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Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe. Lakeland, Fla. — For an essentially unanswerable question, Tigers manager AJ Hinch has certainly spent a lot of time this offseason trying to answer it. The question is how to handle workloads for pitchers, coming off a 2020 season where no Tigers pitcher

Associated Press New York — Left-hander Justin Wilson returned to the New York Yankees after two seasons with the Mets in Queens, agreeing Monday to a one-year contract that includes player and club options for 2022, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the

Chris McCosky   | The Detroit News Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe. Lakeland, Fla. — Epiphany is a just a word, until you have one. Demons are what other people fight. Rock bottom is just a vague concept until you hit it. And redemption? That’s a road you can’t even find until you are

Janie McCauley  |  Associated Press Oakland, Calif. — Veteran reliever Yusmeiro Petit has agreed to a $2.55 million, one-year contract to stay with the Oakland Athletics, pending a physical, his agent said. The deal could pay the right-handed Petit up to $3 million based on incentives for games pitched, agent Rafael Godoy said Sunday night.

Lynn Henning   | The Detroit News (Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe). Drive south from Tigertown’s baseball complex in Lakeland, Florida, and you run into Drew Carlton’s old neighborhood. His folks, Richard and Michelle, are day-traders whose home, where Drew grew up, is a minute or two from George Jenkins High where Drew

Lakeland, Fla. – The mission within the mission for the Tigers this offseason was to build a lineup that would, at the very least, have a fighting chance against all the right-handed pitching that has dominated them the last two seasons. (Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe.) The Tigers ranked last in

Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — It was such a good story. While it lasted. Right-hander John Schreiber, the NAIA star from the Downriver area, a 15th round pick who worked his way into a spot in the Tigers’ bullpen the last two seasons, was designated for assignment on Friday — making room for

Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — It was such a good story. While it lasted. Right-hander John Schreiber, the NAIA star from the Downriver area, a 15th round pick who worked his way into a spot in the Tigers’ bullpen the last two seasons, was designated for assignment on Friday — making room for

Lakeland, Fla. — Finally, there is clarity on the Tigers spring-training schedule. Major League Baseball on Friday released a regionalized Grapefruit League schedule, splitting the 15 Florida-based teams into two groups — East Coast and West Coast. All 15 teams will be scheduled to play 24 games over 30 days with two universal days off. The Tigers,

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Major League Baseball on Friday unveiled its new alignment for its slimmed down 120-team minor-league operation, focusing on decreased travel while moving the Triple-A teams closer to the parent clubs when possible. Toledo, Detroit’s Triple-A partner since 1987, remains as the organization’s top prospect rung, but now will join

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Cooperstown, N.Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame has canceled its traditional outdoor induction ceremony for the second straight summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic and plans an indoor, televised event for New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter and others being honored. Jeter, who grew up in Kalamazoo; Southfield native Ted

Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. – The Tigers have added another left-handed bat, signing veteran corner outfielder Nomar Mazara for one year at $1.75 million, a deal confirmed by The News Thursday night. It’s an intriguing get for the Tigers. He’s coming off the worst season of his career, hitting .228 with one

Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe. Lakeland, Fla. — You can take whatever you want out of an athletic performance — good or bad, sometimes both. Bad character can be exposed in a good performance, just as strong character can be revealed in a poor performance. Let’s go

Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — One team’s misfit might just be another’s missing piece. The Tigers were two weeks away from commencing spring training without a full-time first baseman in camp. That may have changed on Wednesday. The club announced they have signed former Baltimore Orioles slugger Renato Nunez to a minor-league contract,

Dave Skretta  |  Associated Press Yadier Molina enjoyed going through the process of free agency for the first time in more than two decades as a pro. He was even happier that he wound up returning to the Cardinals. The 38-year-old catcher signed a $9 million contract for the upcoming season Tuesday, ensuring the nine-time

Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Baseball at West Michigan is adjusting to a seat-upgrade. The Whitecaps have moved from coach to first-class in that broad minor-league sphere known as Class A. In a lovely hollow at Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids, where a summer day or night will pull 5,000, 6,000, or more

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Milwaukee — Jordan Zimmermann believes he’s finally healthy again as the former All-Star pitcher attempts to revive his career with the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers announced Tuesday they had signed the right-hander to a minor-league contract that includes an invitation to major league camp. Zimmermann, who turns 35 on May

Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Well, it’s not exactly going to be business as usual. Major League Baseball and the players’ association agreed on some health and safety protocols Monday to help navigate, through the lingering pandemic, a full 162-game schedule. Retained from 2020 are seven-inning doubleheaders and the extra-inning rules (starting extra

Ronald Blum  |  Associated Press New York — Seven-inning doubleheaders and runners on second base to start extra innings will return for a second straight season under an agreement for 2021 health protocols reached Monday between Major League Baseball and the players’ association. The deal did not include last year’s experimental rule to extend the

Greg Beacham  |  Associated Press Anaheim, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels are far from finished with their effort to unlock Shohei Ohtani’s enormous two-way potential. Ohtani agreed to a two-year, $8.5 million contract with the Angels on Monday, avoiding arbitration. He will make $3 million in 2021 and $5.5 million in 2022, and both