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CHICAGO — The Tigers wasted little time putting Spencer Turnbull on the 10-day injured list, doing so Saturday morning to add some much-needed pitching depth after using six relievers Friday night and missing another with fatigue. No further diagnosis was available as of Saturday morning on Turnbull, who left his start Friday after four innings
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CHICAGO — Nineteen years before George Lombard became Tigers bench coach, he was a slugging outfielder who hit his first Tigers home run here on a night when Detroit and Chicago combined for 12 home runs. As he sat in the dugout at Guaranteed Rate Field Friday night, he could be excused for having flashbacks.
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CHICAGO – Spencer Turnbull won a 12-pitch battle with White Sox slugger Yermin Mercedes, but lost his battle to beat his division rival Friday night after leaving the game early with right forearm tightness. Turnbull, one of Detroit’s most effective starters for the past month – including his no-hitter two weeks ago in Seattle –
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CHICAGO – Michael Fulmer made the adjustment from the routine of the starting rotation to the regular grind of the late-inning bullpen surprising well. “I’ve learned that adrenaline is a heck of a drug,” the starter turned reliever joked from the dugout at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday afternoon. Now, he has made the adjustment
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Here’s a look at Thursday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Rays: Shane Baz, RHP (MLB No. 76), Double-A MontgomeryBaz bounced back from his roughest start of the season to toss what was arguably his best. The hard-throwing right-hander gave up just three hits as he racked up eight strikeouts
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A 442-foot Tork Bomb to the shrubs in straightaway center field? Sounds like a preview of things to come when Spencer Torkelson eventually gets to Comerica Park, but it was actually his Thursday night performance for High-A West Michigan. His fourth professional home run was a tape-measure drive to the trees beyond center at Dow
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The stars will be shining in Denver next month, but which of the game’s best players will be on display in the 91st Midsummer Classic? Balloting for the 2021 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard launched at noon p.m. ET Thursday, giving fans an opportunity to vote for the best players in the sport. The
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Normally at this time of year, with college conference tournaments just completed and high school seasons nearly over, we’d be in full-on Draft fever/panic mode, trying to get one of our last mocks correct right before the Draft started. So it’s been hard to tell that muscle memory to take a break and slow the
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