If the Detroit Tigers want to carry on the motif of bringing in World Series winners, here’s the case for Kiké Hernández. I should have put this disclaimer for the article I did on Michael Brantley and it will be the case going forward. Our focus for the Detroit Tigers to sign players come from
The offseason is only a few days old, but with election season in full swing, the past week has been a busy one for Major League Baseball and its 30 clubs. • Voting resources Joining most large corporations in the United States, MLB has been supporting voter education, registration and turnout, and civic engagement, ahead
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. The Detroit Tigers are just as lost as everyone else. The 60-game sprint amid the COVID-19
By Anthony Franco | November 1, 2020 at 2:29pm CDT Some notes from the American League: The Rangers reinstated a trio of players from the 60-day injured list this afternoon, per a team announcement. Right-hander José Leclerc and left-handers Brock Burke and Joe Palumbo are all back on the 40-man roster, bringing Texas’ tally to 35. Those three
The season, that remarkable season, hasn’t been over a week, and already everyone’s back to business. Players are becoming free agents, the Winter Meetings (virtual this year) are being scheduled and teams are figuring out what their rosters will look like in a 2021 that’s going to bring all of its own pressures and difficulties.
Associated Press | Associated Press Baltimore – The Baltimore Orioles have picked up the $3.5 million club contract option on shortstop José Iglesias, who provided a boost to the team last season despite a series of injuries. Iglesias batted .373 with three homers and 24 RBIs in 39 games in 2019, his first season with
A veteran bat in Michael Brantley could help the Detroit Tigers in 2021. A new era for the Detroit Tigers started a couple of days ago with the hiring of AJ Hinch as the new manager just in time for the start of free agency. Throughout the next few months, we will be covering any
In 2003, former Detroit Tigers star Alan Trammell returned to the Motor City to manage the Tigers. One of the players on his first team, catcher AJ Hinch, has become the newest Tigers, manager. Although the 2003 Tigers season is memorable for all the wrong reasons, Hinch’s time as a Tigers player isn’t as well-remembered.
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News It is the only news to have seriously blemished Tigers Instructional Camp, which wraps up its five-week run Saturday at the TigerTown complex, in Lakeland, Florida. Wilkel Hernandez, a 21-year-old, right-handed starter from La Carlota, Venezuela, and a man whose 6-foot-3 frame and high-rpm repertoire was hinting at down-the-road
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Becky Hinch’s phone rang Jan. 13, at the climax of one of the dark moments in baseball history. She had
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Houston Astros didn’t win the World Series until they traded for Justin Verlander in 2017. Yes, he came from
Associated Press | Associated Press Pittsburgh – Chris Archer’s $11 million option for 2021 has been declined by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the 32-year-old right-hander became a free agent. Archer will receive a $250,000 buyout, completing a contract he agreed to with Tampa Bay in April 2014. The deal originally guaranteed $25.5 million over six
Jim Harbaugh reacts to Michigan Wolverines’ stunning 27-24 loss to rival Michigan State Spartans at Michigan Stadium, and explains what the difference was. Filmed Oct. 31, 2020 from Ann Arbor. #jimharbaugh #michiganfootball #michiganmichiganstate
Debating and predicting the Detroit Lions’ showdown vs. the Indianapolis Colts at Ford Field in Week 8. Filmed Oct. 30, 2020. Facebook – https://bit.ly/2T7zuV9 Twitter – https://bit.ly/2JeixbW Instagram – https://bit.ly/2Chb7hR Online – https://www.freep.com #lions #colts #nfl
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – It won’t happen here. What we saw in Game 6 of the World Series, with Rays manager Kevin Cash taking the ball from bewildered starter Blake Snell, who had allowed just two singles in 5.1 innings and was preserving a 1-0 lead in a do-or-die game —
You don’t hire Brad Pitt for a local used car commercial. Also, if you’re Detroit Tigers owner Chris Ilitch, you don’t hire AJ Hinch to come to Detroit to preside for very long over the Island of Misfit Toys roster. “Nothing” is a bad word. The easiest thing in the world is often to do
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce A.J. Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager A.J. Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers needed a bang. Owner Christopher Ilitch knew it. General manager Al Avila knew it. The fans knew it,
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce A.J. Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager A.J. Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. The Detroit Tigers announced AJ Hinch as the team’s new manager Friday, jumpstarting a fresh era of the rebuild, which general
Carlos Monarrez | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What’s next for Dodgers, Justin Turner after COVID debacle? What I’m Hearing: Our MLB insider Bob Nightengale breaks down what’s next for the Dodgers and Justin Turner after it was found he had a positive COVID-19 test during the clinching game of the World Series.
The stars and timing aligned for this Oxford, MI native after playing pro football. Throw in the gravitational pull of coming home? You can bet that adds up to a brand new chapter that is just starting for the Oxford Wildcats & their new head coach, Zach Line.