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These are not sexy numbers. No matter what your baseball age, no matter what level you’re playing. Roberto Campos has a.214 batting average in 15 games. His on-base average is .267, with a .677 OPS. Also note that three of his 12 hits have been home runs. More to the point, understand he is 18

Kansas City, Mo. — The Tigers will not visit Kauffman Stadium again this season and after the way things went this weekend, they’re probably OK with that. And we’re not talking about the oppressive heat. The Royals hit three home runs in three innings off rookie left-hander Tarik Skubal Sunday and completed the three-game weekend sweep

Those who follow the Tigers might know the story. They know Aderlin Rodriguez will be 30 years old in November. That he came to the Tigers in January as a minor-league free agent who could play first base, third base, or, in a real pinch, outfield. And you know also: ► He signed originally, in

Kansas City, Mo. — Wait. The Tigers faced a hard-throwing young left-handed pitcher Sunday, Daniel Lynch, and left-handed hitting Akil Baddoo was hitting leadoff? And right-handed hitting Derek Hill was batting ninth? There must’ve been some eyes rolling in the Tigers’ analytics office when that lineup came out. But what the straight analytics don’t factor in

Kansas City, Mo. – Normally, a loss like the Tigers endured Saturday night would leave a bruise, one that might linger for a bit. But, as their manager reminded, there’s no crying in baseball. “It’s a bad loss, a tough loss, however you want to describe it,” AJ Hinch said. “But the clock is going to

Kansas City, Mo. — Tigers manager AJ Hinch was talking last week about the Tigers’ upcoming series in Minnesota and offhandedly remarked that maybe the Twins will trade Nelson Cruz by then. Well, about that. The Twins did, in fact, trade Cruz. To Tampa Bay. But the slugger is not completely off the Tigers’ radar this season.

Kansas City, Mo. — Wily Peralta had allowed one earned run in 26.2 innings coming into his start Friday night. He gave up three in one fatal swing as the Kansas City Royals stopped the Tigers’ seven-game winning steak with a 5-3 win at Kauffman Stadium After breezing through the first two innings, on just

Kansas City, Mo. — If you could’ve made it into the stadium early enough back in May, invariably you would’ve seen two men walking slowly around the track at Comerica Park. Usually the smaller of the two men would be doing most of the talking. The larger man, listening intently, would occasionally nod, smile and nod again. What

His bank account was officially fattened Friday by $6.9 million, which agent Scott Boras and the Tigers settled upon 12 days after Jackson Jobe had been drafted by Detroit. Thus, Jobe, officially, was an 18-year-old professional baseball player when he appeared late Friday afternoon, wearing a lavender golf shirt during a Zoom interview with Detroit

Kansas City, Mo. — The Tigers have now locked up their top three draft picks. On Friday, the club announced the signings of No. 3 overall pick right-handed pitcher Jackson Jobe and No. 39 overall shortstop-third baseman Izaac Pacheco. Last week the Tigers signed No. 32 pick right-hander Ty Madden. According to Jim Callis of MLBPipeline,

By Dana Wakiji |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers just keep on rolling. They finished their second sweep since the All-Star break, finishing off the Texas Rangers, 7-5, on Thursday at Comerica Park, their seventh consecutive victory. “I’m proud of our entire team’s performance,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said. “That’s a really

By Dana Wakiji |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — On Wednesday, Tigers manager AJ Hinch had to take Isaac Paredes out of the lineup because of a sore right hip. Before Thursday’s day game, the team placed Paredes on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to July 20, and recalled Willi Castro from Triple-A Toledo.

Detroit —  Understandably, manager AJ Hinch and pitching coach Chris Fetter are trying to keep things uncluttered for rookie Matt Manning as he takes his first spin through big-league lineups. Keep things as simple as they can be and just let him compete. “I don’t really care about the (pitch) mix,” Hinch said before the game. “Everybody

Detroit —  Understandably, manager AJ Hinch and pitching coach Chris Fetter are trying to keep things uncluttered for rookie Matt Manning as he takes his first spin through big-league lineups. Keep things as simple as they can and just let him compete. “I don’t really care about the (pitch) mix,” Hinch said before the game. “Everybody gets

Detroit — Sometimes growth in a young player is overt. It’s recognizable, plain as day, from the performance numbers. Rookie Akil Baddoo’s growth, for example, from where he was in May to where he is now — you don’t need a degree in sabermetrics to see it. Overt. Other times, though, it’s more covert, parts of it

Detroit – Rolling, rolling, rolling. The Tigers, after a two-hour, 10-minue rain delay, rode a pair of solo home runs and another stout performance from rookie left-hander Tarik Skubal to a 4-1 win over the Texas Rangers Tuesday night at Comerica Park. It was their fifth straight win coming out of the All-Star break. And the

Detroit — Tigers general manager Al Avila took a few minutes before the game here Tuesday to remind the media and the fan base, with the trade deadline just 10 days away, that this isn’t 2017 anymore. “We are in a totally different situation right now,” he said. “We have no pressure at all to make

Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull’s season is over as the pitcher is slated for Tommy John surgery, manager AJ Hinch announced Tuesday. Turnbull, who tossed a no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners on May 18, was 4-2 with a 2.28 ERA in nine starts this season. He was placed on the 60-day injured list July 7. His

Pistons fans are counting the days until the NBA Draft on July 29, and potentially getting Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick. Cunningham got to see some of that enthusiasm on Monday night, when he was at Comerica Park to watch a Tigers game. Social media was abuzz with photos of Cunningham, who was

Detroit – The numbers on this night were big, gaudy, some historic, and lopsided in favor of the Tigers, who put a freefalling Texas Rangers team to rout at Comerica Park Monday, 14-0. “We did a lot of things to put pressure on them,” manager AJ Hinch said. “We kept taking what the game gave