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Detroit — Rookie right-hander Alex Lange features a fastball that lights radar guns up to 98 mph and a curveball with spin so tight it registers as a slider on Statcast. But in his 1.1 innings against the Royals on Friday night, he threw as many change-ups — his third pitch, one that he just reincorporated into his

Detroit —They sat in a row in the Tigers’ dugout Friday night, just after sitting for the team photo and just before hosting a joyous and energetic celebration of Miguel Cabrera’s historic 500th home run. Chairman and CEO Christopher Ilitch was flanked by general manager Al Avila on his left and manager AJ Hinch on

Detroit – Casey Mize, almost quietly, certainly without much fanfare, has put together a most solid rookie season. He made his penultimate start of the season Friday, going the first three innings in the Tigers’ 3-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. He will finish his season next week in Minnesota. Barring

Detroit — Manager AJ Hinch set the tone for MiggyFest earlier in the week. “I told Miggy the other day, we’ve really enjoyed this season with the things he’s done,” Hinch said hours before the Tigers celebrated Miguel Cabrera’s milestone season Friday night. “He brought life and energy into our clubhouse and our ballpark. And watching

Detroit — Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd didn’t necessarily get good news after talking to several prominent arm specialists across the country, but he might’ve got the best news he could’ve hoped for given the tender condition of his left forearm and elbow. Boyd is scheduled for surgery Monday in Dallas with Dr. Keith Meister to repair

Detroit — It became very evident very fast Thursday that there was a lot more to Ryan Garko than just a former Indians’ first baseman who would occasionally torment Tigers’ pitching from 2006 to 2009, posting an .843 OPS against them with six homers (two off Justin Verlander). “Funny, my biggest memories are of Verlander striking

Detroit — Comerica Park will play host to MiggyFest this weekend, as the Tigers’ play their final home series of the 2021 season against the Kansas City Royals. Technically, it’s Fan Appreciation weekend, but on Friday, the club will honor Miguel Cabrera and celebrate his 500th career home run, which he hit in Toronto on

Detroit — Tigers outfielder Akil Baddoo has exceeded all expectations this season. That’s not even debatable. A Rule-5 project who hadn’t played in two years, coming off elbow surgery, having never played above High-A ball — that he has been a productive presence in the Tigers’ lineup all season is remarkable. That he’s slashed .259/.325/.452, with

Detroit — The Tigers and White Sox will have to wait a few days to finish off this three-game series. The finale Wednesday was postponed because of unrelenting rain. The makeup will be at 1:10 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27, which was initially an off-day for both teams. Paid tickets for Wednesday can be exchanged

Detroit — Earlier in the season, manager AJ Hinch wouldn’t play his rookie outfielder Akil Baddoo against left-handed pitching — lefty vs. lefty with Baddoo, who hadn’t played in two years and not ever above High-A ball, was not in his or the team’s best interest at that point. Then, as Baddoo progressed through the season, Hinch

Detroit — Call it the curse of the Tigers’ center fielder. It’s not a baseball season in Detroit if the center fielder doesn’t sustain a season-ending injury. Or at least that’s been the trend. JaCoby Jones had his 2019 and 2020 seasons ended prematurely and now the same fate has befallen Derek Hill. “It’s a long

Detroit — With the Tigers searching for a new vice president of player development, it was inevitable there would be some personnel changes down through the ranks, as well. The inevitability became reality on Tuesday as 11 player-development staffers were informed their contracts would not be renewed for 2022. Among them were four longtime roving coordinators:

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — There was the hint of a challenge in the comment Tigers manager AJ Hinch made prior to Monday night’s game with the Chicago White Sox: “This team has handled us all year.” The White Sox were 9-4 versus Detroit heading into this series. But the Tigers

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers took down yet another first-place team Monday night, beating the Central Division-leading Chicago White Sox with a 4-3 comeback win before 12,884 at Comerica Park. Detroit has won three straight, having taken the last two games at Tampa Bay against the East Division-leading Rays.

Associated Press |  Associated Press Cleveland — Formerly a fleet outfielder, Anthony Gose returned to the majors five years later Monday night as a rocket-armed reliever for the Cleveland Indians, flashing 100 mph heat and fanning Royals slugger Salvador Perez. Gose pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing one run with one walk and one strikeout in the second

Due to the threat of predicted heavy rain Tuesday night, the second game of the White Sox-Tigers series at Comerica Park has been moved up to 1:10 p.m. In a news release, the Tigers said fans holding tickets for the originally scheduled 6:40 p.m. game can use them for the 1:10 start Tuesday or exchange them for

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch can identify with his new backup catcher, Dustin Garneau. Hinch played for four teams, including the one he now manages, over parts of seven seasons in the majors. He was mostly a backup, too. Garneau has played for six teams over the

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Where would the Tigers be without Wily Peralta? The correct answer is, you don’t want to know. The veteran right-hander pitched seven scoreless innings Sunday and the Tigers left Tropicana Field with a 2-0 win over the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays. BOX SCORE: Tigers 2, Rays 0 “We were pretty

Why, exactly, Daniel Cabrera was promoted from Single-A West Michigan to the Tigers’ Double-A niche at Erie remains a minor mystery. He had not instilled fear in high-A pitchers, by any means — not with a .242 batting average, .300 on-base and .695 OPS. He had not shown any exceptional power. He had not racked up

You grow accustomed to these Beau Brieske starts, comfortably, if you are Erie manager Arnie Beyeler. Brieske threw six innings Thursday against the Richmond Flying Squirrels in a Double-A game at Erie’s UMPC Park. He allowed four hits and no runs in six innings. He walked none, struck out four. Brieske, 23, and a right-handed starter