Miguel Cabrera enters the 2021 season just 13 home runs shy of becoming the 28th member of the 500-homer club. Here’s a look at a baker’s dozen of the biggest in his career: 1) June 20, 2003, vs. Rays — Walk-off homer in MLB debutThe original will always be the best. Cabrera was just 20
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Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Pick your year, and maybe begin with 2002, early in April, when Randy Smith and Phil Garner were fired, clearing the way for Dave Dombrowski to steer the Tigers front office, solo. Or, if one’s stomach can take it, think about that six months and 162 games of Detroit
Jimmy Golen | Associated Press Alex Avila finalized a $1.5 million, one-year contract Wednesday with the Washington Nationals, who are expected to use him as the primary backup to starting catcher Yan Gomes. Avila, who turned 34 last week, was a free agent after playing in 2020 for the Minnesota Twins, batting .184 in 49
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption AJ Hinch: ‘In a perfect world’ Detroit Tigers sign a catcher Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch checks in Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, to discuss the roster and free-agent market as spring training looms. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press After Christin Stewart reached the major leagues in 2018,
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Willard Wayne “Twig” Terwilliger, a Michigan-raised three-sport athlete who went on to a half-century-plus playing and coaching career in professional baseball and won two World Series titles on staff with the Minnesota Twins, died Wednesday. He was 95. Terwilliger died in Weatherford, Texas. He battled dementia and advanced bladder
Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted six more weeks of winter, but spring is just around the corner for Major League Baseball. In preparation for the 2021 season, MLB.com will take the next few weeks to go around the horn and compare where each team in the American League Central stands Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Spencer Torkelson ‘obsessed with winning’ for Detroit Tigers, even in minors Detroit Tigers third baseman Spencer Torkelson chats Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, about getting ready for his first real professional season. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press The big-league Detroit Tigers may be in for another
Casey Mize should be filthy. He’s the No. 11 prospect in baseball on MLB Pipeline’s new rankings for 2021, the third-best pitching prospect in the Top 100 and one of the Tigers’ unprecedented five prospects in the top 25 overall. So why was his big league debut in 2020 so underwhelming? Mize had a 6.99
Greg Beacham | Associated Press Anaheim, Caif. — Pitching coach Mickey Callaway has been suspended by the Los Angeles Angels after allegations of inappropriate behavior toward several women who work in sports media. The Angels announced their decision Tuesday, a day after the allegations against the former New York Mets manager appeared in a report by
With the Red Sox now just a few million dollars shy of the luxury-tax threshold after their deals to bring in Garrett Richards, Enrique Hernandez, Martin Perez and Adam Ottavino, a reunion with Jackie Bradley Jr. appears unlikely, ESPN’s Buster Olney wrote Sunday. That’s not especially surprising on its own, of course, but Olney notes
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers C Wilson Ramos: ‘I know how to handle’ young pitchers Detroit Tigers catcher Wilson Ramos talks Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, about joining a new team and working with young pitchers. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press It was 2006 when Miguel Cabrera and Wilson
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Paul Foytack, a right-handed pitcher who was a mainstay in the Tigers rotation in the 1950s and early 1960s and who might be best known for giving up a home run to Mickey Mantle that is considered the longest in baseball history, has died. Foytack died Jan. 23 at
Ronald Blum AP Baseball Writer | Associated Press New York – Major League Baseball players rejected a proposal to delay the start of spring training and the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing Monday night to report under the original schedule. MLB proposed to the players’ association on Friday that the start of spring
Wilson Ramos said he never discussed the possibility of signing with the Tigers with good friend Miguel Cabrera while they worked out together this offseason in South Florida. But when the team called with interest last week, their friendship played a role in drawing the veteran catcher to Detroit. Ramos Wilson Ramos said he never
Our annual look at the best tools on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list serves as a preview of coming attractions to the big leagues. In the last five years alone, we’ve spotlighted Corey Seager’s bat, Cody Bellinger’s power (as well as that of Joey Gallo and Luis Robert), Byron Buxton’s defense and Josh Hader’s
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers C Wilson Ramos: ‘I know how to handle’ young pitchers Detroit Tigers catcher Wilson Ramos talks Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, about joining a new team and working with young pitchers. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press For Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize, it takes
Tony Paul | The Detroit News The 2020 season was tough on so many levels, for so many players, Wilson Ramos included. His playing time was cut, to his surprise, and he slogged through one of the worst offensive seasons of his career. The two were not at all unrelated, he believes. And, oh, there
Jimmy Golen | Associated Press Boston — Dustin Pedroia, the undersized and over-achieving second baseman who spurred the Boston Red Sox to a pair of World Series victories with his grit and another, after a knee injury effective ended his career, with his mouth, has retired. Pedroia, 37, was the AL Rookie of the Year in 2007
The Tigers have enjoyed their share of first-season sensations, sometimes from rookie phenoms, other times from big-name acquisitions. Sometimes, like with Ivan Rodriguez and Miguel Cabrera, stardom is expected upon arrival. Other times, like with Mark Fidrych, it comes seemingly out of nowhere, making the fandom even greater. With that The Tigers have enjoyed their
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers left-hander Daniel Norris: ‘I want to be a starter’ Detroit Tigers left-hander Daniel Norris speaks Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, about his health and what he wants his role to be this season. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris is