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Edwin Jackson announced his retirement from baseball on his Instagram account Friday, which happened to be the 19th anniversary of his MLB debut and his 39th birthday. The right-hander played for 14 teams, a Major League record, over his 17-year career. “I’m super grateful to have had 14 different organizations allow me the opportunity to

KANSAS CITY — Like most big league ballparks, Kauffman Stadium features a Kiss Cam among its between-innings promotions. As its final shot on Friday, it caught a male Tigers fan refusing to kiss a female Royals fan, who proceeded to pour a beverage on his head as the crowd roared. Apparently, it was scripted. Joey

A pitch timer, limits on defensive shifts and bigger bases are coming to Major League Baseball in 2023. Following recent experiments in the Minor Leagues, the recently formed Joint Competition Committee voted Friday in favor of three rule changes aimed at improving pace of play, action and safety at the MLB level. The pitch timer,

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 day Josh Crouch appeared on MLB Pipeline’s Tigers prospect rankings last month, High-A West Michigan development coach Nick Bredeson called him into the office. Bredeson has worked with

All 30 nominees, including 16 first-time honorees, for the 2022 Roberto Clemente Award were announced by Major League Baseball on MLB Network on Thursday. 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 contributions,

ANAHEIM — Ryan Kreidler couldn’t have asked for a better time or place to hit his first career home run. Less than a week after he was called up, the Davis, Calif., native followed Kerry Carpenter’s game-tying ninth-inning homer by taking José Quijada’s pitch over the left-center-field wall — much to the delight of his

There will be a little more magic at next spring’s World Baseball Classic. On Wednesday, Javier “El Mago” Báez committed to represent Puerto Rico in the tournament. The infielder previously played for Puerto Rico in 2017, when the squad finished second after losing to the United States in the finals. Though Báez has struggled with

When disasters strike, first responders are specially trained to be the first to arrive on the scene, provide aid and protect the well-being of our communities. They run toward an event rather than away, facing unique risks and challenges to ensure the safety of others. To express gratitude and show appreciation for first responders, the

ANAHEIM — In his first season with the Tigers, neither veteran shortstop Javier Báez nor the Tigers have benefited from the type of success that made him a star for the first eight seasons of his career. The club saw a glimpse of that on Tuesday night, but as the Tigers found out in the

ANAHEIM — You always remember your first strikeout. That’s undoubtedly true for all pitchers, but in the unique case of Tigers infielder Kody Clemens, he definitely won’t ever forget his. On Monday night, Clemens came in with Detroit on the wrong end of an eventual 10-0 loss to the Angels at Angel Stadium. Spelling manager

Roger Clemens struck out 4,672 batters over his 24-year MLB career, good enough for third-most all time. But his son, Kody, might have just one-upped The Rocket. Kody Clemens, an infielder by trade, took the mound for the Tigers in the eighth inning of their 10-0 loss to the Angels on Monday night at Angel

DETROIT — The slider from Gregory Soto came in biting on Royals rookie sensation Bobby Witt Jr., but not quite as hard as Soto or catcher Tucker Barnhart might have wanted it. It came in at the knees, but out over the plate, where Witt connected for a hard-hit ground ball through the left side

DETROIT — Ryan Kreidler scorched the first pitch he saw as a Major League hitter Friday night for a line-drive with a 73 percent hit probability, but it went right at a shifted infielder. He recorded two walks, two runs scored and a sacrifice fly before he could celebrate his first Major League hit. So

DETROIT — Mark Kreidler caught plenty of red-eye flights when he crossed the country covering Tony Gwynn and the Padres years ago, and again as a columnist in Northern California. So when he and his wife, Colleen, got a call from their son, Ryan, that the Tigers were calling him up for his Major League

DETROIT — The sight of Austin Meadows doing running and agility drills on the field at Comerica Park on Friday afternoon was a familiar one; the Tigers outfielder has been working out daily before most of the team arrives as he rehabs from Achilles issues. The mental struggles of a difficult season, however, had been

DETROIT — The Tigers have invested millions into the study of advanced metrics and analytics. Still, it’s understandable that the recurrence of the number zero can feel like a pattern. Thursday’s 7-0 loss to the Mariners at Comerica Park marked the MLB-leading 18th time the Tigers have been shut out this year. “It’s only that

We’ve seen some of the top prospects in baseball ascend to the big leagues in 2022, with many organizations’ No. 1 guys graduating and changing the prospect landscape. That is, after all, the objective, right? Getting prospects to the Major Leagues? There should be more of that in 2023, of course, which led us to

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. Ryan Kreidler didn’t allow himself to use the word “frustrated” to describe his injury-plagued season when he talked about it in Toledo a couple weeks ago. “It’s been a

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.  So, this week at The

They’re not going to play every day, with the notable exception of Greene, but they’re going to play enough to show what they can do. Ideally, they’ll play enough for the Tigers to evaluate them for next season. For manager A.J. Hinch, that involves not just playing enough to compile stats, but enough to make