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Here’s a look at Thursday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Mariners: Jarred Kelenic, OF (MLB No. 4), Triple-A TacomaThe power that helped Kelenic rise to the top of prospects lists was on display in a 2-for-3, two-homer performance. He also drove in four runs, his highest total since a

DETROIT — A.J. Hinch has seen the Astros on a roll like this before, having managed them for five seasons. He also has ideas on how to stop them, having swept them in a three-game series in Houston in April. “This is a very momentum-driven team,” the first-year Tigers manager said before Thursday’s 12-3 loss

TOP 2 HOU 2 DET 0 Result of at-bat Martín Maldonado’s two-run single Batter: Martin Maldonado Pitcher: Jose Urena

DETROIT — Who would have imagined when the Tigers selected Akil Baddoo in the Rule 5 Draft last December that he would be batting leadoff in Major League games in June? Who would have even imagined it when his hot start cooled amid a spate of strikeouts at the end of April? “Anything can happen,”

For May and June, the game’s best prospects have been spread out across the country from Portland, Maine, to San Jose, California, and many points in between. On July 11, several of them will be on the same shimmering diamond — Denver’s Coors Field for the All-Star Futures Game. The Futures Game returns as one

Read our FAQ on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters, and the ability to vote through Google Search. The biggest stars in baseball are one step closer to the Midsummer Classic. The first phase of voting using the Google All-Star Ballot for the 2021 All-Star Game

The College World Series is in full swing and teams are scouting those games more than ever now that the Draft has been moved to July. It’s difficult to move the needle much this late in the calendar, but there have been several pitching performances of note. Jack Leiter reinforced his status as the best

DETROIT — Matt Manning didn’t get the big league debut that fellow Tigers prospects and friends Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal enjoyed last year. Wednesday’s scene at Comerica Park might have made it worth the wait. As Detroit’s top pitching prospect made the walk from the mound to the dugout in the sixth inning, with

This edition of the Rookie Hot List, covering games played June 9-22, features some players who came into 2021 as Rookie of the Year Award contenders but had gotten off to slow starts, with this two-week period perhaps a sign that they’ve turned a corner. Others have continued what they’ve been doing for most, if

TOP 2 STL 1 DET 0 Result of at-bat Nolan Arenado’s solo homer Batter: Nolan Arenado Pitcher: Matt Manning

In case this slipped under the radar, and it would be understandable given how little attention it’s been given, No. 1 prospect Wander Franco made his Major League debut on Tuesday night for the Rays at home in St. Petersburg against the Red Sox. Assuming Franco sticks in the Rays lineup, and there’s nothing that

DETROIT — Jonathan Schoop continued his June tear with a three-run home run, while Jake Rogers doubled and tripled in a three-RBI performance, powering the Tigers to an 8-2 win over the Cardinals on Tuesday in the opener of their two-game series at Comerica Park. After batting under .200 for the first six weeks of

BOT 1 STL 0 DET 0 Result of at-bat DeJong gets out after deflection Batter: Akil Baddoo Pitcher: Johan Oviedo

DETROIT — The Tigers returned from California in the wee hours of Monday morning, but Matt Manning still got up in time for breakfast. He had a date to see an old friend. Come Wednesday, Manning will be seeing Dylan Carlson again, this time in the batter’s box. “We grew up together. We played Little

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers continue the Pride Month Game Changers series this week as they recognize and honor Kevin Heard, the founder and president of the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Heard founded the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce in 2013 to promote and empower the Metro Detroit

ERIE, Pa. — Dillon Dingler had just wrapped up an 0-for-4 game as the designated hitter at High-A West Michigan last Sunday when he and fellow Tigers prospect Spencer Torkelson were called into Whitecaps manager Brayan Peña’s office. Like everyone else, they’d heard general manager Al Avila’s comments a few days earlier about a potential

With Phase 1 of the fan voting for the 2021 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard set to conclude on Thursday, there’s been a shake-up in the positional standings. The top three vote getters at each position, plus the top nine outfielders, in each league will advance to the second phase of the voting, which

Every team has its share of players who haven’t achieved All-Star stature yet, but are clearly headed in that direction. We asked MLB.com’s beat reporters to identify players who fit that mold — guys with a good chance to be All-Stars in the future, perhaps as soon as 2022. Their answers varied from unsung stars

Here’s a look at Sunday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Mets: Francisco Álvarez, C (MLB No. 35), High-A BrooklynThe Mets’ future was on full display Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn’s 18-hit, 13-run outburst and Álvarez was once again a catalyst. Starting at designated hitter, the 20-year-old homered, doubled and walked

Daz Cameron continued a special Father’s Day weekend for his dad with a go-ahead two-run single in the 10th inning, helping the Tigers salvage a win from their four-game series at Angel Stadium with a 5-3 victory Sunday afternoon. With Cameron’s father, former Gold Glove center fielder Mike Cameron, in attendance along with his mom