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The Tigers will be without Beau Brieske until at least the end of May with a left adductor strain, but the club added relief depth Monday by signing veteran right-hander Connor Seabold to a one-year split contract worth $800,000 at the Major League level. The 30-year-old Seabold -- a veteran

The Tigers and Padres are forever tied to their matchup in the 1984 World Series, a Fall Classic that remains the Tigers’ last world championship. With a stacked rotation, a lineup of hitters entering their prime and an influx of top prospect talent, this year might have the Tigers in

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The wide-eyed look from Max Clark as he watched Pirates No. 3 prospect Seth Hernandez deliver a 102 mph fastball to begin his at-bat became the lasting image of the Tigers’ Spring Breakout game Friday night. The frustrated look from Clark as the left fielder battled the

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The moving truck parked outside the clubhouse building at Joker Marchant Stadium was the obvious first sign Saturday morning that Spring Training is near an end. For some players, those hints have been building for a while as the Grapefruit League at-bats have piled up. At some

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers won’t make their final Opening Day roster decisions until after they leave Florida, but they had an early decision to make on Austin Slater. Detroit granted the veteran outfielder his unconditional release after he exercised the release clause in his contract on Saturday. It was

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The next phase of Justin Verlander’s incredible relationship with Detroit will begin under the lights on national television. And much like the Tigers’ home opener, Verlander’s first start back at Comerica Park as a Tiger again has the potential to be an unofficial holiday. Two days after

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Bryce Rainer introduced himself to Tigers fans a year ago with a standout performance in their Spring Breakout win over the Braves. A year and four days later, the Tigers’ No. 3 prospect announced his return in the same setting.

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BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Tigers have a history of bizarre but scary Spring Training injuries, from Mark Fidrych tearing cartilage in his knee while shagging fly balls in the outfield to Spencer Torkelson slicing open his right index finger while trying to open a can of beans without a can

It’s the final week of Spring Training, believe it or not. After more than a month of camp, Opening Day is very much in sight. MLB.com’s American League Central beat reporters, scattered throughout Florida and Arizona, have been watching their teams closely since mid-February, learning and assessing. Now, as the

The Tigers are unbeaten through two years of MLB’s Spring Breakout series, and they’ll bring a prospect-loaded roster into this year’s event led by manager and Hall of Famer Alan Trammell as they try to back up their standing as one of baseball’s top farm systems. Fans in Detroit and

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Justin Verlander can get zoned in on his outings and his pitching when he’s on the mound, but he made a point to thank the rookie Kevin McGonigle for his diving play at third base and throw from foul territory. “Great play,” Verlander said after his 4

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers have had a fair amount of representation in the World Baseball Classic. Arguably, no Detroit player got more out of it, manager A.J. Hinch suggested, than Jahmai Jones. Hinch meant on the field. But for Jones, the impact goes well beyond that.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Kevin McGonigle was getting ready to head to the Tigers clubhouse bathroom to wash his face Monday morning when he was stopped for a quick interview. As he was explaining his mindset heading into the final week of Spring Training and his approach to the barrage of

TAMPA, Fla. -- Officially, Jordan Yost won’t get his first professional at-bat until the Minor League regular season begins and the Tigers assign their top pick from last year’s MLB Draft to his first Minor League stop. But nobody who saw him step to the plate in Sunday’s 12-1 win

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tigers took a relatively laid-back approach to the ABS Challenge System for the first half of Grapefruit League play. It wasn’t that manager A.J. Hinch and his coaches didn’t care; they wanted to see how players handled the option to challenge on their own. On Friday,

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Ask most starting pitchers, and they’ll say they don’t think about who’s starting on the mound for the opposing team. They don’t have to pitch to the guy, or worry about hitting him, so they’ll focus on their own game. But when Tarik Skubal realized earlier in

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Pirates reliever Chris Devenski was still being evaluated one day after he was struck in the head by a line drive during Friday night’s 7-5 win over the Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium, but so far, the news is the best the Bucs could hope for. "Nothing

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- More than once in his career, Casey Mize has gone into the final days of Spring Training needing a strong final outing to help secure a rotation spot. So by comparison, heading into the final days of this camp needing to secure his fastball mechanics feels lower

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The line drive wasn’t exactly scorched as it headed into center field, an 83.2 mph liner eclipsed by the 86.6 mph velocity on the cutter that Parker Meadows hit. But the way Meadows’ Spring Training started, he’s not going to be picky.

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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Justin Verlander could understand being called insane, the way his second start back as a Tiger unfolded. Through three innings, he had four strikeouts, but three hits allowed -- all home runs, all off fastballs, all against left-handed hitters, all intended for the outside corner but left

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium was virtually empty Wednesday morning. The Tigers were playing a three-hour drive away in Fort Myers, and players who didn’t make the trip had the day off. But for Tarik Skubal, it was back to work.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers check out of Tigertown in a week and a half. Two weeks from Thursday, they begin their regular season in San Diego. Opening Day can sneak up on you, but manager A.J. Hinch made a point to remind players a week ago how it’s creeping