Detroit News

By Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball is ready to voluntarily accept the formation of a minor league union, a key step that will lead to collective bargaining and possibly a strike threat at the start of next season. The Major League Baseball Players Association launched the unionization drive on Aug. 28

Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball adopted its first pitch clock, limits on defensive shifts and larger bases for next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense in a tradition-bound sport. The decision on the clock and shift restrictions by the sport’s 11-man competition committee was made Friday over the

Kansas City — It’s hard to imagine a start more nerve-wracking and exciting than your first Major League start. But for Tigers lefty Joey Wentz, this one may top it. Manager AJ Hinch announced on Monday that Wentz will be called up and join the rotation, replacing Michael Pineda, who was given his outright release earlier this

Three days after picking up his first hit in the major leagues, Ryan Kreidler ripped a four-seam fastball 408 feet to center field in the ninth for his first home run in Major League Baseball, and the go-ahead run in the Tigers 5-4 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. “That’s all you want,”

Sean Reider |  Special to The Detroit News Much has been made of the Javier Báez experience. This season in Detroit, it’s seen a lot of big hacks at the plate, paying off with a team-best 49 RBIs for an offense that’s struggled mightily. Then, there’s that dazzling defensive talent — faltering for a league-worst 22 errors

By Joe Reedy |  Associated Press Anaheim, Calif. — Kody Clemens will never catch his father in career strikeouts. When it comes to their first one, though, the kid has the upper hand. The Detroit Tigers’ rookie utility player — and son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens — caught Shohei Ohtani looking late in

Infielder Jonathan Schoop appears to be making progress in making a return to the Tigers. The team announced Tuesday it has moved Schoop’s rehabilitation assignment to Triple-A Toledo. He has been on the injured list with an ankle injury. In two games with Single-A West Michigan, Schoop was 3-for-7 with a double and two runs

By Sean Reider |  Special to The Detroit News The Tigers fell 10-0 to the Angels on Monday for their 19th shutout of the season, the most of any Tigers team since 1976. In contrast to the Tigers (51-84), the Angels (59-76) threw their 17th shutout of the season, tied with the Mets for the most

News leaks are verboten within Ilitch Holdings. There is a furious search for a new Tigers general manager moving closer to completion, but no one is talking. A best guess is the Tigers will move this month, with the first half of September a more likely target for naming a new front-office leader. There is abundant

Detroit — Who knows what the Tigers’ rotation might look like in a couple of weeks. After they lost the rubber match to the Royals 3-2 Sunday, manager AJ Hinch announced that veteran right-hander Michael Pineda, who was signed for one year and made $5.5 million and made just 11 starts, was being designated for assignment. “Nothing

On those back lots at TigerTown, the training grounds that make Lakeland, Florida, the Tigers’ minor-league headquarters, a MLB team’s freshest prospects can be seen most summer days collected at a quadrant of four fields. The workouts and intra-squad games sometimes give way to one of the fields hosting a Florida Complex League game. And

Ah, the Gage Workman vigil can be tough — on all parties. The Tigers aren’t complaining. They saw those three home runs last week, in three successive games against Double-A Bowie, which was part of a 10-game stretch in which Workman, 22, hit five homers, four doubles, and a triple. Not bad when you’re a switch-hitter

Detroit — When your son is a professional baseball player and he FaceTimes you in the middle of his game — well, what the heck are you supposed to think? “My mom answered with the most confused face ever,” Josh Lester said. These are the stories that more than brighten the dullest, darkest Septembers for a

Detroit — Miguel Cabrera wasn’t in the starting lineup Saturday night, nor was he seen on the bench. The intrigue was a welcome diversion from the Detroit Tigers’ stultifying 12-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “He’s going to see the doctor at 5 p.m.,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game. “He’s feeling

Detroit — Miguel Cabrera wasn’t in the starting lineup Saturday night, nor was he seen on the bench. The intrigue was a welcome diversion from the Detroit Tigers’ stultifying 12-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “He’s going to see the doctor at 5 p.m.,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game. “He’s feeling

Detroit — The discrepancy is a little jarring, even if not exactly unprecedented. The Tigers’ Gregory Soto certainly isn’t the only closer in baseball to struggle more in non-save situations than in save situations. But his struggles are noteworthy. In save situations, like Friday night when he struck out three hitters to lock down the

Detroit — On a night when a rookie making his big-league debut brought palpable energy to a team that has been dragging listlessly through these last few weeks, some of the veteran warhorses seemed rejuvenated. “You have to do a lot of things to win games at this level and we did a lot on

Detroit — Unless you’ve struggled with mental illness, especially if you struggled with it in the public glare, you can’t know the courage it took for Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows to come forth with his struggles. In a statement he released on his own Friday afternoon, he wrote: “This season has been an unfortunate struggle with

Detroit — The Tigers will certainly be counting on having lefty Eduardo Rodriguez at the top of their rotation next season. He is on the books for $14 million in 2023, after all. But there may be some uncertainty about how heavy a workload he will be able to handle. With his three-month stay on the

Detroit — The Tigers had two rookie runners thrown out on the bases Wednesday night while the game was still tied. The way manager AJ Hinch saw it, one was a mistake of aggression, the other a lapse in judgment. “They were very different,” he said. Riley Greene led off the fifth inning beating out an