Detroit Tigers

DETROIT — Tigers manager A.J. Hinch stood on the podium in the interview room at Comerica Park four weeks ago and talked about what a combined no-hitter against the Blue Jays could do for Matt Manning and a career that has had its share of stops and starts. “He can hold his head up pretty

Top 1 TB 3 DET 0 Result of AB Brandon Lowe’s two-run single AB: Josh Lowe | P: Matt Manning

DETROIT — The Tigers had never beaten Aaron Civale in 10 matchups against him with Cleveland. It took a performance from an almost-former Tiger to topple Civale in his Rays debut. The Tigers were close enough to a deal before Tuesday’s Trade Deadline that they had Triple-A Toledo catcher Donny Sands on standby in Pittsburgh,

Bot 1 TB 0 DET 0 Result of AB Manuel Margot’s diving catch AB: Riley Greene | P: Aaron Civale

DETROIT — The grounds crew at Comerica Park did wonders to turn the playing surface from a baseball diamond to a soccer pitch for last Sunday’s Crystal Palace-Sevilla preseason match, then back to a ballfield for Friday’s Tigers-Rays series opener. Then the Rays wore it out on Reese Olson. The lines of the soccer pitch

Top 1 TB 2 DET 0 Result of AB Isaac Paredes’ two-run double AB: Isaac Paredes | P: Reese Olson

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. One of the biggest challenges for a Major League general manager is to find the flexibility to pivot when a plan goes awry, and to turn adversity into opportunity. For Dave Dombrowski, it

The Trade Deadline is now behind us and the baseball landscape has changed as we head into the stretch run of the regular season with an eye toward October. Following all the wheeling and dealing as teams looked to improve their chances of reaching and succeeding in the postseason, what is each club’s biggest question

The Trade Deadline is past us, but that doesn’t mean rosters are fully set as the baseball world makes the turn into August and September. Late-season callups and debuts can still have big impacts on races down the final stretch of the season. So while there are some new faces in new places this week,

PITTSBURGH — Maybe one day years from now, the Eduardo Rodriguez trade will be viewed in the same group as the Juan Gonzalez extension or the Carl Pavano signing, moves that Tigers fans can thank fate never happened. Or maybe we’ll be left to wonder which Dodgers prospects would have helped Detroit rebound had the

Top 4 DET 2 PIT 1 Result of AB Javier Baez’s RBI single  AB: Javier Baez | P: Osvaldo Bido

PITTSBURGH — Eduardo Rodriguez‘s No. 57 Tigers jersey was still hanging in his locker in the visitors’ clubhouse at PNC Park after their 4-1 loss to the Pirates on Tuesday night, just as it had been all day. There was no sign of Rodriguez, who had left during the game, just as many had feared

Another Trade Deadline came and went Tuesday, and while it may have lacked last year’s generational Juan Soto move or even any of the rumors involving Shohei Ohtani that had percolated through most of July, there were still plenty of fireworks across the baseball landscape from a prospect standpoint. Start with the Mets and White

Bot 2 DET 0 PIT 1 Result of AB Endy Rodríguez’s RBI triple AB: Endy Rodriguez | P: Matt Manning

The Tigers and Dodgers had a trade in place that would have sent Eduardo Rodriguez, a 30-year-old starting pitcher in the midst of a career season, to Los Angeles. But just ahead of Tuesday’s Trade Deadline, Rodriguez invoked his 10-team no-trade clause that included the Dodgers, effectively nixing the deal. “There were some contractual headwinds

PITTSBURGH — Michael Lorenzen’s breakout season will continue in a new home. The Tigers are trading the All-Star right-hander to the Phillies ahead of Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline in exchange for infield prospect Hao-Yu Lee, Philadelphia’s No. 5 prospect per MLB Pipeline, a source told MLB.com. The clubs have not confirmed the deal.

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Jackson Jobe couldn’t help but shake his head and wonder if hitters had an idea what was coming after giving up three home runs in his return to High-A

DETROIT — Navigating life primarily in a wheelchair is difficult at times for Jamie Junior, but the Detroit native will not be deterred from making a difference. “I was raised to understand my own abilities and to be as independent as possible,” said Junior, who has cerebral palsy and osteoarthritis. “I believe that I was

Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline is imminent, and you don’t want to miss any of the action this week as players take the field for their new teams for the first time. So it’s a perfect time to sign up for MLB.TV, which is available for a new low price through Aug. 6. The

Jace Jung is making this Double-A thing look easy. The Tigers’ No. 2 prospect has only been at the level less than a week, but he’s been flexing his power ever since arriving at Detroit’s Double-A affiliate Erie on July 25. The latest example came Sunday, when Jung belted two homers in the SeaWolves’ 7-1 victory