Detroit Tigers

DETROIT — The Tigers and Rays started an hour earlier than usual Sunday afternoon to help mitigate the traffic jam with the Lions opening their football season next door at Ford Field. By the end, the toughest jams they had to endure were on their own bases. The Tigers were six outs away from a

BOT 3 TB 0 DET 1 Result of at-bat Victor Reyes’ RBI single Batter: Victor Reyes Pitcher: Luis Patino

DETROIT — Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said before Saturday’s 7-2 loss to the Rays that he had an innings count in mind for Casey Mize. That was before a three-run, 35-pitch second inning that pushed Mize’s pitch count to 48 and brought Bryan Garcia out of the bullpen for the third inning. These are the

Here’s a look at Saturday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Rays: Shane Baz, RHP (MLB No. 20), Triple-A DurhamBaz kept his phenomenal season rolling with 10 strikeouts over six innings, allowing one run on three hits in Game 2 of Durham’s doubleheader. The 2017 Draft first-rounder tied his career-high

TOP 2 TB 1 DET 0 Result of at-bat Zunino drives in Wendle Batter: Mike Zunino Pitcher: Casey Mize 09/11/21

DETROIT — Jean-Luc has grown up a Tigers fan in North Carolina through his dad, and dreamed of going to a game and watching Miguel Cabrera bat. Like his favorite team, the 16-year-old knows a thing or two about defying expectations. When Jean-Luc was very young, he was diagnosed with autism, hypotonia, ocular albinism and

DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera made an out for the first time since Tuesday. He struck out for the first time in September. But while Cabrera’s hit streak was over, the Rays’ troubles with Tigers hitters wasn’t. Two pitches after the Tigers lost their replay case for a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, Jonathan Schoop cleared the bases instead

DETROIT — Hall of Famer Jack Morris returned to the broadcast booth at Comerica Park on Friday, rejoining the Bally Sports Detroit television crew for the Rays-Tigers telecast after missing 10 games following remarks he made during a Tigers-Angels broadcast last month. Morris had been suspended for comments he made on the air regarding the

TOP 5 TB 1 DET 0 Result of at-bat Joey Wendle’s RBI single Batter: Joey Wendle Pitcher: Tyler Alexander

DETROIT — Just as Matthew Boyd had gotten back into the heart of the Tigers’ rotation for the stretch run, he could be out for the rest of this season, if not longer. The left-hander was scratched from his scheduled start Friday night against the Rays with recurring elbow soreness. It’s the same issue that

As a companion piece to last week’s look at the hottest-hitting prospect in each organization, we present each system’s pitching prospect who is performing the best down the stretch. There are some big names here, including three Top 100 Prospects, but 15 of the arms noted below rank in the bottom half of our team

On Monday, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 40th home run, the first of what will presumably be many seasons in which he reaches that mark. (His previous high? 15. To be fair, he is 22 years old.) Forty is a big number, and harder to reach than you might think. Cal Ripken Jr. never did

PITTSBURGH — Miguel Cabrera used to try to hit batting practice homers out of PNC Park and into the Allegheny River. That was years ago. The past two nights, he has sprayed hits around the field in a streak never seen in his illustrious career. Cabrera’s 4-for-4 game Wednesday night included three RBI hits, building

TOP 1 DET 1 PIT 0 Result of at-bat Miguel Cabrera’s RBI double Batter: Miguel Cabrera Pitcher: Mitch Keller

PITTSBURGH — What was once a hope that the Tigers could get catcher Jake Rogers back by season’s end is now a fear that he could be out for much of next year. Rogers underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Wednesday. Manager A.J. Hinch, who announced the news, had already all but

PITTSBURGH — The future of the Tigers lineup isn’t far off. Maybe not so much on the map, where Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene crushed home runs for Triple-A Toledo on the road in Iowa, a long way from PNC Park. But the more the Tigers’ top two prospects slug for the Mud Hens, the

BOT 1 DET 0 PIT 1 Result of at-bat Colin Moran’s sacrifice fly  Batter: Colin Moran Pitcher: Wily Peralta

PITTSBURGH — If there was any question about Spencer Torkelson’s future position in Detroit as he settles in at first base at Triple-A Toledo down the stretch this season, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch seemed to take care of it Tuesday. Asked on MLB Network Radio about the versatility of his infielders and where Jonathan Schoop

PITTSBURGH — The velocity with which Tarik Skubal fired his glove off the dugout wall might have rivaled his hardest fastball during the 28-pitch opening inning that preceded his rare flash of anger Monday afternoon at PNC Park. It was an emotion that continued in the Tigers’ 6-3 loss to the Pirates. This was a

BOT 1 DET 0 PIT 2 Result of at-bat Kevin Newman’s two-run home run  Batter: Kevin Newman Pitcher: Tarik Skubal