DETROIT -- Years from now, when folks mention Vintage Verlander, this is what they’ll mean. For days, the Tigers had joked about sending Justin Verlander out like Billy Chapel. Never mind that the latter is a fictional character, an aging, once-great Tigers pitcher portrayed by Kevin Costner in the 1999

DETROIT -- Justin Verlander overcame the rust of six months since his last Major League appearance, the tightness of a hamstring strain that never quite went away, and the simple truth of Father Time and 43-year-old pitchers to deliver one last afternoon of Vintage Verlander. But after 5 1/3 innings

Advancing into a new era of Detroit Red Wings telecasts, the team today announced details ahead of its inaugural season on Detroit SportsNet, presented by Bet365. This includes the return of fan-favorite on-air talent, tune-in information, and meaningful production enhancements for a telecast already ranked as one of the league’s

TORONTO -- The sun is setting on two of this era’s greatest pitchers. Justin Verlander threw the final pitch of his remarkable career on Saturday afternoon in Detroit, and while Max Scherzer isn’t ready to make a decision just yet, he’ll take the mound Sunday in Toronto knowing it could

Justin Verlander has compiled a first-ballot Hall of Fame resume over the course of a storied career. With his final start in the books -- including an emotional departure from the mound with his daughter Genevieve -- it’s a perfect time to recount the many ways in which his career

No Minor League level has a bigger impact on the Major Leagues than Triple-A. Just one step below the bigs, the rosters in the International and Pacific Coast leagues are peppered with talent ready to make an impact, and this year's crop of standouts show just that.

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Tigers injury news and transactions.

DETROIT -- Justin Verlander took the mound for the Tigers in back-to-back years in winner-take-all games on the road against the A’s. He has nine career World Series appearances, including Game 1 for the Tigers in 2006 and 2012, and 226 career postseason innings. Add in two starts in All-Star

DETROIT -- The Tigers celebrated Justin Verlander’s incredible pitching career with an emotional ceremony Friday night, a day before he takes the mound one last time to face the Pirates. But the highlight of the ceremony arguably was Verlander as a catcher, getting behind the plate for the ceremonial first

Justin Verlander will make his 557th and final Major League start on Saturday. It’ll be only his second time throwing to Dillon Dingler, the 30th and final catcher to work with him. Of all the current and former players with stories and memories of Verlander, none have them quite like

In every era of baseball, there have been some starting pitchers who have defined their generation. For example, in the 1960s, it was Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson racking up numbers that were so dominant that MLB ended up lowering the height of the pitchers' mound entering the 1969 season.

Justin Verlander’s long list of accolades puts him among the best pitchers to ever put on a big league uniform and makes him a lock for Cooperstown. Three Cy Youngs. Two World Series titles. An American League MVP. The stats speak for themselves. He’ll wrap up his stellar 21-year career

DETROIT -- The first time that Pirates manager Don Kelly saw Justin Verlander pitch, he threw so hard that the opposing team’s stadium turned its radar gun off. The year was 2005, and Verlander was making his Double-A debut for the Erie SeaWolves (Detroit) while Kelly was an established veteran

DETROIT -- Moments after the Tigers honored Justin Verlander for an incredible career that included a dozen years in Motown, Jackson Jobe finished his comeback season with another outing that suggests he has a chance to be the Tigers’ next frontline starter. “It was awesome. He’s an absolute legend,” Jobe

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers today announced multiyear contract extensions with television play-by-play voice Jason Benetti and radio play-by-play voice Dan Dickerson, keeping the pair at the center of Tigers broadcasts on Detroit SportsNet and the Tigers Radio Network. "We're incredibly proud to have Jason and Dan as the voices

DETROIT -- The 1953 Tigers finished 60-94, but that club still holds a special place in franchise history. It was the debut season for 18-year-old Al Kaline, who went on to a Hall of Fame career and became Mr. Tiger. It was also the American League Rookie of the Year

Zyhir Hope made yet another splash as his 2026 season came to an end Tuesday. Hope demolished a first-inning home run in Game 2 of the Eastern League Finals, though his Double-A Erie squad fell to Reading, which clinched the championship at FirstEnergy Stadium.

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Now in its 34th season, the Arizona Fall League consistently features a mother lode of talent. The developmental circuit had a future Hall of Famer in Mike Piazza in its inaugural year in 1992 and has sent more than 3,000 players to Majors, including three more Cooperstown immortals in Roy

DETROIT -- Drew Anderson's kick change is a devastating pitch when it’s on, and a career changer that he brought with him to the Tigers from last season in Korea. He entered Tuesday with a 35.4 percent whiff rate on it, according to Statcast, and induced eight whiffs on 16

The Minor Leagues have never been so fast and powerful in tandem. There were 59 total Minor Leaguers with at least 20 homers and 20 stolen bases during the 2026 season. Not only is that a serious increase from 16 in 2025, it also is just one fewer than the

DETROIT -- Somebody get Tigers outfielder Ben Malgeri an endorsement deal. Hours after the Tigers announced their home will be named Fifth Third Park next season, their No. 53 had a game in his case to be a part of the Tigers’ long-term plans. Maybe it was just a coincidence

DETROIT -- Comerica Park has had several alternate identities since it became the Tigers’ home in 2000. Some have called it Comerica National Park for its spacious dimensions. Some fans simply came to call it Comerica, or abbreviated it to CoPa, as they grew comfortable with it over the years.

Baseball and the Austro-Turkish War of 1663. They go together like peanuts and Cracker Jack. OK, maybe not. But during Monday’s Nationals-Tigers game, the Detroit telecast and early modern European history intersected while Riley Greene was at the plate in the bottom of the first inning, courtesy of a unique