Lynn Henning | Special to The Detroit News Only scouts know, in all the exasperating detail, what goes into a job most wouldn’t trade for any other occupation. It’s a wild world, filled with travel and weather anxieties, and overloaded with hopes and disappointments — and the occasional payoff that makes sitting for hours at college
By Mike Fitzpatrick | Associated Press New York — Roger Craig, who pitched for three championship teams during his major league career and then served as the Detroit Tigers pitching coach for the 1984 world champion before he managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by a massive earthquake, has
The way the wheels fell off the Detroit Tigers’ bandwagon — battered and beaten though it already was, kept rolling only by the headwinds of the awful American League Central — this past week, you’d think the warranty just expired or something. On Tuesday, it was Eduardo Rodriguez and Matt Vierling going on the injured
The Detroit Tigers struggled over the weekend in the Windy City against the Chicago White Sox, scoring just three runs in three games while being swept by their American League Central division rivals. Saddled with those three defeats, the Motor City Kitties are now five games under .500 and back in a tie with the
MLB Power Rankings of the best and most realistic trade chip on the roster of every club below .500. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports In less than two months, the MLB trade deadline will arrive. Teams over .500 are already dreaming about who they’ll add to the roster. The clubs below .500 should start…
Roger Craig, whose 12 year major league career led into a long and storied career most notably as pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers and then as manager of the San Francisco Giants, died on Sunday at age 93 after a short illness, according to Giants spokesman. Craig won three World Series rings as a
Indianapolis Indians 11, Toledo Mud Hens 0 (Fri)(box) Indianapolis Indians 10, Toledo Mud Hens 7 (Sat)(box) Indianapolis Indians 7, Toledo Mud Hens 0 (Sun)(box) With the Detroit Tigers rapidly gobbling up the better talent on the Mud Hens, it’s not so surprising that they went down 5-1 in this six-game set. On Friday, lefty Jack
The Giants announced that former big league player and manager Roger Craig has passed away. He was 93 years old. “We have lost a legendary member of our Giants family,” said Larry Baer, Giants president and chief executive officer in a press release from the club. “Roger was beloved by players, coaches, front office staff
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Chicago — With starting pitcher Alex Faedo going on the injured list Saturday (finger soreness), the Tigers decided to call-up right-handed bulk-innings reliever Garrett Hill. That could mean the Tigers plan to deploy a bullpen game on Tuesday, which would have been Faedo’s next start. “Hill will be in the ‘pen and we will use
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CHICAGO — Matthew Boyd took the mound at Guaranteed Rate Field on Sunday with a 1-8 record and a 6.43 ERA for his career at the ballpark. He faced the White Sox with a 7.88 ERA over their last six meetings since the summer of 2019. His first pitch Sunday resulted in a base hit
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Chicago — The Tigers’ starting pitchers in the three games against the White Sox in this series gave up four runs. Their hitters mustered three runs in 28 innings. Dissect it, break it down, analyze it any way you want, but the calculus for why the Tigers were swept out of Guaranteed Rate Field this
As low-profile Tigers farm prospects go, Corey Joyce has a place somewhere in a not-so-prominent pecking order. It’s a status with which Triple-A Toledo manager Anthony Iapoce has issues, especially when Joyce, 24, is batting .278 in 25 games for the Mud Hens, with a .402 on-base average and .883 OPS. “I really don’t think
Alex Lange analyzes his ninth inning and the White Sox approach against him at the plate.
Spencer Torkelson discusses his home run in the fourth inning and how they want to give the pitching staff more run support going forward.
CHICAGO — For the first time in the series, the Detroit Tigers collected a hit with a runner in scoring position when Spencer Torkelson launched a slider for a two-run home run in the fourth inning. But Torkelson’s fifth homer of the year wasn’t enough. The Tigers lost, 6-2, and were swept by the Chicago