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 — 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
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
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
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
The Detroit Tigers has the youngest roster in all the majors with the average player just 26-years-old. Miguel Cabrera looks like a shell of his former self, and the team’s best hitters Jonathan Schoop, Akil Baddoo, and Robbie Grossman, play at positions with a plethora of sluggers across the American League.
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It was another rough outing Thursday night for Detroit Tigers pitcher Jose Urena; whose command continues to perplex him. After a snappy five-pitch inning against the Houston Astros on Thursday night, he ultimately wouldn’t make it out of the fourth; giving up six runs on eight hits and earning the loss.
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
Toledo Mud Hens 7, Memphis Redbirds 2 (box) After dropping the first two, the Hens needed a win and they produced one with a power outburst on Thursday. They got to work quickly, dropping four on the Birds in the bottom of the first. Zack Short led off with his sixth homer of the year
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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
We hear from Akil Baddoo after he gets three more hits Thursday night and now leads the Tigers in batting average at .282. #DetroitRoots
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers get routed by the Astros 12-3 in the opener of a four-game series at Comerica Park. #Leinenkugels
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
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
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
The opener of a tough 4-game set against the Houston Astros saw the Detroit Tigers lose 12-3, with the Astros racking up 18 hits overall. You’re not going to win too many games when you give up that many hits, folks. José Ureña, who was hoping to give the Tigers some quality innings to start
The SeaWolves held on late on Thursday night to take the fourth game of their series with the Akron RubberDucks 9-7. Erie lead by four runs midway through the game, but needed two runs in the top of the ninth inning to break a 7-7 tie and win. The win snapped the ‘Wolves three game