Detroit — A phone call from a player in the wee hours of the morning, particularly the morning after an off-day, well, it’s rarely good news for a manager. It wasn’t this time, either. Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario informed manager AJ Hinch on Tuesday morning that he had to tend to a family emergency. “Jeimer
The Twins’ season has been a disaster thus far, but they’re on the verge of getting some desperately needed reinforcements. The team announced that Byron Buxton will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul beginning today, and Kenta Maeda will make a rehab start for the Saints tomorrow. The 27-year-old Buxton stormed out of
In one of the final moves by David Dombrowski made as Detroit Tigers GM, on July 15, 2015, he traded Joakim Soria to the Pittsburgh Pirates for JaCoby Jones, who was playing the infield for the Altoona Curve.
DETROIT – When Dani Woods graduated from the Detroit Police Academy in 2000, she had no idea she would eventually become a pioneer in the LGBTQ+ community as a member of the Detroit Police Department. But 21 years later, corporal Woods is doing just that with her trailblazing work as the first-ever Detroit Police Department
Detroit — The Tigers will be without third baseman Jeimer Candelario for at least three days. The club placed Candelario on the bereavement list Tuesday afternoon, which is used to allow players to tend to family or personal emergencies. Any player put on the bereavement list has to miss a minimum of three games. Infielder Isaac
The Detroit Tigers have recalled infielder Isaac Paredes from Triple-A Toledo, placing Jeimer Candelario on the bereavement list. Typically these are very short term assignments, so we’ll wish Candelario and his loved ones well, and expect to see him back pretty shortly. In the meantime, Tigers fans will get another look at one of their
DETROIT — Infield prospect Isaac Paredes will get his first look of the season with the Tigers this week, even if it’s a short look. The team announced Tuesday that it has recalled its No. 4 prospect, per MLB Pipeline. The 22-year-old Paredes will be in uniform for the Tigers’ series opener against the Mariners
The Detroit Tigers have placed third baseman Jeimer Candelario on the bereavement list and called up infielder Isaac Paredes from Triple-A Toledo, the team announced on Tuesday. Candelario has been the Tigers’ most consistent hitter for the second straight season. This year, he’s hitting .266 with an on-base-plus-slugging percentage of .717, four home runs and
The Tigers entered the season with some real question marks from the rotation, but the results have been surprisingly decent so far. Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal have shown plenty of promise, Jose Ureña has been fairly serviceable, and Spencer Turnbull leads the team with a 2.88 ERA in part due to his no-hitter. Matthew
The Detroit Tigers can boast two of baseball’s top 10 prospects. Baseball America unveiled the first significant reshuffling of its top 100 on Monday, and while third baseman Spencer Torkelson held steady at No. 5 overall, outfielder Riley Greene climbed 13 spots to No. 10. It wasn’t all good news for the Tigers, however, as
Power-hitting youngster also an asset on bases, in outfield MiLB.com’s new Scouting Report series spotlights players who are just starting their professional careers, focusing on what the experts are projecting for these young phenoms. Here’s a look at third-ranked Reds prospect Austin Hendrick. For more player journeys on The Road to The Show, click here.
“How the heck did 5 teams pass on THAT guy?!?” When Rocker took the bull by the horns in 2019 and was the primary juggernaut driving the Commodores to a College World Series he was easily the most highly anticipated player for his eventual draft year in 2021. The man pitched a legendary 19 strikeout…
AJ Hinch has managed 1,081 games in his eight-year career. And he played in another 350 major league games. He has a World Series ring for Houston’s championship in 2017 and came one win away from another in 2019. He managed some top-tier hitters, including Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa and George Springer. You
We are churning out the 2021 MLB Draft content here at Motor City Bengals as part of Draft Month, but today we offer the first of four historical pieces by looking back at the Detroit Tigers’ history of drafting high-school players.
You’re out of practice, obviously. You’ve been rooting from your sofa — rooted to your sofa — near the fridge, not far from the bathroom. If the game turns dull, you flip to the Cooking Channel or clean the garage. Time to get back to work, or back to play. Sports venues are opening up again, partially
Sights and sounds from action across Minor League Baseball June 6, 2021 Facebook Share Twitter Share Email Copy Link Another scary moment Three days after Rays pitcher Tyler Zombro was hospitalized after being struck in the head by a line drive in Durham, Eli Lingos was hit in the face by a line drive during
Brett Baty is back on the Prospect Team of the Week. The Mets’ No. 4 prospect was MLB Pipeline’s first third-base honoree last month when he came flying out of the gate for High-A Brooklyn, and he did enough to keep up that momentum with a return to the hot-corner spot this week, making him
It’s a marathon, not a sprint. That’s what we have to remember about this Detroit Tigers season — it’s the opposite of last year, which tried to crush the usual drawn-out drama of a 162-game schedule into just 60 games (and just 58 for the Tigers, thanks to the Cardinals’ COVID-19 issues). Because here we
Editor’s note: This is the 15th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. Nothing helps on MLB Draft day quite like an ample checkbook. The Tigers are in nice shape, at least budget-wise, heading into the July 11-13 draft. Their