The Detroit Tigers completed the first half of their schedule Wednesday, sweeping a doubleheader in Cleveland for the first time since 1977 and earning back-to-back winning months (14-13 in May and June) for the first time since 2016. Despite the 36-45 record, the Tigers are 27-21 since May 8 and in third place in the American League Central at
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Miguel Cabrera didn’t complain. That’s how Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch knew Cabrera agreed with his most recent decision. At least until the All-Star break, the 38-year-old will be restricted to designated hitter only. Cabrera hasn’t played the infield since June 22, exiting the game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth inning with right calf
Detroit – Truth be told, the Tigers would’ve preferred to push Matt Manning’s next start to Monday in Texas and let him have an extra bullpen session to work through some things. “But the way our pitching lined up (having to play a doubleheader in Cleveland and with no off days until the All-Star break),
Detroit – Miguel Cabrera made his seventh straight start as the Tigers’ designated hitter Saturday. He hasn’t played first base since June 22. And you know how manager AJ Hinch knows he’s doing right by the future Hall of Famer? Cabrera isn’t pushing back against it. “That probably tells me all I need to know,”
What happened Friday night was inevitable. Detroit Tigers rookie Casey Mize always understood his innings would eventually be limited. His manager, AJ Hinch, kept the former No. 1 overall pick updated throughout the season and, most recently, put the organization’s season-long plan into motion. “I knew it was coming,” Mize said Friday. “It’s not something that was dropped on me last minute.
MLB.com is keeping track of a Stat of the Day for the Tigers this season, highlighting a unique, interesting or fun nugget from each game. July 2: White Sox 8, Tigers 2 — Baddoo the base thiefAkil Baddoo stole two bases Friday, including a swipe of third in the opening inning. It was the fifth
Ronald Blum | Associated Press Thomas M. Reich, a pioneering baseball agent with an ebullient, oversized personality who helped players gain multimillion dollar salaries in the early years of free agency, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 82. Reich had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019. “Tom Reich was
DETROIT — Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has talked for weeks about watching Casey Mize’s innings for a stretch at some point this summer. On Friday, as Mize ended his third inning by striking out Yasmani Grandal on a nasty curveball for his 56th and final pitch of the night, the plan became operational. From a
Detroit — The governor’s in the house. No, not that one. The dreaded but inevitable workload governor is in session for rookie right-hander Casey Mize, who was pulled after three innings Friday in the Tigers’ 8-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game that Mize would stay on turn
Detroit — The governor’s in the house. No, not that one. The dreaded but inevitable workload governor is in session for rookie right-hander Casey Mize, who was pulled after three innings Friday in the Tigers’ 8-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before the game that Mize would stay on turn
Detroit Tigers starter Casey Mize did not return to the mound for the fourth inning. The 24-year-old rookie wasn’t injured, and he wasn’t chased by the American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox. Rather, Mize’s start Friday marked the first outing of his innings restrictions — given to many young pitchers league-wide in an effort to protect their arms,
DETROIT – Derek Hill’s latest stint with the Tigers was always going to be a short one. By rule, the team had to send him down after he served as an extra player for Wednesday’s doubleheader sweep in Cleveland, no matter how well he did. Because he’d been optioned to Triple-A Toledo earlier in the
TOP 1 CWS 1 DET 0 Result of at-bat Yasmani Grandal’s RBI single Batter: Yasmani Grandal Pitcher: Casey Mize
Detroit — It’s not really a competition. They are teammates, they are pulling the rope in the same direction. But it’s kind of a competition. Eventually, manager AJ Hinch will sort out which of his young, athletically gifted outfielders is best suited for center field (in the absence of Derek Hill). But for now Akil Baddoo
Each year more and more folks seem to understand it’s not just the NFL, NBA, and NHL that offer draft-day drama. The MLB Draft has been late to the game, in the public’s consciousness anyway, but now that it has picked up audience and relevance, expect a free-wheeling, hip-shooting, let’s-take-a-stab first round that gets rolling
Since the beginning of June, Miguel Cabrera has (kind of) turned back the clock. He isn’t drawing a ton of walks. He still strikes out too much. And his power, for the most part, hasn’t shown up until recently: He cranked two home runs — Nos. 493 and 494 of his 19-year career — to help the
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — The sons are coming out for this year’s All-Star Game in Denver. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. joined his father as an All-Star and Fernando Tatis Jr. accomplished a feat his dad never achieved. Toronto’s first baseman and San Diego’s shortstop were among nine first-time All-Stars elected Thursday to start
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — The major league batting average jumped to .246 in June amid a crackdown by the commissioner’s office on foreign substances utilized by pitchers, raising the season average to .239. The season average is the lowest through June since it was .233 in 1968, the Elias Sports Bureau
Thirty-two of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects will take the diamond in the year’s best prospect showcase. Following a one-year hiatus, the SiriusXM Futures Game returns on July 11 at Coors Field in Denver. The game features six of the eight best prospects in baseball in Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (No. 2), Tigers corner infielder
Detroit — When the Tigers were 36-45 at the midpoint of the 2017, it represented gross underachievement and led ultimately to the end of manager Brad Ausmus’ run, the trading away of stars Justin Verlander, J.D. Martinez, Ian Kinsler and Justin Upton and the first dark days of the teardown. They had the same record