On Sunday’s first pitch from Shohei Ohtani, Detroit Tigers rookie Riley Greene smoked a fastball well over the wall in right-center field for a solo home run. The ball traveled 448 feet, marking the longest home run Ohtani has allowed in the big leagues. Just like that, the Tigers controlled an early lead. “It’s just another
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Detroit Tigers second baseman Jonathan Schoop turned the corner near Miguel Cabrera’s locker and rolled into the clubhouse on a medical scooter supporting his sprained right ankle. He is wearing a boot on his right foot. The 30-year-old injured his ankle in Saturday’s 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Comerica Park. Schoop tried to
According to popular Tigers fan-lore, the Jackson Jobe thing just wasn’t working out. Not ideally. His stuff allegedly was “backing up.” Competition in professional baseball was unmasking an overhyped pitching prodigy who last year exploited prep kids from Oklahoma. Admit your mistake, Tigers, a sizable chuck of Detroit’s audience implored. Acknowledge that you blew it
John Wockenfuss, the Detroit Tigers player who could field just about any position and had a batting stance like nobody else, died Friday. He was 73. Wockenfuss, heralded as one of Delaware’s most accomplished athletes of all time, spent parts of 10 seasons with the Tigers and worked his way up from little-used backup catcher to
Detroit — It wasn’t as if Robbie Grossman shined a light on an organizational issue the Tigers were blind to. They’ve known that they lag behind other organizations in some aspects of player development, which is why over the last three-plus years they’ve invested millions of dollars into sports science and technology. Clearly, as was
The Detroit Tigers broke me. I thought they were going to have a solid season. I’m not talking about getting to the World Series or even the playoffs. But I was convinced they would play meaningful games late in the season. All of the additions seemed to plug the major holes. I was in favor of signing Javier
In March, when the MLB owners’ lockout ended and the season schedule was confirmed, I started looking forward to the Detroit Tigers’ series this weekend with the Angels — this was the weekend I knew I might see a unicorn at Comerica Park. Unicorns, of course, are rare in real life. But they’re even rarer
Mets’ starter Taijuan Walker will not make his scheduled start tomorrow, manager Buck Showalter tells Tim Healey of Newsday. The righty has been dealing with a bulging disc in his back, which could push him back to Tuesday. Although it’s good that the injury isn’t significant enough to send him to the injured list, it
DETROIT — For Alex Lange, Saturday’s task was to face Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout with a one-run lead in the seventh inning. For Lange’s mindset, it had to be the same situation he has faced for most of the season. “Two more hitters I’ve got to get out,” Lange said of the Tigers’ 4-3
Detroit — The Saturday attendance at Comerica Park was 23,581 — thousands more of which, certainly, came to see Shohei Ohtani than, say, Victor Reyes, Kody Clemens or Tyler Alexander. But Reyes, with a two-out, go-ahead single and a fine diving catch, and Clemens, with a double and single coming off the bench for an injured Jonathan
On Friday night, Los Angeles Angels left-hander Patrick Sandoval pitched a complete-game shutout and limited the Detroit Tigers to four hits. Less than 24 hours later, in Saturday’s afternoon contest, the Tigers had better plate appearances against lefty Reid Detmers. As a result, the Tigers scratched out a win. They beat the Angels, 4-3, in front of 23,581
Detroit — Robbie Grossman had two home runs in 320 plate appearances with the Tigers this season. He had two homers in his first 30 plate appearances with the Atlanta Braves since the trade earlier this month. And Tigers fans aren’t going to be happy hearing Grossman’s explanation. According to an article this week in The Athletic,
Detroit Tigers second baseman Jonathan Schoop exited Saturday’s 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Angels in the bottom of the second inning with a right ankle sprain. He is day-to-day. Schoop, 30, hurt his ankle while running the bases after cranking an RBI double to drive in the Tigers’ first run. On Tucker Barnhart’s ensuing
Detroit Tigers second baseman Jonathan Schoop exited Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels in the bottom of the second inning with a right ankle injury. The severity of his injury is unclear. Schoop, 30, hurt his ankle while running the bases after cranking an RBI double to drive in the Tigers’ first run. On
Dating to July 21, the Detroit Tigers‘ starting rotation is the best the American League. A group of nine starters has combined for a 3.09 ERA — 51 earned runs in 148⅓ innings — in the past 29 games. The ERA mark leads the AL and ranks third in MLB, behind only the Los Angeles Dodgers (2.53 in 28
Detroit — It would be easy for Phil Nevin to get caught up thinking about his future. He’s wanted to be a major-league manager for a long time, and finally got his shot earlier this year when the Los Angeles Angels fired Joe Maddon. But as the interim manager, Nevin doesn’t have much job security beyond
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch and left-handed pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, wearing a gray short-sleeve quarter-zip hoodie and pinstriped baseball pants, entered an interview room beneath the stands of Comerica Park, a short walk from the clubhouse where Rodriguez addressed his teammates. “Should I go first?” Rodriguez asked Hinch. “Yeah, you go first,” Hinch responded. Rodriguez, an unfamiliar
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez. (Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports) Watch Xander Bogaerts, Alex Cora both earn fiery ejection after suspect strike-3 call by Cody Williams Detroit Tigers pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez has officially been reinstated from the restricted list, and he’s been shown a lot of support.
DETROIT — The final pitch Matt Manning threw with a runner on base Friday night came against Shohei Ohtani, with a man on first and two outs in the fifth inning. The Tigers right-hander had pitched Ohtani carefully since making his big league debut against the Angels last year, but on this occasion, he went
For the second time in three starts, Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning completed seven innings. The only problem is he didn’t get any run support from his offense against Los Angeles Angels left-hander Patrick Sandoval. Sandoval had complete control. “He was good, obviously,” manager A.J. Hinch said. The 25-year-old, an 11th-round draft pick in 2015, tossed a