Before A.J. Hinch became a household name as Astros manager, he was an assistant general manager in San Diego, where his duties included director of pro scouting. When Ron Gardenhire retired as Tigers manager in September, Hinch went back to his scouting roots and did some advanced work on the Before A.J. Hinch became a
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Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter ready to develop rotation Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter is introduced Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, as an addition to new manager AJ Hinch’s coaching staff. Detroit Tigers infielder Jeimer Candelario climbed out of his slump and beyond this
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene homers in instructional league game Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene homers during an instructional league game in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. AJ Hinch always made sure to pay attention to the MLB draft, as a player, a front
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers‘ farm system is shaping up to look different in 2021. West Michigan, the team’s Single-A affiliate, is
Steven Wine | Associated Press Miami — Kim Ng became the highest-ranking woman in baseball operations in the major leagues when she was hired Friday as general manager of the Miami Marlins. Ng is believed to be the first female general manager for a men’s team in a major professional sport in North America, the
On Monday night, Kyle Lewis of the Mariners and the Brewers’ Devin Williams were chosen as the 2020 Jackie Robinson Rookies of the Year. Now that that’s been decided, we can start looking at who will win the hardware in each league in 2021. Some of the 30 candidates below already started making a claim
Gabe Lacques | USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption MLB’s $8.3 billion debt will have major impact on free agency SportsPulse: Former NBPA Executive Director Charles Grantham stops by to discuss the MLB’s $8.3 billion debt and how it will effect free agency and the future of the CBA. The final few weeks of the
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — His coaching staff is all but set, minus an assistant hitting coach. He’s reached out to most of the veteran players, starting, of course, with Miguel Cabrera and Matthew Boyd. Since last September, when he knew he’d be interviewing for the job in Detroit, he’s been breaking down
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch searched for three characteristics when putting together his first coaching staff with the organization — player
Ben Walker | Associated Press New York — Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman easily won the NL MVP award Thursday, topping off a trying year that saw him become so ill with COVID-19 he prayed “please don’t take me.” Chicago White Sox slugger José Abreu earned the AL MVP, a reward for powering his team
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Baseball life is about to change at Fifth Third Field in Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids. That quaint club known as the West Michigan Whitecaps is growing up. It is expected to drop its old low Single A minor-league designation and its personality as a kind of
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch is still friends with Alex Cora. Together, they challenged baseball’s integrity: Hinch was the manager
Ben Walker | Associated Press New York — Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman easily won the NL MVP award Thursday, topping off a trying year that saw him become so ill with COVID-19 he prayed “please don’t take me.” Chicago White Sox slugger José Abreu earned the AL MVP, a reward for powering his team
A.J. Hinch’s new coaching staff in Detroit includes a pitching coach hired down the road from the University of Michigan, a hitting coach with 22 years of pro coaching experience, a former Major League manager coaching at third base, a former World Series rival and Tigers managerial candidate as bench A.J. Hinch’s new coaching staff
Detroit – AJ Hinch knew it was coming. Of course he did. The minute he hired former Dodgers first base coach George Lombard to be his bench coach in Detroit, he knew he’d have to answer the inevitable question about the 2017 World Series. It’s what we call in the journalism business “low-hanging fruit.” Or
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – He’s coming off probably the most confounding season of his six-year big-league career, what with the pandemic, the forced shutdown, the quarantines, the hurried 60-game schedule and invasive COVID-19 protocols. Not to mention his own performance issues. He’s said thank you and goodbye to two beloved coaches
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Al Avila was sitting at home, in Bloomfield Hills, on Oct. 27, watching the final innings of World Series Game 6 and itching to make a phone call. As quickly as Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes headed for the mound for a hoist-and-hug of pitcher Julio Urias, which would close
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers have three open spots on the 40-man roster. And they have plenty of prospects they’d like to keep within the
The Detroit News New York — Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman and San Francisco starter Kevin Gausman accepted $18.9 million qualifying offers Wednesday, receiving one-year deals to stay with their teams rather than test what they could get in free agency. Four players declined qualifying offers at the 5 p.m. EST deadline: right-hander Trevor Bauer from Cincinnati,
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – AUGUST 19: Taijuan Walker #99 of the Seattle Mariners (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) Penn State RB Journey Brown retires from football due to heart issue by Scott Rogust The Tigers rotation is full of young talent, but they want to add a veteran presence Taijuan Walker spent the latter half of