DETROIT — Seventeen years after AJ Hinch was a backup catcher for the 2003 Tigers, he’s coming back to Detroit to help the latest group of young Tigers take the next step toward contention. Detroit hired the former Astros and D-backs manager as its next skipper on Friday. The announcement DETROIT — Seventeen years after
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Looking back at Detroit Tigers whose hot starts were simply a mirage. Detroit Tigers fans love Halloween, and what’s not to like? Eating candy, wearing costumes, and getting the Silver Shamrock song stuck in your head. It’s an objectively great time of year. And Halloween wouldn’t be complete without pumpkins, of course. But how to
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 26: AJ Hinch #14 of the Houston Astros reacts against the Washington Nationals during the sixth inning in Game Four of the 2019 World Series at Nationals Park on October 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) Teddy Bridgewater got knocked out of game by this dirty hit
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News An exhaustive plan to rebuild the Detroit Tigers into a playoff contender and Comerica Park hot-ticket perhaps moved a step closer Thursday night as the team neared agreement to make A.J. Hinch the team’s new manager. A source close to negotiations, who requested anonymity until a contract is finalized,
Pending a change, it appears that the Detroit Tigers wasted no time after the season ended to get their next manager, AJ Hinch. Just days after the World Series ended, the Detroit Tigers moved quickly to hire the 39th manager in franchise history, AJ Hinch. The former Houston Astros manager, who played for the Tigers
Pending a change, it appears that the Detroit Tigers wasted no time after the season ended to get their next manager, AJ Hinch. Just days after the World Series ended, the Detroit Tigers moved quickly to hire the 41st manager in franchise history, AJ Hinch. The former Houston Astros manager, who played for the Tigers
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. The Detroit Tigers are “making progress” on finalizing a deal to hire A.J. Hinch as
6:34pm: Hinch is the favorite for the job, per Morosi and Beck. 5:10pm: The Tigers interviewed A.J. Hinch for their vacant managerial position on Thursday, Jon Morosi and Jason Beck of MLB.com report. Hinch is one of several candidates known to have spoken with the Tigers as they seek a replacement for the retired Ron
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News There could only have been one baseball town, and one fan base, happier Thursday than a 76-year-old manager named Tony La Russa. Detroit got the word at mid-afternoon, a stunning bulletin, that La Russa had been picked – obviously by owner Jerry Reinsdorf – to manage those rip-roaring young White Sox
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Tony La Russa was in the White Sox dugout as manager when Jack Morris threw his no-hitter for the Tigers on April 7, 1984. Now, La Russa is back. AJ Hinch was in the Tigers’ dugout at Comerica Park as a backup catcher when Detroit avoided a historic 120-loss season Tony La Russa was in
The Detroit Tigers need to move in on hiring A.J. Hinch by end of this article. For the last month, we have written about the Detroit Tigers manager search rather extensive. From doing a profile piece on him to the value the manager’s position is here in Detroit, I think it is safe to say we
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Spencer Torkelson crushes homer in instructional league Detroit Tigers top prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson put together solid at-bats in the first inning of an instructional league game, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. No, the Detroit Tigers aren’t considering Jim Leyland as their
After the completion of the regular season and alternate training sites, most player development staffs have turned their attention to instructional league play. In the past, instructs have been populated by new draftees, recent international signings and players at the bottom rungs of their organizational ladder. This year, in an attempt to make up for
The Detroit Tigers might have an opportunity to reunite with a couple of familiar faces in 2021 The season is officially over with the Los Angeles Dodgers claiming World Series victory, meaning the attention officially shifts to the 2021 season for the Detroit Tigers and the rest of the league. The Tigers are coming off
The Detroit News | The Detroit News By all accounts the Detroit Tigers continue to make positive strides in their rebuild. But oddsmakers say they won’t be any closer to contending for a championship in 2021 than they were in 2020. The Tigers, fresh off a season in which they finished with the third-worst record
Associated Press | The Detroit News The Los Angeles Dodgers’ six-game win over the Tampa Bay Rays received an average television rating 32% below the previous World Series low. The six games on Fox averaged a 5.2 rating, 12 share and 9,785,000 viewers, Nielsen Media Research said. The previous low was a 7.6 rating, 12
The World Series is over, which means we will start to see managerial vacancies get filled. There will be extra intrigue this year as two of the available names are former Boston manager Alex Cora and former Houston manager AJ Hinch, who were both suspended for 2020 because of their involvement in a sign-stealing scandal