After undergoing a substantial reorganization, Minor League Baseball is embarking upon a new era in 2021. There are now 120 teams competing in 11 newly-named leagues, comprising four levels of play (Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Low-A). This is the first in a series of league-by-league articles, highlighting one unique fact about each team. The Triple-A
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Houston Astros craved a championship. General manager Jeff Luhnow — fired more than two years later, along with future Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch, for his role in the well-documented sign-stealing scandal — needed right-hander Justin Verlander to make a run at the franchise’s first World Series title. On Aug. 31, 2017, the Astros acquired Verlander
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When it comes to making predictions for the 2021 MLB season, one doesn’t need to wander too far out on a limb to, say, pick Mike Trout to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. But where’s the fun in that? Instead, ahead of Opening Day on Thursday, MLB.com asked its beat reporters to
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Three young Detroit boys pumped their fists in the air as their mom pulled into the parking lot next to Triumph Church on Sunday morning. The boys weren’t excited about worship service. They wanted to meet the Detroit Tigers’ mascot, PAWS. To celebrate the start of the Tigers’ baseball season on Thursday, the team hosted a giveaway
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The Tigers set their rotation a few days ago, knowing they wouldn’t have Spencer Turnbull for the start of the season. Now they’re not counting on having the young right-hander ready to rejoin their rotation until at least mid-April. “I know he’s been able to do a little bit of physical activity on him, but
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With the final days of Spring Training at hand, top prospects are making bids to lock up roster spots heading into the 2021 big league season. Atlanta’s 16th-ranked talent Alex Jackson impressed both at and behind the plate to headline Sunday’s prospect performers. Jackson, who’s been in the running for a catching spot behind starter
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Detroit – Manager AJ Hinch has set the Tigers Opening Day roster, but not necessarily in stone. There are probably more than a few players still walking on egg shells because one sticky question remains unanswered. What happens when right-handed starting pitcher Spencer Turnbull gets cleared and returns from the non-baseball (COVID-19 protocol) injured list?
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Truth be told, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch was thinking about a rotation at first base long before Detroit had questions about Renato Núñez’s defense there this spring. The Tigers manager was thinking about it long before the club signed Núñez. It really dates back to the start of the offseason as Detroit looked over its
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By Mark Polishuk | March 28, 2021 at 9:35am CDT The latest coronavirus situations to monitor around baseball… Latest Updates Right-hander Spencer Turnbull will miss at least the Tigers’ first few series of the year, manager A.J. Hinch told MLB.com’s Jason Beck and other reporters.  Turnbull has been away from Spring Training camp since March
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