While Angels, Nationals and Red Sox fans haven’t had much to enjoy in 2020, they could relish some exciting rookie performances in the final week of the regular season. Defending World Series champion Washington may have the third-worst record in the National League, but the youngest player in the Majors While Angels, Nationals and Red
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Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 12:39 PM EDT Sep 21, 2020 Detroit — Hard to believe that after four seasons the jury could still be out on Tigers’ reliever Joe Jimenez. But it is. Which is why whatever work he gets in this last week will be significant. “This organization has decisions to make
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 2:21 PM EDT Sep 21, 2020 Ron Gardenhire called his wife, Carol, after an unexpected exchange Saturday with Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila in his office. He told her that he retired from his managerial career, effective immediately, because of health concerns. He walked out of Comerica Park that
Ryan Ford Detroit Free Press Published 11:30 AM EDT Sep 21, 2020 Hello, and welcome to another edition of the Detroit Tigers Newsletter. In the end, we really shouldn’t be surprised Ron Gardenhire left a little early. After all, he racked up 13 ejections while managing the Tigers — fifth in franchise history, as least
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 21, 2020 On Sunday, Jim Leyland called Ron Gardenhire a true professional, in every sense. Gardenhireentered his three-year tenure as the Detroit Tigers’ manager with patience, Leyland said. He understood his task of leading the toughest part of the rebuild. And he never shied away from
By TC Zencka | September 20, 2020 at 7:04pm CDT After Ron Gardenhire’s sudden retirement this weekend, the Tigers have a managerial opening that could be one of the more appealing around baseball. Lloyd McClendon has taken over managerial duties for the rest of this season, and he’ll get a look for the full-time job
John Niyo The Detroit News Published 11:00 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 You could make the case that Ron Gardenhire wasn’t the right man for the job three years ago, when Tigers general manager Al Avila tabbed him as his first managerial hire. And to be honest, many of us did. But you can’t argue
There is only one week left in this baseball regular season. That’s absurd, isn’t it? That is not nearly enough time. We have just gotten comfortable with baseball being back. Now it’s going? Perhaps we should just be grateful. It is our good fortune that we got any baseball at all. With that in mind,
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 5:25 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Detroit — In a way, this was Matthew Boyd’s season in a capsule. He was perfect through four innings Sunday. Brushing corners with his change-up and curveball, moving his fastball up and in, up and away to keep the hitters honest. Twelve up, 12
DETROIT — For four perfect innings, Matthew Boyd looked like he had a chance to reprise his no-hit bid from another crisp Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park three years and three days ago. What happened after that looked like the 2020 form that has perplexed the left-hander and the Tigers DETROIT — For four perfect
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 4:28 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd was perfect through four innings, thanks to ditching his slider and leaning heavily on his changeup and curveball. He was taking another step forward in a return from early-season troubles, but the Cleveland Indians got to him for three runs
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Lynn Henning The Detroit News Published 4:00 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 The minor-league season has been canceled, but the development of the Tigers’ prospects is still a critical aspect of the team’s rebuild. In this series, Lynn Henning will take a look at some of the key players. Today: Kody Clemens. Baseball parks, those
Kirkland Crawford Detroit Free Press Published 4:10 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Detroit Tigers (22-29) vs. Cleveland Indians (28-24) When: 1:10 p.m. Sunday. Where: Comerica Park. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; other radio affiliates). First-pitch weather forecast: Sunny, 64 degrees. Probable starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (2-6, 6.75 ERA) vs. Indians RHP
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 1:15 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Lloyd McClendon adjusted Saturday’s lineup to counter Miguel Cabrera’s late scratch for a non-coronavirus illness before the Detroit Tigers’ game with the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park. During the game, he made the pitching changes and inserted a pinch-hitter, Cabrera in the eighth inning. He sent
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 1:47 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Detroit – It was February 2018. Ron Gardenhire’s first spring training as manager of the Tigers. “In our first meeting, Gardy said, ‘I don’t know any of you guys, so I’m just going to call you ‘buddy’ when you are running around until I
DETROIT — Lloyd McClendon wanted so much to be the Tigers’ manager seven years ago. This was never the way he would have wanted it. As McClendon walked into the Tigers’ clubhouse at Comerica Park on Sunday morning and settled into his new role as interim manager, he finally had DETROIT — Lloyd McClendon wanted
Lynn Henning The Detroit News Published 12:10 PM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Tigers minor-leaguers lost 2020 to a pandemic, but their splintered baseball year is not finished. Fifty of the team’s top prospects will convene Oct. 1 at the TigerTown complex in Lakeland, Florida, for a five-week Instructional League that will wrap up Nov. 8.
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 10:24 AM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Ron Gardenhire didn’t need to say it. But he did. A few times. “I hope and pray that you guys don’t think I’m walking out on you,” Gardenhire told Detroit Tigers’ players and coaches at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, just 90 minutes before first pitch.
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 10:00 AM EDT Sep 20, 2020 Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire wants to clear something up about Willi Castro. When the organization called him up Aug. 11, it was an opportunity for him to prove his big-league worth. He produced immediately with a .314 batting average through 11 games in August, but