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In his second at-bat as a professional baseball player, Saturday, on the back fields at TigerTown in Lakeland, Florida, Max Clark ripped a two-run triple for the Tigers in a Florida Complex League game against the Yankees. Nice debut for an 18-year-old center fielder the Tigers grabbed first (No. 3 overall) in last month’s MLB

Detroit — Forty percent of the Tigers’ starting rotation is expected to be gone by Tuesday’s trade deadline. By baseball-rebuilding measures, it’s the right thing to do, dealing Michael Lorenzen and Eduardo Rodriguez. And maybe others. The buy-sell debate ended a couple of weeks ago, and the reckoning is here. This is Scott Harris’ unofficial

There were three home runs West Michigan’s fans would have preferred not being on Jackson Jobe’s first-game record at high-Single A West Michigan. But given that Jobe allowed only four hits in five innings Saturday night at LMCU Ballpark, and considering he struck out nine while walking not a single batter, no one seemed overly

Miami — There was a lot to sift through in the rubble of the Tigers’ dispiriting 8-6 loss in the series finale against the Miami Marlins on Sunday. They were up 4-0, then down 5-4, then back up 6-5. But when the 27th out was logged, by the Marlins’ newly-acquired closer David Robertson, it felt

Miami — One good game doesn’t erase two rough months, for sure. But it’s a good start. Tigers’ lefty Joey Wentz looked like a different pitcher Saturday than the one we saw through May and June. Recalled from Triple-A Toledo before the game, he was used as the bulk-innings reliever after opener Beau Brieske and

Miami — AJ Hinch knew it would raise a red flag when the Tigers sent out their pitching plans for the two-game series in Pittsburgh on Tuesday and Wednesday. But there was no sense trying to hide the obvious. Instead of Eduardo Rodriguez and Michael Lorenzen pitching on turn in those two games, Matt Manning

Miami — There was a World Baseball Classic atmosphere inside LoanDepot Park Saturday. Huge, animated crowd of 32,936 — the largest crowd here since April of 2017. There were drums, cowbells, whistles. There was dancing, chanting, singing, flags waving. The energy was palpable. The noise deafening. None more so than when Miguel Cabrera stepped to

Miami – Jason Foley said it exactly right. “You just chalk it up to, ‘Sometimes (stuff) happens,’” he said. To say that the Marlins collecting three straight singles and scoring two runs off him in the eighth inning Friday night was improbable doesn’t even begin to explain it. The Tigers had just rallied to tie

Miami – The ball is still somewhere in his grandfather’s home in North Carolina, even though his grandfather, Nicolas Alvaraez, passed away last year. That baseball, the story behind how that baseball came to be in Alvarez’s possession and the day that Miami Marlins’ left-hander Jesus Luzardo truly fell in love with the game of

Associated Press |  The Detroit News Toronto – Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 39th home run – for a streak of three homers in three at-bats over two games – before being sidelined due to cramping for a second consecutive game. Ohtani was replaced by pinch-hitter Michael Stefanic when his at-bat came up with the

Miami — Never giving up. Staying in the fight. Playing all 27 outs. Admirable traits, for sure. But after a while, fighting to the end and losing has to get old. The Tigers rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to tie the game Tuesday against the Angels, only to lose it in the

Miami — At least 50 members of the media, most of them from Spanish-language outlets in Miami, packed the interview room. A riser covered the length of the back wall and every inch was occupied with tripods and cameramen and camerawomen. This is more than a three-game series between the Tigers and Marlins. This is

Detroit — Nobody should ever doubt Trey Wingenter’s resiliency, his toughness or his fight level. He spent the better part of three years coming back from two surgeries — back and elbow — finally getting back to the big league with the Tigers in April. Six outings into the season, he was back in rehab,

Detroit — Shohei Ohtani finished putting on a memorable and jaw-dropping day in the nightcap of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Tigers. After pitching a dominant one-hit shutout in the opening game, Ohtani’s first-ever shutout and complete game, the Los Angeles Angels star hit two long home runs as the Angels completed the sweep with an

Detroit — Unfortunately for the Tigers and their fans on a beautiful Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park, Shohei Ohtani didn’t disappoint. The Los Angeles Angels megastar put on a dominant pitching performance in the opener of a doubleheader, leading the Angels to a 6-0 victory. It was a memorable day for Ohtani, who had never

Detroit — Nobody should ever doubt Trey Wingenter’s resiliency, his toughness or his fight level. He spent the better part of three years coming back from two surgeries — back and elbow — finally getting back to the big league with the Tigers in April. Six outings into the season, he was back in rehab,

Detroit — Tigers right-hander Michael Lorenzen had to wait an extra day to face his former teammates. The Tigers and Angels game scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed with severe weather forecasted for most of the night in metro Detroit. The game will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader Thursday starting at

Detroit — A large portion of the Comerica Park crowd left after Shohei Ohtani’s final at-bat in the top of the ninth Tuesday. The Angels were leading 6-2 and the Tigers, dormant offensively since the fourth inning, were down to their last three outs. Those who left missed quite a rally. An RBI single by

Detroit — A large portion of the Comerica Park crowd left after Shohei Ohtani’s final at-bat in the top of the ninth Tuesday. The Angels were leading 6-2 and the Tigers, dormant offensively since the fourth inning, were down to their last three outs. Those who left missed quite a rally. An RBI single by

Detroit — He’s been here before and he’s fought his way out of it before. That, if nothing else, is bringing Akil Baddoo some solace. “It’s something that I just can’t let myself get frustrated about,” he said. “It’s baseball. I just have to remind myself that all of the time. It’s just one good