By Anthony Franco | March 7, 2021 at 9:51pm CDT The White Sox probably won’t make any more additions before Opening Day, general manager Rick Hahn told Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. While Hahn cautioned the front office would never foreclose the possibility of another pickup, it seems they’re content with the group
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Have you seen them out there during these Spring Training games? Have you? They’re something we’ve seen only sporadically over the last year-plus of our lives, and didn’t see at all last season until the National League Championship Series. They’re … fans! There are fans at baseball games this spring. It’s amazing, isn’t it? It’s
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Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Tarik Skubal doesn’t know how close Yolmer Sanchez’s scorching line drive came to hitting him Saturday night, but it was enough to make one of the Detroit Tigers‘ top pitching prospects concerned for his safety. “It felt pretty close,” Skubal said following the team’s 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles in
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Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — On Thursday, Blue Jays right-hander Elvis Luciano hit Tigers infielder Zack Short in the head with a 90-plus mph pitch. Short, fortunately, escaped serious injury. Catcher Grayson Greiner might not have been as lucky. A first-pitch fastball, 94 mph, from Luciano in the bottom of the sixth
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Right-hander Jose Urena breaks down first start with Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers right-hander Jose Urena talks about his performance Sunday, March 7, 2021, in spring training. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers picked up a 5-1 victory against the Toronto Blue
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What Detroit Tigers veteran catcher Dustin Garneau likes about pitching prospects Detroit Tigers veteran catcher Dustin Garneau, on a minor-league deal with a camp invite, checks in Sunday, March 7, 2021, from spring training. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — With a couple
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Mitch Albom   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Mitch Albom tells Oprah about lessons that still resonate from ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ Free Press columnist and author Mitch Albom is to appear on Oprah Winfrey’s “SuperSoul Sunday” on OWN about the 20th anniversary of the publishing of his best-selling memoir, “Tuesdays with Morrie,” and
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Jeff Seidel   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch evaluates Michael Fulmer, Tarik Skubal after win Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch talks about two of his pitchers Saturday, March 6, 2021, after the team’s 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press SARASOTA, Fla. — Detroit Tigers
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SARASOTA, Fla. — Tarik Skubal was the last of the highly touted pitching prospects in Tigers camp to pitch in a game this Spring Training. He was also one of the most highly anticipated. “I think my fear is that he’s going to want to do it all tonight,” manager A.J. Hinch said before Saturday’s
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Kody Clemens didn’t have to wait until Spring Training to make a first impression on his new manager. He did that last fall. Clemens and a friend had an early tee time one morning near their home in Houston, early enough that they were grabbing coffee before teeing off. With everyone wearing
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