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Sunday was graduation day at Prospect University. Any player who began the season with zero Major League experience and cracked an Opening Day roster exceeded the 45-day rookie standard on Sunday. That makes this as good a time as any to make some alterations to the MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospect rankings. With Yankees shortstop

DETROIT — Nick Maton’s struggle to hit the breaking ball has been well-chronicled. So maybe it was fitting that the Tigers completed their comeback Sunday when the breaking ball hit him. It’s more ironic than iconic. But when the Tigers needed to avoid a series sweep to the Mariners, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch is just as

Bot 1 PIT 0 DET 1 Result of AB Javier Báez’s RBI single  AB: Javier Baez | P: Luis L. Ortiz

Top 3 SEA 1 DET 1 Result of AB J.P. Crawford scores on a balk AB: Julio Rodriguez | P: Joey Wentz

ERIE, Pa. — The words of encouragement from Dillon Dingler provided a soundtrack as Sawyer Gipson-Long warmed up for his start Thursday in the SeaWolves bullpen at UPMC Park. “Good one,” Dingler said as he pointed out after one pitch. “That was sick,” he said after another one. Once the pitches counted, Dingler, Detroit’s no.

DETROIT — The exasperation on Alex Faedo’s face after watching Jarred Kelenic’s home run clear Comerica Park’s right-field fence provided the snapshot of Faedo’s Saturday afternoon. The Tigers right-hander had spotted a fastball up and in, an area where Kelenic traditionally doesn’t do damage, only to watch the Mariners slugger turn on it anyway. No wonder

Top 1 SEA 0 DET 0 Result of AB Andy Ibáñez’s tenacious catch AB: J.P. Crawford | P: Alex Faedo

DETROIT — Pitching for the Mariners in the postseason last fall was the dream for Matthew Boyd, the pride of Mercer Island, Wash.  Starting for the Tigers is a new day for Boyd, trying to prove he can be an effective member of a Major League rotation again after the flexor tendon in his left

Top 1 SEA 1 DET 0 Result of AB Jarred Kelenic’s RBI single AB: Jarred Kelenic | P: Matthew Boyd

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. The Tigers’ hockey-themed home-run celebration includes not just the helmet and stick, but giant hockey gloves. Put those on the hands of a Major League hitter, and the baseball

Are the top 5 players in the Draft in their own, very high tier? And are they better than any year since 2011? A’s falling to pick #6 in Draft Lottery is some bad, bad luck — @dhb38 There’s a clear top five in terms of 2023 Draft talent, with Louisiana State teammates Dylan Crews

DETROIT — Dr. Su McKeithen-Polish never thought she would be living in the United States.   “When I was around 10 years old, my mom remarried an American diplomat,” said McKeithen-Polish, who was born and raised in Thailand. “He was stationed in Laos. But when the Communists took over in 1975, the American families left —

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CLEVELAND — The best praise for a dominant pitcher often doesn’t come from the pitcher himself, but from the hitter who has to face him, or the catcher who has to catch him. The way Eduardo Rodriguez is rolling, however, the best view might come from the center fielder. Riley Greene established himself as a Tigers