Detroit – It’s seemed like a random decision – starting Casey Mize in the first game of the scheduled double-header Saturday and Wily Peralta in the second. Except Tigers manager AJ Hinch doesn’t do anything randomly. There was rhyme and reason for it. “You’re kind of trying to hit the forecast,” he said, meaning, if
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Detroit — Has a player ever looked prouder or happier to haul the glittering WWE-styled championship belt into the interview room after a victory? “I’ve been dreaming about this,” said shortstop Zack Short, who was bestowed offensive player of the game honors by his teammates after bashing his first career home run, a two-run blast that
Driving to Comerica Park on Saturday, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch purposefully went the wrong way on a few roads. “A lot of accidents and floods,” Hinch said Saturday. Metro Detroit roads, especially the freeways, looked apocalyptic. Vehicles were sideways, turned backward and underwater. Some cars were lifeless in the middle of the roads, others were
The Detroit Tigers know they need a shortstop, but the long-term answer might not arrive until this offseason or, at the earliest, the trade deadline in July. The combination of Niko Goodrum, Willi Castro and Harold Castro hasn’t worked. As a result of those struggling, the Tigers have a combined minus-15 Defensive Runs Saved — a metric measuring how many
The 2021 amateur draft begins on July 11, and with the later date comes more time for analysis, predictions, smokescreens, rumors, and possible major changes up and down teams’ draft boards. With this in mind, there is naturally quite a bit of uncertainty over which prospects will land with which teams, as a real consensus
DETROIT — As the 27th man on the roster, Zack Short knew his time with the Tigers would be fleeting. He’d held his own through five Major League games earlier in the season, but Saturday provided a chance to make a real statement. Short did that and then some, not only flashing the leather at shortstop but
TOP 2 HOU 0 DET 0 Result of at-bat Zack Short’s diving stop Batter: Robel Garcia Pitcher: Casey Mize
Detroit’s “Big Four” professional sports teams — the Lions, Pistons, Red Wings and Tigers – have combined to win 22 championships over the past 120 years. And though it’s hard to believe, considering the city’s recent playoff drought — the last postseason victory by any of the four, a 2-0 win by the Wings over the
DETROIT — Six years ago, A.J. Hinch received a second chance as a manager with an opportunity to lead a talented young roster of players who hadn’t won anything but were ready for the next level of their careers. Hinch led the Astros into the playoffs that year, and three more seasons after that. As
Detroit — Just get to the All-Star break. That’s essentially the mission for the Tigers’ bedraggled starting rotation. “We’re just trying to get to the finish line of the All-Star break,” manager AJ Hinch said Friday before Game 2 against the Astros was postponed because of inclement weather. “After that we will be able to get better
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch sat in his dugout Thursday as the fans at Comerica Park taunted Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, one of Hinch’s former players, during his six plate appearances. This weekend’s series is the Astros’ first trip to Detroit since their 2017 sign-stealing scandal — the same year Hinch managed the Astros to
Friday’s scheduled game between the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros at Comerica Park has been postponed due to inclement weather conditions. The game has been rescheduled as part of a split, seven-inning doubleheader on Saturday, June 26, with the June 25 makeup beginning at 1:10 p.m. ET, and the originally scheduled game starting at
The Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros postponed Friday’s game scheduled for 7:10 p.m., because of rain at Comerica Park in Detroit. Rainfall began Friday morning and continued throughout the afternoon. The second matchup in the four-game series has been rescheduled for Saturday at 1:10 p.m. as part of a split doubleheader, with the nightcap at 6:10 p.m. Rain is
Detroit —The rush of emotion was so deep, so intense, so freakin’ fantastic, it literally buckled him “I broke down,” he said. When Mike Hessman walked off the field at old Shea Stadium in New York on Oct. 3, 2010, he figured he’d seen his last day in the major leagues. All told, he spent
High school shortstops will be favorite targets for teams at the top of next month’s MLB Draft, with four potentially poised to be selected in the top 10. The Detroit Tigers, though, could go in a different direction. Baseball America released its fifth mock draft on Friday, and pegged Oklahoma high school right-hander Jackson Jobe
What Detroit Tigers right-hander Jose Urena had going for him earlier this season is no more. After signing a one-year, $3.25 million contract in the offseason, the 29-year-old made general manager Al Avila look good. He rattled off seven innings with two earned runs or less — for a 2.25 ERA — in four consecutive starts from
Here’s a look at Thursday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Mariners: Jarred Kelenic, OF (MLB No. 4), Triple-A TacomaThe power that helped Kelenic rise to the top of prospects lists was on display in a 2-for-3, two-homer performance. He also drove in four runs, his highest total since a
DETROIT — A.J. Hinch has seen the Astros on a roll like this before, having managed them for five seasons. He also has ideas on how to stop them, having swept them in a three-game series in Houston in April. “This is a very momentum-driven team,” the first-year Tigers manager said before Thursday’s 12-3 loss
Detroit — Tigers manager AJ Hinch has seen this steamroller in action before. He drove it for five years, all the way to a World Series title in 2017. “They’re a challenge,” Hinch said of the Houston Astros, who rode a 10-game winning streak into Comerica Park Thursday. “Especially when they get as hot as they’ve
The Detroit Tigers reached the pinnacle of their performance Thursday night when Jose Urena threw his seventh pitch, which generated his fourth out. From that point forward, the Tigers crumbled, and the Houston Astros took advantage. Urena couldn’t complete the fourth inning and has struggled in four consecutive starts. Second baseman Willi Castro made two fielding