'I was getting squeezed': Tigers catcher delights crowd with 9th-inning relief
DETROIT -- The Tigers have had plenty of good comeback stories from pitchers bouncing back from Tommy John surgery. They can now add Jake Rogers to the list. The last time Rogers pitched in a game was June 12, 2021, and he topped out at 82 mph. As manager A.J.
Greene plates 4, surpasses 200 career RBIs before turning 25
DETROIT -- The last time the Tigers had a player drive in 200 runs before turning 25, Travis Fryman was slugging his way out of Alan Trammell’s shadow and establishing himself as an All-Star. That was three decades ago, and Fryman went on to four All-Star selections as a Tiger
Carpenter has a new appreciation for Father's Day
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Latest Tigers injuries and transactions
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McGonigle delivers 5-hit outing to punch High-A club's playoff ticket
The West Michigan Whitecaps have been dominant all season long -- but on Friday night, their offensive outburst took it to another level.
Even while 'fighting myself,' Skubal dominates in another scoreless gem
BALTIMORE -- Tarik Skubal’s run of dominance over the past few weeks has drawn comparisons to Justin Verlander during his American League Most Valuable Player season in 2011. But as Skubal overpowered Orioles hitters in his seventh and final inning of Thursday night’s 4-1 Tigers win, the more apt ex-Tiger
What's in a name? Country music, MLB collide in clash of Riley Green(e)s
BALTIMORE -- Riley Greene is an All-Star outfielder leading the Tigers to the best record in baseball. Riley Green is an award-winning country music star. They have been confused for each other on social media and various circles, but they had never met … until Thursday afternoon at Camden Yards.
Latest mock draft: Where first round stands before Men's College World Series
The Nationals still are evaluating 7-8 players for the No. 1 overall pick, a group that consists of most of the consensus upper-tier of talent: two high school shortstops (Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits), the best of the college arms (lefties Kade Anderson of Louisiana State, Jamie Arnold of Florida
No. 2 prospect McGonigle racks up four hits at High-A
There was a little bit of everything during a productive full slate of Minor League action. Top 100 prospects Chase Burns and Trey Yesavage made good first impressions at new levels while two of the sport's brightest young stars -- JJ Wetherholt and Braden Montgomery -- came through when their
Tigers rookie Jobe to undergo Tommy John surgery
BALTIMORE -- Jackson Jobe’s rookie season is over, and the Tigers right-hander could miss much of next year as well. The team announced that Jobe, who went on the 15-day injured list 12 days ago with a flexor strain, will undergo Tommy John surgery to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament
Could O's serve as blueprint for Tigers at Trade Deadline?
BALTIMORE -- The main entrance for fans into Oriole Park is at the intersection of Eutaw and Camden Streets beyond left-center. But the Orioles currently sit at a famous figurative intersection as well, where a generation of young talent and prospects meet title aspirations and the potential final steps needed
Five years later: Here's each team's best Draft pick from 2020
Since the Draft began in 1965, there has never been a more difficult year than 2020. The pandemic shutdown ended the college and high school seasons in the second week of March, and some prepsters never even took the field. During the three months leading up to the Draft, teams
Torkelson lifts Tigers to 20 games over .500 for 1st time since 2013
BALTIMORE -- The last time the Tigers were 20 games over .500, their lineup was stacked with stars Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez and Torii Hunter, and their rotation boasted Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Anibal Sánchez. That was in 2013, when they finished 93-69 in the final season
10 accomplished vets looking to end All-Star droughts
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An 88 mph knuckleball?! Tigers farmhand has one -- and just got promoted
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Skenes takes NL lead, Skubal paces AL in latest Cy Young poll
As the baseball season sprints towards summer, the favorites for the Cy Young Award are starting to distance themselves from the field -- at least, that's the case in MLB.com's latest Cy Young Award poll. Paul Skenes takes over the No. 1 spot in the National League from Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Flaherty, Tigers make statement in finale between Central leaders
DETROIT -- The last time Jack Flaherty beat the Cubs, he not only batted, he singled and scored a run. That was at the end of the 2019 regular season, and it helped the Cardinals clinch a National League Central title. There wasn’t nearly as much riding on a Sunday
Sacrifice power for contact? Greene doesn't want to hear it
DETROIT -- Riley Greene doesn’t want to hear about trade-offs, about sacrificing contact for power. It’s not his game plan. “There is no trade-off,” the fourth-year Tigers slugger said last weekend in Kansas City. “I'm not trying to swing and miss.”
Top 2 in Power Rankings just showed they are not separated by much
The Tigers and Cubs played an exciting series in Detroit this weekend, but you know a label I didn’t hear a lot of people giving it? A potential World Series matchup. The two classic MLB teams have met four times in the World Series, with the Tigers winning the championship
Stellar Skubal backed by Tigers' 'absolute clinic' on defense
DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal saw Seiya Suzuki’s fly ball carrying deep to right and thought of Kristian Campbell, the Red Sox rookie whose fly ball to a similar spot cleared the wall for a go-ahead home run in the 11th inning on May 13. “The ball just kind of kept
Jones' Detroit ties make first homer as a Tiger all the more special
DETROIT -- The last time Jahmai Jones was in Detroit, he was a fan across the street from Comerica Park at Ford Field watching his older brother T.J. play wide receiver for the Lions. T.J. Jones caught four touchdowns over as many seasons in Detroit. His first was his longest,