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The Minor League season is a little more than a month old and has featured plenty of pleasant developments. Orioles outfielder Heston Kjerstad is showing that his Arizona Fall League performance was real, while Pirates catcher Henry Davis and Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker are putting their rocky AFL runs behind them. Recovered from back problems

Top 1 DET 1 CLE 0 Result of AB Riley Greene’s RBI groundout AB: Riley Greene | P: Peyton Battenfield

CLEVELAND — Michael Lorenzen spent his first seven seasons in Cincinnati, watching Javier Báez make plays at shortstop from the other side of the National League Central. He doesn’t remember it fondly. “I used to hate Javy,” he said. “Being in Cincinnati and having to play against him, I couldn’t stand it.” He’d see the

Three players separated themselves from the rest in the 2013 Draft. Stanford right-hander Mark Appel had been a first-rounder the year before but declined to sign with the Pirates. San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant outhomered 223 of the 296 NCAA Division I teams all by himself. Oklahoma righty Jon Gray drew Gerrit Cole comparisons

Top 3 DET 0 CLE 1 Result of AB Will Brennan’s outfield assist AB: Spencer Torkelson | P: Shane Bieber

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 3-2 pitch in Justyn-Henry Malloy’s first-inning at-bat Sunday afternoon for Triple-A Toledo drew a rare called third strike on the sharp-eyed Tigers prospect. With runners at the corners and

CLEVELAND — The Tigers’ hockey-themed home-run celebration finally got to Andy Ibáñez on Monday. He knows very little about hockey, but he relished it. “I never played hockey,” he said in English, adding through translator Carlos Guillen that he knows nothing about the sport. Still, Ibáñez said of the ill-fitting helmet, “It feels pretty good.”

Top 1 DET 0 CLE 0 Result of AB Andrés Giménez’s slick play AB: Riley Greene | P: Tanner Bibee

Most great pitchers have that pitch. You know the one – whether it’s a high-octane fastball, a wipeout slider or a really good 12-6 curve, it’s the pitch that dominates the discussion around that player’s arsenal and, if all goes well, remains iconic for years to come. You’re probably already thinking of a few. And

ST. LOUIS — The Detroit Tigers went from an extreme high to an extreme low in the same inning on Sunday. After plating five runs in the top of the sixth, four of which came on a Jake Rogers grand slam, the Tigers gave it all back in the bottom of the frame as the

Bot 1 DET 0 STL 1 Result of AB Goldschmidt’s solo dinger (5) AB: Paul Goldschmidt | P: Alex Faedo

ST. LOUIS — Akil Baddoo doubled in Jonathan Schoop in the top of the 10th inning as the Tigers defeated the Cardinals 6-5 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory. Baddoo drove the ball the opposite way and over the head of St. Louis left fielder Alec Burleson. Detroit scored three runs in the seventh

Top 1 DET 0 STL 0 Result of AB Wainwright’s first K of the year AB: Riley Greene | P: Adam Wainwright

ST. LOUIS — Baseball can be a game of inches. There were three such plays as the Tigers took on the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Friday night. Two went the Tigers’ way and the other didn’t. That extra inch helped Detroit to escape with a 5-4 win, running the team’s winning streak