KANSAS CITY — A few hours before the Tigers’ 10-3 win on Monday over the Royals, Detroit activated reliever Michael Fulmer from the injured list. By optioning infielder Isaac Paredes to Triple-A Toledo instead of another pitcher, manager A.J. Hinch ensured he had an 11-man bullpen. Little could Hinch have imagined when he made the
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Kansas City, Mo. — It seemed funny earlier in the day. When the Tigers activated Michael Fulmer from the injured list Monday, and optioned infielder Isaac Paredes back to Toledo, they had 11 relievers on the active roster. Eleven. And just two extra position players. Then starter Matthew Boyd had to leave the game in the third
KANSAS CITY — The Tigers’ pitching injury woes worsened Monday, when Matthew Boyd left his start against the Royals in the third inning with what the team called left arm discomfort. Boyd spent Monday evening undergoing further evaluation. It’s the second early exit for Boyd this season, having left an April 29 start against the
Kansas City, Mo. — It seemed funny earlier in the day. When the Tigers activated Michael Fulmer from the injured list Monday, and optioned infielder Isaac Paredes back to Toledo, they had 11 relievers on the active roster. Eleven. And just two extra position players. Then starter Matthew Boyd had to leave the game in the third
Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd realized something was wrong with his body and signaled to manager AJ Hinch in the dugout. Moments later, Boyd walked off the mound and into the clubhouse with athletic trainer Doug Teter. He was removed from Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals in the third inning with left arm
KANSAS CITY — Two years have passed since Tigers general manager Al Avila talked about Kyle Funkhouser as an option for Detroit’s starting rotation. He was a ranked prospect at Triple-A Toledo with inconsistent results but a high strikeout rate, and the Tigers needed pitching help. Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Matt Manning and Alex Faedo
As the Detroit Tigers try to shake off three consecutive losses to the Chicago White Sox — in which Tigers relievers threw 20⅓ innings out of a possible 28 — right-handed reliever Michael Fulmer is ready to make his first appearance since the end of May. On Monday afternoon, manager AJ Hinch said Fulmer could be activated from
Kansas City, Mo. — The low point for Buck Farmer wasn’t so much getting the news that he was being designated for assignment. It was going home and telling his wife and young family that they might have to move. “The first few days sitting there watching my family pack up our place in Detroit and
Editor’s note: This is the 16th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. Rob Manfred must have tuned into the NHL Draft Lottery in 2020 and liked what he saw. The Red Wings, as hockey connoisseurs from Detroit will recall
MLB Pipeline’s Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances from the previous seven days. Any Minor Leaguer currently on an organization Top 30 Prospects list in our Prospect Rankings is eligible. Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 Draft, was so good last week that he not only earned Prospect
Y’know, not so long ago — literally, less than a year ago — folks were bemoaning the state of Detroit Tigers catching, which arguably had hit its lowest point since AJ Hinch, Brandon Inge and Matt Walbeck were suiting up behind the plate. (That would be 2003, for those blessedly too young to remember that squad.)
The races to determine who will advance to Phase 2 of the fan voting for the 2021 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard are starting to take shape. On Monday, Major League Baseball provided the first standings update since Phase 1 of the voting launched on June 3, revealing the top 10 vote getters at
By Jerry Green | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Time was, we’d sit there in the top deck, second row, shooting the bull in the other home that we called “The Ballpark.” Plainly, just that, “The Ballpark.” Night games, they were a rarity. A treat. We would bask in the sunshine most every day and
The St. Louis Cardinals should trade for a starting pitcher soon, even if that pitcher is not Max Scherzer. Scherzer is the top starting pitcher on the market, and a St. Louis native, so it makes sense why his name would come up in Cardinals trade discussions. However, if the Cardinals decide the Nationals asking…
The Detroit Tigers had a rough time against the White Sox, but no one had it worse than Beau Burrows, who vomited then got sent back to Triple-A. You know those dreams people have about showing up to school naked? Beau Burrows of the Detroit Tigers lived a worse nightmare in his 2021 debut.
DETROIT — Tigers top prospect Spencer Torkelson slugged his way from High-A West Michigan to Double-A Erie, earning a promotion up the organizational ladder along with top catching prospect Dillon Dingler. The promotions put Detroit’s top three offensive prospects — and three of the Tigers’ top four prospects — in Erie, teaming Torkelson and Dingler
Depending upon a fan’s focus, what’s going on throughout the Tigers farm chain isn’t, ultimately, as interesting as what Detroit’s minor leagues already portend eight months ahead of 2022 spring camp. Some of those position kids now sweating in the Triple-A, Double-A and even Single-A bushes will be headed to Lakeland, Florida, next February with
Detroit Tigers corner infielder Spencer Torkelson and catcher Dillon Dingler, two of the best prospects in the organization, have been promoted to Double-A Erie. Making the jump from High-A West Michigan, Torkelson and Dingler will join fellow top prospect Riley Greene with the SeaWolves. Torkelson, 21, is the Tigers’ No. 1 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, followed
A weekend series against the White Sox confirmed for the Tigers what has been generally understood for some time: They were going to run out of pitchers at various times in 2021, even before injuries and upset stomachs made the numbers game even more problematic. The Tigers used six pitchers, all of them relievers, in