DETROIT — The revolving door to the Tigers’ infield swung again on Tuesday: Second baseman Jonathan Schoop was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist sprain, and infielder Niko Goodrum was activated from the 10-day IL after missing just under two weeks with a right oblique strain. DETROIT — The revolving door
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:13 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Detroit — It was expected that Niko Goodrum would return off the injured list Tuesday. But starting at second base? Didn’t see that coming. “I told him he was playing second base and he said, whatever, he just wants to play,” manager Ron Gardenhire
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:36 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Detroit — He grew up attending games at Comerica Park and dreaming of wearing the Old English D on his jersey one day. That day has come for catcher Eric Haase. “I get chills just thinking about it,” said the Dearborn Divine Child product and
Ronald Blum Associated Press Published 5:32 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 New York — The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers’ new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association, the first time the sport’s championship will be played entirely at one site
A deeper look at Matthew Boyd’s Janus-faced disaster. Just a few weeks ago we wrote about Matthew Boyd using his changeup more to save his season. Then he got destroyed again. We aren’t quite ready to abandon our previous theory — Boyd was uncharacteristically wild in his rough outing against the Brewers — but for
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 5:51 PM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Detroit Tigers catcher Eric Haase has been on the traveling taxi squad for road trips all season. He caught warmups, took batting practice and followed the patterns of his fellow catchers, but unless there were two injuries, he wasn’t ever going to play. That changed Tuesday.
The Tigers have made a change to their catching ranks, optioning Grayson Greiner to their alternate training site and calling up Eric Haase. Acquired from the Indians back in January, Haase is line to see his first action of the 2020 season. Greiner has hit .118/.182/.333 over 55 plate appearances this season, continuing the offensive
Major League Baseball on Tuesday announced the schedule for the 2020 Postseason, which is set to open with the American League’s inaugural Wild Card Series on Tuesday, Sept. 29, and the National League’s first Wild Card Series openers on Wednesday, September 30th. In the first neutral site Fall Classic in modern history, Game One of
The easy thing to say here is just resign Jonathan Schoop to a multiyear deal and problem solved for the Detroit Tigers. That is the obvious choice but so far during the Chris Ilitch era, there have been no guarantees. For the Detroit Tigers, there has been just one second baseman in the last 20
The lure of even an 8th place wildcard fantasy is something baseball fans of bad teams want to desperately embrace. Many Detroit Tigers fans, no matter how jaded by the losing of the last few years, we’re willing to entertain the idea the Tigers really could contend for a wildcard spot in the enlarged American
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Ramon Santiago waited three years to take this test. In recent weeks, he studied on the team bus by watching YouTube videos. Detroit Tigers team members and coaches enjoyed quizzing him about United States history in the dugout. He’s wanted to become a U.S. citizen since
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 15, 2020 Through 46 games, the Detroit Tigers are just a game out of last place in the American League Central Division. Two weeks ago, that would’ve been hard to believe. The Tigers (20-26) were flirting with the playoffs before being swept by the Chicago White Sox
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 5:07 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 The Detroit Tigers haven’t had an American League Player of the Week winner since Nick Castellanos in August 2018. Until now. Jeimer Candelario was named AL Player of the Week on Monday for slashing .423/.500/.923 with three homers and nine RBIs from Sept.
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 3:23 PM EDT Sep 14, 2020 Detroit – There comes a point in every baseball season – apparently even in a 60-game season – when will and want-to collide with reality, when spit and grit gets trumped by superior talent, when all the intangibles in the world can’t save you
Fresh off a no-hitter against the Brewers on Sunday, Cubs right-hander Alec Mills was named the National League Player of the Week presented by Chevrolet on Monday, alongside AL honoree Tigers first baseman Jeimer Candelario. It’s the first career Player of the Week Award for both players. • All-time Player Fresh off a no-hitter against
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, teams can be broken up into three categories: those headed to October, those with a really good chance to play in October, and those that are already thinking about next year. With two weeks remaining in the regular season, teams can be broken up into three categories:
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 6:01 AM EDT Sep 14, 2020 By the sour tone in Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire’s voice on Sunday afternoon, it was obvious he didn’t want to be reminded of his team’s nine losses to the Chicago White Sox in 10 games this season. “Thank you,” Gardenhire said after a 5-2 defeat
For all the talk about how short this season has been, there has been plenty that every team has learned about itself. And one of the key things any team can learn: Who is in this for the long haul? So, today at the Thirty, we take a look at the player on each team
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Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 8:53 PM EDT Sep 13, 2020 Chicago — All that talk about a chase for a wild-card spot, and making the playoffs, and how wonderful and unexpected it would be, yes, it was fun. But it’s likely, very likely, not going to happen. Heading into play Sunday, the Tigers stood