Detroit — Who knows what the Tigers’ rotation might look like in a couple of weeks. After they lost the rubber match to the Royals 3-2 Sunday, manager AJ Hinch announced that veteran right-hander Michael Pineda, who was signed for one year and made $5.5 million and made just 11 starts, was being designated for assignment. “Nothing
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The Detroit Tigers saved the game and squandered it, all in the eighth inning Sunday against the Kansas City Royals. The defense — left-fielder Victor Reyes, shortstop Javier Báez and catcher Tucker Barnhart — executed a relay to perfection to get a K.C. runner at the plate, but on the next play, a hard-hit ball got past
On those back lots at TigerTown, the training grounds that make Lakeland, Florida, the Tigers’ minor-league headquarters, a MLB team’s freshest prospects can be seen most summer days collected at a quadrant of four fields. The workouts and intra-squad games sometimes give way to one of the fields hosting a Florida Complex League game. And
Ah, the Gage Workman vigil can be tough — on all parties. The Tigers aren’t complaining. They saw those three home runs last week, in three successive games against Double-A Bowie, which was part of a 10-game stretch in which Workman, 22, hit five homers, four doubles, and a triple. Not bad when you’re a switch-hitter
Detroit — When your son is a professional baseball player and he FaceTimes you in the middle of his game — well, what the heck are you supposed to think? “My mom answered with the most confused face ever,” Josh Lester said. These are the stories that more than brighten the dullest, darkest Septembers for a
After tonight’s game, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters that the club is going to place Miguel Cabrera on the 10-day injured list with a left biceps strain. Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic was among those to relay the news on Twitter. Infielder/outfielder Josh Lester will be called up to take his place on the
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 — Miguel Cabrera wasn’t in the starting lineup Saturday night, nor was he seen on the bench. The intrigue was a welcome diversion from the Detroit Tigers’ stultifying 12-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “He’s going to see the doctor at 5 p.m.,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game. “He’s feeling
Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera didn’t appear healthy while walking back to the dugout after his strikeout in the fifth inning Friday against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Turns out, Cabrera injured his left bicep and will miss at least 10-14 days. The Tigers placed the 39-year-old on the 10-day injured list
The Detroit Tigers were already trailing by eight runs when catcher Tucker Barnhart — still searching for his first home run this season — stepped to the plate in the fifth inning against Kansas City Royals rookie starter Jonathan Heasley. On a second-pitch fastball, Barnhart unleashed his most powerful swing of the year and drove the
Detroit — Miguel Cabrera wasn’t in the starting lineup Saturday night, nor was he seen on the bench. The intrigue was a welcome diversion from the Detroit Tigers’ stultifying 12-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. “He’s going to see the doctor at 5 p.m.,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game. “He’s feeling
Alex Lange promises he isn’t fatigued. “I’m ready to go,” he said. But Lange’s results since the All-Star break suggest something isn’t right. The Detroit Tigers‘ right-handed reliever has allowed 16 earned runs with nine walks and 25 strikeouts over his past 16 innings (18 games). Lange is still getting whiffs when he throws his
Detroit — The discrepancy is a little jarring, even if not exactly unprecedented. The Tigers’ Gregory Soto certainly isn’t the only closer in baseball to struggle more in non-save situations than in save situations. But his struggles are noteworthy. In save situations, like Friday night when he struck out three hitters to lock down the
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 — On a night when a rookie making his big-league debut brought palpable energy to a team that has been dragging listlessly through these last few weeks, some of the veteran warhorses seemed rejuvenated. “You have to do a lot of things to win games at this level and we did a lot on
Detroit Tigers utility man Harold Castro is known for his singles. He came off the bench Friday — pinch-hitting for Miguel Cabrera — and, indeed, singled to drive in the game-winning run with two strikes and two outs in the seventh inning. The Tigers won, 5-4, in the first of three games against the Kansas City Royals
Detroit Tigers (50-81) vs. Kansas City Royals (53-79) When: 7:10 p.m. Friday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; other radio affiliates). ⋅ BOX SCORE First-pitch weather forecast: Sunny, 82 degrees. Probable starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Drew Hutchison (2-7, 4.01 ERA) vs. Royals LHP Daniel Lynch (4-9, 4.70 ERA). MORE: A new
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 — Unless you’ve struggled with mental illness, especially if you struggled with it in the public glare, you can’t know the courage it took for Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows to come forth with his struggles. In a statement he released on his own Friday afternoon, he wrote: “This season has been an unfortunate struggle with
Detroit — The Tigers will certainly be counting on having lefty Eduardo Rodriguez at the top of their rotation next season. He is on the books for $14 million in 2023, after all. But there may be some uncertainty about how heavy a workload he will be able to handle. With his three-month stay on the