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Rocket Mortgage, part of Rocket Companies, along with the Detroit Tigers, today announced a robust, multi-year partnership – making the nation’s largest home lender the Exclusive Mortgage Partner of the Tigers. As part of the collaboration, Rocket Mortgage will also be the Presenting Sponsor of Detroit Tigers Opening Day at Comerica Park on April 8.

LAKELAND, Fla. — For a minute, the battle between Matt Manning and Bo Bichette looked like the same pitch on a loop: Manning throwing a fastball, Bichette fouling it off. It happened on four consecutive pitches, and five times in a nine-pitch at-bat. “It was hard to come off the heater,” Manning said after the

TAMPA, Fla. — The start of Tarik Skubal’s first outing of the spring looked like several of his starts last season. Aaron Judge couldn’t catch him with his 96 mph fastball on the third day of Grapefruit League play, then Joey Gallo took a called third strike at 96 mph to end the inning. Then

LAKELAND, Fla. — Michael Pineda was a hard-throwing, dynamic young hurler, an All-Star and a Rookie of the Year candidate 11 years and three teams ago. He was a 207-strikeout pitcher six years ago. It feels like a lot longer for both. He has been through plenty since then, including rotator cuff surgery that cost

BRADENTON, Fla. — Welcome to Detroit, Javier Báez. Well, the Grapefruit League warmup for Detroit, anyway. Báez has technically been a Tiger for a few months, having inked a six-year deal on Dec. 1, 2021, but Saturday marked his first official game action for the Olde English D. Because first impressions are important, Tigers fans

Veteran right-hander Michael Pineda has reached a one-year deal with the Tigers, a source told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi on Friday night. The club has not confirmed the news. Pineda is coming off a solid age-32 season with the Twins. He missed some time due to injury — including right elbow inflammation and a left

LAKELAND, Fla. — One of the cooler parts of Justin Verlander’s rise to an elite pitcher with the Tigers over a decade ago were the gestures he showed to catchers who helped along the way. After throwing his second no-hitter against the Blue Jays in 2011, he gave his catcher, Alex Avila, a luxury watch

LAKELAND, Fla. — Eduardo Rodriguez’s first start as a Tiger will be the unofficial holiday that is Opening Day in Detroit. Manager A.J. Hinch announced Friday that the left-hander is scheduled to start their regular-season opener April 8 against the White Sox at Comerica Park. The decision, Hinch said, came early in the offseason, shortly

LAKELAND, Fla. — Andrew Chafin is never going to try to complicate his ability to run out of a bullpen and throw a baseball. “Oh, probably a decent sinker and a good slider,” he said. “No, no, I guess I’ve been around a little bit now, and if you want to say wisdom or something

At long last, we are ready to unveil MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects list. And with a full Minor League season in 2021, there are sure to be plenty of changes in this year’s list compared to a year ago. With graduations, performances and an influx of new talent via the Draft and international signings,

The brand new Top 100 Prospects list has arrived! The list, which features a new No. 1 overall prospect in Bobby Witt Jr., has representatives from 28 clubs and is loaded with elite talent. Once again, hitters dominate the list as there are 71 position players listed. After the 29 pitchers named, shortstops (24) are

LAKELAND, Fla. — While the Tigers introduced new reliever Andrew Chafin on Thursday, executive vice president and general manager Al Avila continued his search for more pitching help, particularly a starter. It has not been easy. “I think we’ve taken care of most of our needs,” Avila said. “Obviously, the injury to [Spencer] Turnbull and

It’s that time of year again. With the 2022 baseball season right around the corner, MLB Pipeline has spent the past week breaking down the game’s top 10 prospects by position and unveiling its annual Top 100 Prospects list. Now, it’s time to dig deeper. Featuring many of the game’s future young stars, the Top

The breakout players of 2021 included pitchers such as Julio Urías, Carlos Rodón, Logan Webb, Freddy Peralta and Trevor Rogers. Who will be the next wave in 2022? MLB.com picked out a group of young pitchers to keep an eye on. All of them have the potential to have a big year this season. Here

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2022 Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com on Saturday at 11 a.m. ET. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Once again the list of baseball’s top 10 outfield prospects

LAKELAND, Fla. — The second pitch of Michael Fulmer’s live batting practice session against hitters Wednesday morning sent Willi Castro swinging so hard that he fell over as he missed, leaving both of them laughing as Tigers teammates reacted. It was an offspeed pitch as Castro went hunting for Fulmer’s fastball. It was a reminder

Free-agent left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal, with an opt-out after 2022, with the Tigers, a source told MLB.com’s Jason Beck. The club has not confirmed. Chafin pitched for the Cubs and A’s last season, compiling a 1.83 ERA and five saves over 77 appearances.

Theresa Randleman’s work in programming and production opened her eyes to an unfortunate truth. While helping coordinate live events, Randleman said many young women went to inappropriate lengths while trying to advance in the music and entertainment industry. “Unfortunately, I began to see more and more young females that didn’t seem to have value in

LAKELAND, Fla. — It turns out Dan Dickerson has his version of “The Voice of the Turtle” that the great Ernie Harwell recited on the first broadcast of every Spring Training to denote the new season. It’s just that nobody asked him about it for the last 20 years. It’s a line from B.J. Phillips

LAKELAND, Fla. — Righty Alex Faedo tries to keep a positive personality. He has tried to look at his Tommy John surgery and the last 14 months of recovery as a blessing. But even the Tigers’ No. 15 prospect had his tough times last year. His teammates and good friends, Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal,