DETROIT -- Max Clark stayed patient this summer while the Tigers rotated through center fielders in the Major Leagues, saying he needed to figure things out at Triple-A Toledo. After a dominant July, Clark’s patience paid off: The Tigers called up their top prospect ahead of Friday’s 13-1 rout of

WEST SACRAMENTO -- After going through his normal between-starts routine, Casey Mize was fully prepared for what could be his final game as a Tiger on Friday against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park.

DETROIT – Nobody really knew Justin Verlander was making his last start at Comerica Park as a Tiger – at least for now – when he took the mound on Aug. 20, 2017. The former AL MVP and Cy Young winner had remained a Tiger at the July Trade Deadline,

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal is trying his best to stay in the moment, as he puts it, to not think about what could happen at next Monday’s Trade Deadline or beyond. He didn’t want to take thoughts about potentially his final start as a Tiger with him to the mound

DETROIT -- The Tigers lost an outfielder to injury for the second time in four days. Matt Vierling left Wednesday’s 10-9 12-inning loss against the Orioles after suffering a groin injury running out a fifth-inning triple. Vierling, who legged out a double in his first at-bat to help ignite a

DETROIT -- The Tigers took the field Tuesday night on a three-game losing streak with Trade Deadline rumors simmering and pundits increasingly branding them as sellers. Players said goodbye to longtime catcher and informal team leader Jake Rogers Monday night, and have to prepare for what could be Tarik Skubal’s

DETROIT -- The sight of Javier Báez back at Comerica Park was a boost to morale in the Tigers’ clubhouse. His return to Detroit’s lineup on Tuesday, playing center field against the Orioles, provides a potential spark to a team desperately needing one. The corresponding move, however, was a gut

DETROIT -- The chant started to echo around Comerica Park as the Tigers stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth on Monday night. “Free the squirrel! Free the squirrel!”

DETROIT – The Tigers will have to go through their potential season-defining stretch leading into the Trade Deadline without Kerry Carpenter, who was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. What began as a very relatable case of footwear change has become a

DETROIT -- Drew Sommers crouched down and hung his head like the Tigers lefty reliever had just seen a cruel trick. And in some ways, maybe he had. His slider just below the strike zone had the makings of a putaway pitch to get him and Detroit out of an

Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe continues to look good in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, allowing a run on two hits over four innings with four strikeouts in his second rehab start for Double-A Erie on Saturday. It was Jobe’s fourth rehab start overall, and his longest to date.

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DETROIT -- There was no raucous ovation for Casey Mize on his way to the dugout on Saturday afternoon, not like his Tigers rotation mate and good friend Tarik Skubal the previous night. Six innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts doesn’t often wow the way that 12 strikeouts over

DETROIT -- Rarely has Tarik Skubal had a better night with his changeup than Friday. Royals hitters whiffed 10 times on 14 swings against the reigning American League Cy Young Award-winner’s nastiest pitch, including five of his season-high 12 strikeouts in the Tigers’ 2-1 win. It was so good that

DETROIT -- The only thing predictable about the Tigers these days is the Trade Deadline questions they get, and the answers they provide. They came again on Thursday, with the Tigers back home for the first time since the All-Star break. They responded with many of the same answers they

DETROIT -- Troy Melton and Dillon Dingler have accomplished quite a bit early in their Major League careers. On Thursday, the Tigers' pitcher-catcher battery added a rare feat for any experience level: The strikeout/2-1 putout. It takes a special situation and awareness, and it got the Tigers out of a

CHICAGO -- Hao-Yu Lee has a simple explanation for why his second Major League stint with the Tigers has gone so much better than the first. “The routine's the same. It's just the mental side,” Lee explained after his go-ahead three-run home run in Wednesday’s 5-1 win over the Cubs.

CHICAGO – Kevin McGonigle has handled everything thrown on his plate so far in his incredible rookie season, from his Major League debut to the leadoff spot in the Tigers’ batting order to regular duty at shortstop after Javier Báez went on the injured list. On Tuesday, McGonigle had a

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CHICAGO -- Just when the Tigers seemed to have a surplus of quality starting pitching, the injury bug that has plagued Detroit for much of the season bit again. But it wasn’t Casey Mize, whose abrupt exit Sunday against the Angels raised concerns of another groin injury. Instead, the Tigers

CHICAGO – While Javier Báez missed the Tigers’ return to Wrigley Field, his old home ballpark, the All-Star shortstop took a big step toward returning to action on Tuesday by starting a rehab assignment with Single-A Lakeland. Báez, out since April 29 with a right ankle sprain, started at shortstop

CHICAGO -- Tigers fans made themselves heard at Wrigley Field all Monday night. But as Kenley Jansen stared in at catcher Dillon Dingler with the bases loaded and a 3-0 count to Alex Bregman, Cubs fans drowned out everything else, even Jansen’s PitchCom earpiece. “It was an incredible atmosphere,” said

DETROIT -- One of the best qualities of Tarik Skubal -- beyond the triple-digit fastball, filthy changeup and buckling curveball -- is the fact that he is much the same person as a back-to-back Cy Young Award winner that he was as a gangly rookie trying to make Detroit’s rotation

DETROIT -- Justin Verlander has had a long and varied history with All-Star Games. His Midsummer Classic debut in 2007 saw a 24-year-old hurler, fresh off a Rookie of the Year season, pitching for his manager, Jim Leyland, in San Francisco.

The Tigers officially entered a new era of broadcast with the launch of Detroit SportsNet, a year-round TV and streaming home for the Tigers and Red Wings.