Detroit Tigers

Tigers pitching prospect Joey Wentz’s first season back from Tommy John surgery is over, a week earlier than his team. The big left-hander will not pitch in the final week of Double-A Erie’s season, which ends on Sunday. The 23-year-old southpaw isn’t injured, but fatigue and innings led the Tigers to shut him down one

It’s a phrase worth repeating often in these parts. Player development is not always linear. While we tend to get excited about prospects who climb quickly through the Minor League ranks, many talents need more time to hone their skills and build the foundations for future Major League careers. Those that stick with it over

DETROIT — For the second time in less than 24 hours, a Brewers starter shut down the Tigers’ offense for the first three-plus innings. For the second time, a Tigers starter matched him. This time, Detroit’s lineup broke through early enough to make starter Matt Manning a winner. The resulting 4-1 win over Milwaukee earned

BOT 1 MIL 0 DET 0 Result of at-bat Woodruff fans Baddoo in the 1st Batter: Akil Baddoo Pitcher: Brandon Woodruff

DETROIT — Of all the reasons for confidence the Tigers will take out of this season to raise hopes and expectations, they added another on Tuesday: They won a battle of bullpens against the Brewers. Derek Hill’s 11th-inning RBI double scored Victor Reyes for a 1-0 win at Comerica Park. For six innings, it wasn’t

BOT 9 MIL 0 DET 0 Result of at-bat Josh Hader escapes jam in the 9th Batter: Eric Haase Pitcher: Josh Hader

DETROIT — Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has had no shortage of career feats to celebrate lately. Add a seventh consecutive nomination for Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award to the list. In this case, it’s a reflection of the impact Cabrera has made in Detroit off the field as well as on it. Considered baseball’s

It’s been a long and enjoyable return to play. Minor League fans deserve one final treat. MiLB.TV will be free for the rest of the 2021 regular season and playoffs as part of Fan Appreciation, beginning Tuesday. Now, anyone can watch the game’s top prospects make one final push for glory in the postseason (set

Every year around this time, it’s easy (and fun) to look at the second-half leaderboards to find which hitters are performing surprisingly well — “surprising” either because of lackluster previous track records or no track record at all — and wonder if you’re seeing something real, something to build on for the future … or

All 30 nominees for the 2021 Roberto Clemente Award — one per club, including 18 first-timers — were announced by Major League Baseball on Tuesday. Considered baseball’s most prestigious individual honor for Major Leaguers, the Clemente Award annually recognizes the MLB player who best represents the game through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive

PITTSBURGH — Don Kelly wasn’t just a Tigers player the last time Detroit had a playoff team, he was a postseason folk hero, hitting the go-ahead homer in Game 5 of the 2011 American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium and a walk-off sacrifice fly in Game 2 of the 2012 AL Division Series against

Every team, whether it’s a good one or a bad one or whatever comes in between, has an unsung hero. Call them a glue guy, a secret weapon, the X-factor: He’s the player who is key to everything his team is doing — and is generally underpublicized at doing so. Here’s a look at every

DETROIT — The Tigers and Rays started an hour earlier than usual Sunday afternoon to help mitigate the traffic jam with the Lions opening their football season next door at Ford Field. By the end, the toughest jams they had to endure were on their own bases. The Tigers were six outs away from a

BOT 3 TB 0 DET 1 Result of at-bat Victor Reyes’ RBI single Batter: Victor Reyes Pitcher: Luis Patino

DETROIT — Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said before Saturday’s 7-2 loss to the Rays that he had an innings count in mind for Casey Mize. That was before a three-run, 35-pitch second inning that pushed Mize’s pitch count to 48 and brought Bryan Garcia out of the bullpen for the third inning. These are the

Here’s a look at Saturday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Rays: Shane Baz, RHP (MLB No. 20), Triple-A DurhamBaz kept his phenomenal season rolling with 10 strikeouts over six innings, allowing one run on three hits in Game 2 of Durham’s doubleheader. The 2017 Draft first-rounder tied his career-high

TOP 2 TB 1 DET 0 Result of at-bat Zunino drives in Wendle Batter: Mike Zunino Pitcher: Casey Mize 09/11/21

DETROIT — Jean-Luc has grown up a Tigers fan in North Carolina through his dad, and dreamed of going to a game and watching Miguel Cabrera bat. Like his favorite team, the 16-year-old knows a thing or two about defying expectations. When Jean-Luc was very young, he was diagnosed with autism, hypotonia, ocular albinism and

DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera made an out for the first time since Tuesday. He struck out for the first time in September. But while Cabrera’s hit streak was over, the Rays’ troubles with Tigers hitters wasn’t. Two pitches after the Tigers lost their replay case for a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, Jonathan Schoop cleared the bases instead

DETROIT — Hall of Famer Jack Morris returned to the broadcast booth at Comerica Park on Friday, rejoining the Bally Sports Detroit television crew for the Rays-Tigers telecast after missing 10 games following remarks he made during a Tigers-Angels broadcast last month. Morris had been suspended for comments he made on the air regarding the