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DETROIT — The sight of Miguel Cabrera rumbling around third base trying to score from second on a single on Tuesday night looked like a flashback. He was notorious for running through stop signs thrown up by third-base coaches during his younger, spryer years, but he hadn’t attempted to score from second this season, stop

Bot 2 TEX 1 DET 1 Result of AB  Miguel Cabrera’s sac fly  AB: Miguel Cabrera | P: Martin Perez

The Tigers’ starting rotation took a blow on Tuesday, when Opening Day starter Eduardo Rodriguez was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left index finger pulley rupture. The team also placed outfielder Matt Vierling on the 10-day injured list with low back soreness. Both moves are retroactive to Monday. Rodriguez has been one of

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. DETROIT — Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris sounded bold in March when he discussed acquiring Zach McKinstry from the Cubs. “Zach has dominated Minor League pitching since

DETROIT — Lisa Gray remembers moving to the United States and immediately feeling out of place. Born in Beijing, China, Gray worked at BBC in London for six years before moving to Michigan in 1998, when her husband got a new job. According to Gray, adjusting to a new life in the United States was

While players continue to move up and down Draft boards, and MLB Pipeline expands its 2023 Draft rankings to 200 names, there appears to be one certainty as etched in stone as anything Draft-related can be: There’s a clear top five in this class. Crews has been the top prospect since the Top 100 was

DETROIT — The Tigers have a challenge on their hands battling the AL West-leading Rangers this series. But they had their chances to give some of that pressure back. One day after Eric Haase won Sunday’s game for Detroit with a 10th-inning walk-off sacrifice fly, he stepped to the plate on Monday afternoon against Nathan

Top 4 TEX 0 DET 0 Result of AB Ibáñez makes the stop at first AB: Corey Seager | P: Matthew Boyd

DETROIT — Among the bells and whistles the Tigers put on for Kids Day games at Comerica Park are kid-drawn sketches of players, shown on the scoreboard instead of their usual profile pictures when they come up to bat. One child’s drawing on Sunday had Riley Greene flying through the air in a cape with

Top 3 CWS 1 DET 0 Result of AB Romy González’s solo homer (1) AB: Romy Gonzalez | P: Eduardo Rodriguez

DETROIT — Tigers No. 2 prospect Colt Keith went to his manager at Double-A Erie, former Tigers third baseman Gabe Alvarez, last month and told him he wanted to become a better defender at third base. So they sat in Alvarez’s office and watched video of a Hall of Famer. “When I was playing, I

DETROIT — There were 24,685 fans who filled Comerica Park on Saturday afternoon, and for 5 2/3 innings, Michael Lorenzen had them on the edges of their seats. Lorenzen took a perfect-game bid into the sixth in a 7-3 win over the White Sox, retiring the first 17 batters he faced only to allow a

Bot 2 CWS 0 DET 1 Result of AB Andy Ibáñez’s RBI single  AB: Andy Ibanez | P: Jesse Scholtens

DETROIT — Joey Wentz has continued to throw strikes through his recent struggles. Though the Tigers’ left-hander has had occasional bouts of walks, he has never shown fear of attacking the zone. On Friday, when asked about his performance in a 12-3 loss to the White Sox, he threw a strike at himself. “I thought

Top 1 CWS 1 DET 0 Result of AB Andrew Vaughn’s RBI double AB: Andrew Vaughn | P: Joey Wentz

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. Zack Short can sometimes seem like a forgotten man on the Tigers roster. He has started just six games since being called up from Triple-A Toledo a month ago,

DETROIT — It has been more than eight years since Soh Suzuki actively served as co-founder and coordinator of the Detroit Asian Youth (DAY) Project, but the 45-year-old still views his time with the community-based initiative as an enlightening experience. “We wrapped up our work in 2015,” said Soh, who currently works as an operations

DETROIT — Scott Harris and A.J. Hinch have been preaching the value of dominating the strike zone — for hitters and pitchers — since Harris was hired as the Tigers’ president of baseball operations late last season. Tigers hitters drew seven walks off an opposing pitcher for the first time since 2012. They did so

Top 5 CWS 2 DET 4 Result of AB Alex Faedo In play, run(s) to Gavin Sheets AB: Gavin Sheets | P: Alex Faedo

DETROIT — Among the iconic brands associated with Michigan are the classic Old English D of the Detroit Tigers and the ubiquitous, all-encompassing Meijer stores. “That is some kind of store,” former manager Ron Gardenhire marveled after paying a visit shortly after taking the job in Detroit in 2018. So when the Tigers went looking