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Javier Báez and the Detroit Tigers were feeling good. The shortstop, who was playing in his first series back in Chicago since being traded away by the Cubs last year, blasted a two-run homer in the first inning to give Detroit an early two-run lead against the White Sox on Sunday. It just wasn’t enough. The

One thing about summers on the farm — whether you’re talking baseball, or agriculture. They tend to be hot. And fatiguing. Ask minor-leaguers nationwide as they begin to wear down in the heat and the grind of playing daily games. The second half of a five-month schedule is in full sprint and Tigers farmhands are coping

Chicago — Garrett Hill got an object lesson in what can happen if you nitpick around the edges of the strike zone and fall into hitter’s counts against big-league hitters. Bad things. Hill, the rookie right-hander, gave up six runs in the first two innings, all with two outs, and the White Sox brought the

Chicago — The Tigers’ six-game winning streak was halted abruptly Saturday, almost as quickly as Gregory Soto buzzed all the hair off coach Ramon Santiago’s head the night before. Santiago paid up on his pledge to shave his head if the Tigers won six straight games. Soto sat him in a chair Friday night and

Chicago — Tigers’ manager AJ Hinch took a quick psyche check on his closer Friday night after the Tigers held on for a 7-5 win over the White Sox. Gregory Soto, who earned a stressful save on Thursday night, stayed in the bullpen Friday while Michael Fulmer got the final three outs, stranding the tying runs

Chicago — Jeimer Candelario came into the game hitting .186 and slugging a meager .303. He hadn’t hit a home run since May 29. He had two hits in his last 20 at-bats. He’s been losing playing time to Harold Castro and Kody Clemens. But all was well Friday night. He had his talisman on

Chicago – First shortstop Javier Baez came to the mound. Soon both third baseman Jeimer Candelario and second baseman Jonathan Schoop were there and catcher Tucker Barnhart was jogging out, as we pitching coach Chris Fetter. It was quite a summit. Quite a situation. Closer Gregory Soto was in the soup, deep. With one out

Chicago — Looks who’s going back to the All-Star Game for the first time since 2016. That’s right, at age 39, Miguel Cabrera was named to the American League All-Star team Friday morning. Cabrera and St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols were selected to the game as legends picks by commissioner Rob Manfred. It will be Cabrera’s

Chicago — Don’t let the low score fool you. There was a lot going on Thursday night as the Tigers extended their winning streak to five games with an exhilarating and tense 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. “That was a fun win,” catcher Tucker Barnhart said. “It was kind

Chicago — There was a time, maybe it was in 2020 or early on in 2021, as he was approaching the end of his arbitration years with the Cubs, that Javier Báez felt he might never leave the city of Chicago. “We were really close at some point,” Báez said before Thursday’s game. “But then everything

Chicago — At some point during the Futures Game on July 16, we might get a glimpse of a future Tigers battery. Right-handed pitcher Wilmer Flores and catcher Dillon Dingler, both thriving at Double-A Erie, were named to the American League team on Thursday. “It’s two guys with wildly different paths to this game,” said

By Jake Seiner |  Associated Press New York — The executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers has recommended that Congress enact legislation nullifying Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it applies to minor league players. Harry Marino on Wednesday asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to pursue a “Minor League Curt Flood Act” in response to

Detroit — The trade was overwhelmingly applauded at the time. At least from the fans’ perspective, it’s quite the opposite now — the Tigers’ spring swap, which landed Detroit a slugger in Austin Meadows and sent an unproven prospect to Tampa Bay in Isaac Paredes. Paredes has been on absolute tear in Tampa Bay, with 13 homers and

Detroit — Suppose it was Wily Peralta’s turn. The Tigers on Wednesday announced that Peralta was latest pitcher heading to the injured list, after suffering a left hamstring strain in Tuesday’s 11-4 win over the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park. “He wasn’t moving around great,” Hinch said Wednesday, of Peralta’s postgame movements Tuesday night. It’s the

Detroit — The crowd was modest, per usual these days. But it also was quite into it, not per usual. Miguel Cabrera had a two-out single in the fifth inning, drawing a roar much louder than you’d expect from a crowd of 17,829, and Kody Clemens later homered as the Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians, 8-2,

Detroit — So far, despite near-daily conversations, the Tigers have resisted sending former No. 1 overall pick Spencer Torkelson, and his .579 OPS, down to Triple-A Toledo. That doesn’t mean that’ll be the case forever. “Right now, we’re evaluating that ourselves,” Tigers general manager Al Avila said Wednesday, before the Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardian, 8-2, on

Detroit — Last week, while introducing his new Red Wings coach, Tigers CEO Christopher Ilitch raised some eyebrows — and maybe certain fingers, too, at least from the long-past-patient fans — when he said he was “very pleased” with his baseball team’s progress, despite an abysmal record and woeful offense it what was supposed to be a possibly

Detroit — The trade was overwhelmingly applauded at the time. At least from the fans’ perspective, it’s quite the opposite now — the Tigers’ spring swap, which landed Detroit a slugger in Austin Meadows and sent an unproven prospect to Tampa Bay in Isaac Paredes. Paredes has been on absolute tear in Tampa Bay, with 13 homers and

Detroit — Suppose it was Wily Peralta’s turn. The Tigers on Wednesday announced that Peralta was latest pitcher heading to the injured list, after suffering a left hamstring strain in Tuesday’s 11-4 win over the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park. It’s the first time on the IL this year for Peralta, 33, shocking given all the

Detroit — Sitting in the dugout hours before the game, manager AJ Hinch was asked what he liked best about rookie Riley Greene so far. Hinch didn’t miss a beat. “One hundred miles per hour off the bat,” he said. Why wouldn’t he? Greene had two baseballs fly off his bat Tuesday night with exit velocities