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Cleveland – It’s one of those plays that you don’t think too much about when it happens. But then it’s like a slow burn and afterwards, especially after you look deeper into the ramifications of it in a one-run loss, you realize it was big, potentially pivotal. It happened at the end of the Tigers’

Cleveland – It’s one of those plays that you don’t think too much about when it happens. But then it’s like a slow burn and afterwards, especially after a one-run loss like the Tigers’ endured against the Guardians Friday night, you realize it was big, potentially pivotal. It happened at the end of the Tigers’

Cleveland – Tigers’ manager AJ Hinch was talking about rookie Riley Greene before Friday’s game. He was asked what Greene might’ve learned from striking out four times against Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie Thursday night. “I think he learned that McKenzie’s got a nasty breaking ball,” Hinch said. “It’s pretty simple. That dude was nasty.” Hinch, as

Cleveland – Jose Cisneros was a happy man on Thursday. Finally, after nearly five months of recovery and rehab from a shoulder injury, he was back with the team and set to be activated and reclaim his role in the Tigers’ bullpen. Less than 12 hours later, he was packing his bag and scrambling to

It’s been more than 70 years since Jim Kaat threw his first pitch, in American Legion ball on the sand lots of Zeeland in west Michigan. It’s been nearly 40 years since the man they called “Kitty” threw his last pitch in the major leagues. Next weekend, Kaat, now 83, will take his place on

Triston McKenzie has historically dominated the Tigers. The righty had matched up against Detroit five times in his career leading into Thursday night’s game, allowing just four runs and punching out 37 in 30 2/3 innings of work. And in Detroit’s 4-0 loss to the Guardians, McKenzie tossed eight scoreless frames, striking out a career-best 12 and walking none.

Detroit — Andrew Chafin and Michael Fulmer had neighboring lockers in the visitors’ clubhouse in Kansas City and, as you might expect with these two straight-shooting veteran relievers, the banter was strong. Both are having All-Star-worthy seasons and neither, not for a second, thought they’d get selected to participate. Fulmer: “All-Star Games, people want to see guys

Kansas City, Mo. — Such a strange game. Only up a run, but it sure seemed like they were in control going into the bottom of the fourth inning before things fell apart and the Tigers lost to the Royals for the third time in four games, 5-2 Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. They already had five hits

Kansas City, Mo. — Guess who is on board with Major League Baseball’s latest exploration into neutralizing defensive shifts? The master of the shift himself, Tigers skipper AJ Hinch. “I hope we evolve and do whatever it takes to normalize the game a little bit and explore ways to bring the athletes back into the game and

It was easy to predict when Brock Porter was going to pitch a great game. That was every game, after all. It’s a lot more complicated when trying to project exactly where Porter, a right-hander out of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, will be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, which starts Sunday and runs

Kansas City, Mo. — Miguel Cabrera didn’t know why reporters were hovering around him after the game Tuesday. “What?” he said, in mock annoyance. “What do you want?” You stole a base, he was told. “Oooh, so what?” he said. Well, that hadn’t happened since 2020 and it was a pivotal moment in the Tigers’

Kansas City, Mo. — Miguel Cabrera didn’t know why reporters were hovering around him after the game Tuesday. “What?” he said, in mock annoyance. “What do you want?” You stole a base, he was told. “Oooh, so what?” he said. Well, that hadn’t happened since 2020 and it was a pivotal moment in the Tigers’

Kansas City, Mo. — What do Miguel Cabrera, Ted Williams and a stolen base have in common? Check out the top of seventh inning of the Tigers’ 7-5 win over the Royals on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Tigers scored four times in that inning, breaking open a 3-3 game, and Cabrera was at the

Kansas City, Mo. — Turns out, all Akil Baddoo needed to do was trust that being Akil Baddoo was plenty good enough. He didn’t need to hit 400-foot home runs. He didn’t need to be the next Rickey Henderson or Kirby Puckett. Being the best version of himself is all the Tigers ever asked him to

Detroit — The Tigers like to draft high-end pitching, but this isn’t the best draft for that. There’s a talent-pool issue, and there are injury concerns with some of the upper-echelon guys. And all that might just be a blessing for Detroit, given all its offensive woes at the major-league level in 2022. ESPN MLB Draft

Kansas City, Mo. — Rough day at the office. On a long, hot and languid day at Kauffman Stadium Monday, the Tigers lost both ends of a split doubleheader to the Royals, the only team beneath them in the Central Division standings. After managing just four hits and losing 3-1 in the first game, they

Kansas City, Mo. — Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino has his own unique brand of déjà vu. It only happens when he’s batting against Michael Pineda. Pasquantino has hit two home runs in his young big-league career. The first was on July 1 at Comerica Park. It came leading off the fourth inning on the first

Kansas City, Mo. — Tigers manager AJ Hinch was asked before Monday’s Game 1 about a particularly troubling data point with rookie Spencer Torkelson. Statcast shows that on balls thrown down the heart of the plate, middle-middle, Torkelson is hitting just .115. He’s hitting .174 on pitches middle-away. Befuddling. If you watch Torkelson take batting practice, he

Kansas City, Mo. — If you go 440 straight games at the Major League level without being charged an error, at any position — well, you’ve done something unprecedented in the history of the game. Robbie Grossman did that. He hadn’t been charged with an error since 2018. It’s a testament, first of all, to his hard

Gregory Soto is heading to the All-Star Game for the second straight year. The 27-year-old closer has pitched 30⅓ innings this season and has an ERA of 2.67 to go along with 31 strikeouts. In his 19 save opportunities this season, he’s come through in 17 of them. Soto pitched one-third of an inning in Sunday’s