Detroit Tigers

Our annual attempt to rank all of the year’s graduated rookies based on their long-term career value is more difficult than usual. The top spot is easy. Rays shortstop Wander Franco went from baseball’s No. 1 prospect to reaching base in 43 consecutive games, tying Frank Robinson’s record for big leaguers age 20 or younger.

As the 2021 Minor League season went into the books, some players entered their names in bold. A 21-year-old shortstop displaying elite abilities with all five tools. A hard-throwing righty with a changeup even better than his upper-90s fastball. A 2017 first-rounder who catapulted himself to the bigs on a barrage of extra-base hits. Minor

DETROIT — The long, grueling Tigers rebuild is finally yielding results. Now comes the next step, after a 75-87 season that marked Detroit’s best record in five years. “Obviously, the next goal is to get above .500,” manager A.J. Hinch said in a media session Tuesday at Comerica Park. “And then you go as far

Naomi Howrani was three years into a good job when she looked around and thought she might want to do something different. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Howrani moved to Washington, D.C., to work in consulting. The sort of job that sets you up well. Not one many people leave to go work

There wasn’t just final day drama surrounding the playoff race in Major League Baseball. It trickled all the way down to the bottom end of the standings, where Sunday’s games determined who will have the No. 1 pick in the 2022 Draft.  With the D-backs winning their final contest of the year and the Orioles

CHICAGO — While the Tigers took their last at-bats, packed up and headed home Sunday, the White Sox readied for more baseball. The contrast wasn’t lost on Detroit’s young players, before and after Sunday’s season-ending 5-2 win at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox are where the Tigers are trying to get, atop the American League

That can-opening mishap feels like years ago now. So does Spencer Torkelson’s 1-for-27 Spring Training. As the former top overall Draft pick puts a lid on his first pro season — a year that began with Torkelson looking a bit out of his comfort zone, and not simply for adjusting to third base — the

TOP 1 DET 1 CWS 0 Result of at-bat Eric Haase’s RBI double Batter: Eric Haase Pitcher: Dylan Cease

CHICAGO — The last time a Tigers pitcher made three consecutive starts against the same opponent, Milt Wilcox faced the Brewers thrice in 13 days in the summer of 1978. He shut out the Brewers with nine strikeouts in the first meeting, then gave up five earned runs on nine hits in each of the

TOP 1 DET 0 CWS 0 Result of at-bat DET@CWS Batter: Miguel Cabrera Pitcher: Lucas Giolito 10/02/21

CHICAGO — Joe Jiménez was admittedly caught by surprise when he didn’t make the Tigers’ bullpen out of Spring Training, but he put in the work, changed his game and made it back. Then, just as he was delivering some of his best work of the summer, he came down with COVID-19 around Labor Day

CHICAGO — The boos rained down from White Sox fans at Guaranteed Rate Field after Wily Peralta’s second-inning fastball hit César Hernández on his right elbow Friday night, four days after the Tigers and Sox cleared the benches at Comerica Park. This time, there was no reaction, no belief there was intent against a second

Here’s a look at Friday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Tigers: Riley Greene, OF (MLB No. 7), Triple-A ToledoGreene had an all-around solid day at the plate, clubbing his 24th homer and 25th double of the year while driving in two, scoring twice and walking once. The Tigers’ No.

BOT 3 DET 0 CWS 1 Result of at-bat José Abreu’s solo home run Batter: Jose Abreu Pitcher: Wily Peralta

CHICAGO — The Tigers resumed their acquaintance with the White Sox on Friday with plenty of focus still on the 97 mph fastball from Alex Lange that hit José Abreu on the left elbow. But as Detroit wraps up its season this weekend, it’s Lange’s changeup that is raising eyebrows. It’s the changeup that the

MINNEAPOLIS — The emphatic slam of the rosin bag from Tarik Skubal summed up his night as Josh Donaldson pummeled his 96 mph fastball and sent it to the left-field seats. It was the Twins’ second home run off the Tigers’ left-hander, and they added one more off Skubal before his season finale ended. In

BOT 1 DET 0 MIN 1 Result of at-bat Byron Buxton’s leadoff home run Batter: Byron Buxton Pitcher: Tarik Skubal

MINNEAPOLIS — Zack Short doesn’t know if his chances at the Tigers’ shortstop job has passed him by. He doesn’t know if Ryan Kreidler’s rise through the system puts his future in Detroit in question. What he does know are the lessons that he has learned from his ride on the Detroit-Toledo shuttle this year,

MLB Pipeline has selected position and pitching prospects of the year for each of the 30 organizations below, based on their performance this season in the Minor Leagues. Players must have spent at least half of the year in the Minors and appeared on their team’s Top 30 Prospects list to qualify. We didn’t hand

MINNEAPOLIS — The mound visit from Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter after just four batters was an obviously bad sign for Casey Mize‘s 30th and final start of the season. The former top overall pick had given up back-to-back singles, a three-run home run, then another single. Fetter’s trip wasn’t to let Mize catch his