Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers VP of player development: ‘Feel very good about talent’ in minors Detroit Tigers vice president of player development Dave Littlefield checks in Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, about the team’s minor-league system. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Last week, Detroit Tigers left-handed reliever Gregory Soto
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Michael Fulmer describes ’embarrassing’ 2020 season Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer speaks Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, about preparing to work with new pitching coach Chris Fetter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Derek Holland will never forget his first 11 pitches against the Detroit
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Ronald Blum  |  Associated Press New York — The Yankees made another high-risk offseason addition to their starting rotation, acquiring right-hander Jameson Taillon from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday for four prospects. Pittsburgh received right-handers Roansy Contreras and Miguel Yajure, infielder Maikol Escotto and outfielder Canaan Smith. Taillon, 29, has not pitched since May 1,
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Jerry Green  |  Special to The Detroit News Until then, the home-run sluggers were beefy white men with ruddy jowls. Babe Ruth. Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg.  Then came Henry Aaron. Slender. Black. Dignified. Gracious. Henry Aaron exploded the stereotypes and succeeded mightily against the prejudices that had lingered in Baseball for nearly a century.  There
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By TC Zencka | January 23, 2021 at 6:52pm CDT The latest minor moves from around the game… Former Nationals farmhand Drew Ward has signed a minor league deal with the Tigers, per Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post (via Twitter). The 26-year-old was a third round pick by the Nats back in 2013. He
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By TC Zencka | January 23, 2021 at 7:33pm CDT Derek Holland is a Detroit Tiger, he announced via his Twitter bio. The veteran lefty will join the Tigers on a minor league deal, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press (via Twitter). The Tigers will invite Holland to Major League camp with the
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Ten years after left-hander Derek Holland faced the Tigers in the American League Championship Series, he’ll be trying to join them. The veteran left-hander agreed to terms on a Minor League contract with Detroit with an invite to Major League camp for Spring Training, a source told MLB.com. The club Ten years after left-hander Derek
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers international signee Cristian Santana has ‘advanced approach’ with bat Detroit Tigers director of international operations Tom Moore checks in Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, to discuss the newest members of the organization. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press No big splashes, but the Detroit Tigers
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Mark “The Bird” Fidrych grooming the mound during his remarkable rookie season in 1976. (Photo credit: New York Times) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1970-1979 decade.  All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 Detroit Stars: 1919-1930 In each decade,
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