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DETROIT — Empowering the next generation of women is all in a day’s work for Jill Harris. Since June 2016, Harris has served as the executive director for Women of Tomorrow Metro Detroit, a non-profit organization that provides mentoring and scholarship opportunities for at-risk high school girls. “We help young women turn into mature and

Knocking on the door. A phone call away. We’ve all heard the axioms surrounding playing at the Triple-A level. And while it’s true players can get called up from any level to help the big league club out, more often than not, the calls are made to teams’ Triple-A affiliates. It’s a level that’s often

ST. PETERSBURG — The Opening Day crowd at Tropicana Field had its fair share of Tigers fans, a combination of late spring breakers and Michigan snowbirds getting an extension to their Spring Training vibes. Most of the fans who sold out the dome were Rays fans. All of them seemed to band together and cheer

Bot 3 DET 0 TB 1 Result of AB Jose Siri’s epic homer (1) AB: Jose Siri | P: Eduardo Rodriguez

Way back during the Winter Meetings, just a couple months into his tenure as Tigers president of baseball operations, Scott Harris laid out his vision for Detroit’s roster. “One thing we won’t waver on is we’re going to invest in our young players,” Harris said in December. “We are going to earmark at-bats and innings

No matter how much teams prepare as Opening Day nears, there’s always an unknown or two — or five — that remain. As we build up to the start of a new regular season, each MLB.com beat reporter highlights one great unknown for their club. Blue Jays: Ricky TiedemannThe Blue Jays’ prized prospect is ranked

ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays have reached the postseason each of the past four years, the longest streak in franchise history. But they’ve been knocked out in their first series in each of the past two years following a run to the World Series in 2020. So Tampa Bay’s goal heading into Thursday afternoon’s Opening

1. Gunnar Henderson, 3B, BAL — Baltimore (MLB)2. Corbin Carroll, OF, ARI — Arizona (MLB)3. Francisco Álvarez, C, NYM — Syracuse (Triple-A)4. Jordan Walker, OF, STL — St. Louis (MLB)5. Anthony Volpe, SS, NYY — New York (MLB)6. Andrew Painter, RHP, PHI — Injured (elbow)7. Grayson Rodriguez, RHP, BAL — Norfolk (Triple-A)8. Jackson Chourio, OF,

LAKELAND, Fla. — Former Central Michigan Chippewa Zach McKinstry is headed back to the state. The Tigers acquired the left-handed hitter and versatile infielder from the Cubs on Monday in exchange for Minor League reliever Carlos Guzman. The trade was part of a series of moves Monday that brought Detroit closer to finalizing its Opening

The Tigers entered 2021 with low expectations, made lower after a miserable first month, then played better the rest of the way for a 77-win season. That raised expectations for ’22, then everything went wrong and they lost 96 games. This year’s Tigers should be able to find a middle ground. While president of baseball

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 have long been a popular team in Latin America, not just due to Miguel Cabrera but because of fellow Venezuelan greats Magglio Ordóñez, Carlos Guillén and Anibal Sánchez before him. Now,

Opening Day is upon us, and with it comes the celebration of a new Major League season. One of the biggest questions surrounding each of the 30 MLB clubs heading into Thursday’s season opener is: What will the very first starting lineup of the regular season look like? With the help of each MLB.com beat

LAKELAND, Fla. — The last time Trevor Rosenthal faced Major League hitters, he was pitching in the 2020 NLCS at Globe Life Field in Texas. Corey Seager was among the Dodgers hitters he faced, and the Padres relievers who pitched before him included Luis Patiño and Matt Strahm. That was 2 1/2 years and two

But the thing is: Those teams can survive their absences. They’ll miss those players, of course, but they can get by. Need proof? It was just two seasons ago that the Braves lost superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. to a season-ending knee injury in July … And went on to win the World Series. But as