The Tigers are no stranger to the Rule 5 Draft. They’ve been near-annual participants in recent years, and have managed to find useful Major League players out of other teams’ farm systems as a result. This year was no different, as Detroit selected outfielder Akil Baddoo from Minnesota. Rule 5 Draft coverage The Rule 5
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DETROIT — With baseball’s Winter Meetings going virtual, Tigers general manager Al Avila has been relatively quiet about the team’s offseason plans. On Friday, he shed a little light on Detroit’s Hot Stove while speaking at The Players Alliance Pull-Up Neighbor Tour event, where former outfielder Cameron Maybin, reliever John Schreiber, pitching coach Chris Fetter
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Ken Griffey Jr. has the most wins in Home Run Derby history with 3. Here are all 3 of his wins! Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ & https://www.instagram.com/mlbvault/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/656… Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/
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Hall of fame catcher shared his personal memories of some remarkable interactions with the Mr. Tiger, Al Kaline, during an exclusive interview for members of the Tigers 1901 Society. Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League Club
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  Tigers pitchers Hal Newhouser (right) and Dizzy Trout finished one two in the 1944 AL MVP voting. (Photo credit: Detroit Tigers Twitter) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1940-1949 decade.  All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 In each decade, I select nine
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption MLB top free agents going into 2021 season include Trevor Bauer Trevor Bauer, J.T. Realmuto, George Springer and multiple Gold Glove winners headline a solid free agency class heading into the 2021 MLB season. Who makes sense for the Detroit Tigers? Three weeks into the
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Rob Maaddi  |  Associated Press Philadelphia — Whether rebuilding or reloading, small market or large, Dave Dombrowski has been a big success at every major league stop. His next challenging project: a Philadelphia Phillies team that’s gone nine years without a winning record. Dombrowski is set to join the Phillies as president of baseball operations, according
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Associated Press Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Phillies have hired longtime baseball executive Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the team hadn’t announced the move. An official announcement is expected Friday, according to
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By TC Zencka,Steve Adams and Connor Byrne | December 10, 2020 at 2:39pm CDT The Tigers have added former outfielder Jose Cruz Jr. to their major league coaching staff, the team announced. He’ll “focus on hitting instruction,” according to the Tigers. While the Tigers didn’t name an exact role for Cruz, it appears he will
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Ex-Detroit Tiger: AJ Hinch ‘one of the smartest’ in baseball Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Cameron Maybin checks in Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, to discuss the Players Alliance, AJ Hinch and free agency. The Detroit Tigers are taking a chance on outfielder Akil Baddoo. The 22-year-old
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