigan before separating his shoulder in June, will be playing for the Salt River Rafters in Arizona Fall League games that begin Oct. 3 and wrap up Nov. 12, said a source close to AFL-Tigers discussions, who requested anonymity ahead of official announcements. Joining with Keith

He had hoped, as the Tigers had, to finish with a flourish his High-A apprenticeship this summer at West Michigan. Dylan Smith pulled it off. His last two starts were slick, defined most tellingly by Friday night’s work against Great Lakes when he put together six innings of two-hit, shutout baseball, spiced by six strikeouts

A soft timetable already was at work on the night of July 11, 2021, when the Tigers opted with their second pick in the MLB Draft to snag a right-handed ace, Ty Madden, from the University of Texas. Madden, it was speculated, could be in Detroit inside of two seasons. Little has changed in 14

Kansas City, Mo. — Matt Manning’s pants and jersey were soaked. Rain was dripping off the bill of his cap. There wasn’t a dry spot on him. He couldn’t find a dry baseball. Even the balls he was getting from home plate umpire Chris Guccione were wet and slippery. This game was bananas. “It was pretty

Associated Press Edwin Jackson says 14 teams will be it. The well-traveled pitcher, who spent 17 seasons in the majors, announced his retirement on Instagram on Friday — his 39th birthday and the 19th anniversary of his big league debut. Jackson played for a record 14 clubs, most recently in 2019 with Toronto and Detroit. “Today

Kansas City, Mo. — Miguel Cabrera, never one to take his own accomplishments all that seriously, doesn’t joke around when it comes to being the Tigers’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, which he has been every year for nearly a decade. “I don’t do this for an award,” Cabrera said before the game Saturday. “I do

Kansas City, Mo. — It was a little surprising to see manager AJ Hinch bounce out of the dugout with two outs and a man on in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday night. The Tigers were up big and rookie left-hander Joey Wentz had allowed just two hits and was at 87 pitches.

Kansas City, Mo. — Nice of the Tigers’ offense to provide a comfortable cushion for rookie Joey Wentz in his homecoming debut. Wentz, a former prep star from nearby Prairie Village, made his first start for the Tigers since May 31 and his first as a big-leaguer at Kauffman Stadium where he attended games as a

Kansas City, Mo. — Essentially, the reaction from the Tigers’ clubhouse to the three rules changes implemented by Major League Baseball for 2023 falls into three categories. There are those who are steadfastly opposed, those who are opposed to parts of it and those who are willing to give it a shot. “Just because it’s different