Marlowe Alter Detroit Free Press Published 10:07 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit Tigers (9-7) vs. Cleveland Indians (10-9) When: 7:10 p.m. Friday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 5.74 ERA) vs. Indians RHP Aaron Civale (1-2, 2.84 ERA). • Box score More: Who Tigers plan to use, and not
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One of baseball’s top prospects could make his MLB debut on Sunday, as Casey Mize could potentially start the Tigers’ game against the Reds. Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire has held back from directly stating that Mize is slated to start, as the skipper told MLB.com’s Jason Beck and other reporters on Friday that “I can’t
Marlowe Alter Detroit Free Press Published 8:11 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit Tigers (9-7) vs. Cleveland Indians (10-9) When: 7:10 p.m. Friday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 5.74 ERA) vs. Indians RHP Aaron Civale (1-2, 2.84 ERA). • Box score More: Who Tigers plan to use, and not
DETROIT — Tigers general manager Al Avila hears the clamor to call up top pitching prospect Casey Mize from the alternate training site in Toledo. Even in a stadium without fans, it’s hard to miss. Now, Avila says, is not the time, though, despite Mize’s dominant Summer Camp. He and DETROIT — Tigers general manager
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:52 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit — Before Friday night’s game at Comerica Park, Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire and Indians skipper Terry Francona had a chance to commiserate on the craziness and unpredictable nature of this COVID-stricken season. “We’ve both had our health issues,” said Gardenhire, 62, a cancer
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 5:57 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit — You draw fast conclusions at your own peril with this Tigers baseball team. As manager Ron Gardenhire repeated before the game Friday, it’s going to be a mix-and-match situation at a few positions. If somebody is in left field one day, it
Marlowe Alter Detroit Free Press Published 3:12 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit Tigers (9-7) vs. Cleveland Indians (10-9) When: 7:10 p.m. Friday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 5.74 ERA) vs. Indians RHP Aaron Civale (1-2, 2.84 ERA). • Box score More: Who Tigers plan to use, and not
Kirkland Crawford Detroit Free Press Published 2:44 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 The Detroit Tigers have surprised many with their start to the season. And the team has people thinking they can make a run at the postseason (now that it’s a 60-game season and the playoff field was expanded). But the biggest question entering
By TC Zencka | August 1, 2020 at 10:07pm CDT The Cardinals and Brewers scheduled doubleheader for Sunday has been postponed, MLB announced in a statement. The Cardinals had 3 players and 1 staff member test positive for coronavirus this weekend with four pending tests still unresolved, tweets ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. The positive tests will
Bill Dow Special to Detroit Free Press Published 7:59 AM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Free Press special writer Bill Dow continues his “where are they now” series about former Detroit Tigers players, coaches and managers. Today’s profile is on Darrell Evans: How we remember him A leader of the 1984 world champions and the 1987
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Aug 14, 2020 The Detroit Tigers haven’t had a season-long winning record against the Cleveland Indians since 2015. In the last four years, they’ve lost 58 of 75 games against the American League Central foe, and they’re currently drowning in a 17-game losing streak that dates to April 11,
Marlowe Alter Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Detroit Tigers (9-7) vs. Cleveland Indians (10-9) When: 7:10 p.m. Friday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 5.74 ERA) vs. Indians RHP Aaron Civale (1-2, 2.84 ERA). • Box score More: Who Tigers plan to use, and not
2:57pm: Indeed there are 13 total positives, including seven players, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. 2:34pm: The Cards will not go to Detroit as scheduled, Mark Saxon of The Athletic tweets. It seems now they’ll ultimately scratch at least seven contests, he adds. It also sounds as if the number of players on the roster with
The Tigers announced today that they have outrighted infielder Jordy Mercer. The veteran elected free agency after clearing waivers. Mercer, who is closing in on his 34th birthday, hasn’t received many opportunities after being added to the active roster to open the season. He had made the club after inking a minor-league deal over the
Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 6:23 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 This should have been the week. If everything was right and good in the world, Casey Mize, the Detroit Tigers’ top pitching prospect, would have made his debut Thursday afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals. It promised to be a magical day, a glimpse
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 1:59 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 Detroit – Tigers catcher Grayson Greiner stared into the Zoom lens for a couple of beats, processing what he’d just heard. “In your entire athletic life, you’ve probably never lost 17 straight times to the same team,” was how the conversation started. “The
The Cardinals’ next scheduled matchup will be postponed, per a league announcement. The team had been set to resume play on Thursday in a doubleheader against the Tigers. This is only the latest in a string of cancellations that have threatened the viability of the 2020 season for the venerable St. Louis organization. The club
The Detroit News Published 11:08 AM EDT Aug 13, 2020 A rough three-season stretch for the Detroit Tigers has produced at least one silver lining: a burgeoning farm system. That system now is No. 6 in baseball, according to Baseball America’s midseason rankings published Wednesday. That’s a five-spot climb from the preseason rankings, and continues a gradual
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Aug 13, 2020 When Detroit Tigers infielder Willi Castro heard Tuesday morning he was being called up from the alternate training site in Toledo, he gave himself a vote of confidence by explaining his growth. Ever since the 23-year-old was sent down at the end of
By Connor Byrne | August 10, 2020 at 9:57pm CDT Left-hander Cole Hamels, whom the Braves placed on the 45-day injured list July 23, still has not thrown off a mound during his recovery from a triceps problem, Mark Bowman of MLB.com tweets. The Braves remain hopeful Hamels will pitch this year, though, per manager