DETROIT – Justin Verlander will not be ready to return when he’s eligible to be reinstated from the 15-day injured list on Thursday. But the Tigers’ veteran right-hander is trending toward a Minor League rehab start or simulated game that should put him in line to rejoin Detroit’s rotation shortly

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal’s teammates thought this might be the day. “The biggest thing for me, my mindset seeing [Skubal’s no-hit bid] go into the fifth inning was I have to make every play for him. I have to be behind him,” rookie shortstop Kevin McGonigle said. “And everyone else

DETROIT -- The Tigers were never going to trade top prospect Kevin McGonigle at last summer’s Deadline, knowing what kind of impact he could make when he was ready for the big leagues. Nine months and two standout weeks in the big leagues later, McGonigle was going to make whatever

DETROIT -- This is why Riley Greene spent his offseason seeing tougher pitches in the cage, not just batting practice fastballs. This is why the Tigers’ All-Star slugger spent Spring Training working on his plate discipline and not just swinging for the fences.

DETROIT -- All wins are equal in the standings. They are not all equal in the mind. The Tigers returned home Thursday night reeling from the combination of a series sweep in Minnesota and a devastating outfield collision that left Parker Meadows in the hospital. Their mood still seemed subdued

DETROIT -- From the day Kenley Jansen signed, the 38-year-old closer said milestones and the saves record weren’t the motivation for him. He joined the Tigers to win. Still, as he sat in the clubhouse Friday night, it was clear that his 478th career save meant something more to him.

DETROIT -- The Tigers on Friday placed outfielder Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list following his harrowing outfield collision with teammate Riley Greene on Thursday afternoon at Target Field. Meadows suffered a concussion as well as a broken radius bone in his left forearm. He also received five stitches

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MINNEAPOLIS -- The sight of Parker Meadows lying on the outfield grass at Target Field with blood trickling out of his mouth left the crowd of predominantly Twins fans in silence. So you can imagine the emotions going through Meadows’ Tigers teammates as a cart motored in from behind the

MINNEAPOLIS -- The in-game entertainment crew at Target Field does a popular celebrity lookalike promotion in the middle of the third inning, pointing out faces in the crowd that look like movie stars or famous athletes or characters. On Tuesday, they panned to the Tigers radio booth and play-by-play broadcaster

MINNEAPOLIS -- The last time Tarik Skubal lost to the Twins, Luis Arraez was batting third for Minnesota, Austin Meadows was playing right field for Detroit and Tucker Barnhart was Skubal’s catcher. That was April 28, 2022, when Skubal was still mastering the changeup that would soon make him one

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Tigers manager A.J. Hinch laid out the challenge for his club long before first pitch Monday at Target Field. “I told the guys: This is going to be the toughest environment to play in mentally,” he said Monday afternoon from the mercifully-heated dugout bench. “Just because the conditions

DETROIT -- The 0-2 slider from Keider Montero dropped in on Cardinals slugger Iván Herrera, leading off the fourth inning. The grid on the Peacock broadcast showed the pitch just off the outside corner; plate umpire Mark Wegner saw it the same way. Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler saw it differently.

DETROIT -- Kerry Carpenter has hit enough big home runs on baseball’s biggest stages that there’s a classic, recognizable Kerry Carpenter swing. Saturday’s home run wasn’t one of them. Cardinals starter Dustin May had followed a changeup off the plate with a changeup right on the outside corner, a pitch

DETROIT -- The Tigers couldn’t have scripted a much better return for Justin Verlander to Comerica Park: A national stage for a Sunday night broadcast with the downtown Detroit skyline lit up in the background. But with a 43-year-old pitcher, health is hard to plan. Verlander’s return to the mound

DETROIT -- For a few innings Friday, the Tigers seemed just as snakebitten in their return to Comerica Park as they were for three days in Arizona. Framber Valdez and Dillon Dingler turned their fortunes around in one inning. It wasn’t as easy as the 4-0 win over the Cardinals

DETROIT – The drive down Interstate 75 toward downtown felt just like yesterday for Justin Verlander as he made his way to Comerica Park on Friday morning for the Tigers’ home opener. The roads are better, but the route is the same. “Coming to the park, getting on the interstate

PHOENIX -- A good portion of Kingman, Ariz., showed up for local hero Tarik Skubal’s homecoming. So did Diamondbacks star Corbin Carroll, and he wasn’t nearly as hospitable.

PHOENIX -- This was the form that Casey Mize had been searching for all Spring Training. This was the frenetic Tigers offense that had erupted early on Opening Day in San Diego. This was the type of late lead the Tigers had built their bullpen to protect.

PHOENIX – What happens when a Major League team on a season-opening road trip shares a hotel with the NFL owners’ meetings? Two of Detroit’s most prominent sports figures finally get a chance to meet over coffee.

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PHOENIX -- Justin Verlander remains all business on his way into the park, headphones on, mind focused. It’s one of the signature looks of his incredible career, and it’s a snapshot of the thought and concentration he puts into his work.

PHOENIX -- Justin Verlander has made it clear he’s a different pitcher, and in some ways a different person, than the former Cy Young Award winner and MVP who was a larger-than-life presence during his first Tigers tenure. At age 43, he can’t help it. In fact, he embraces it.

SAN DIEGO -- Watch Kenley Jansen hesitate in the middle of his delivery, his front leg dangling above the mound, and it’s easy to get the sense of a world-class soccer striker approaching a penalty kick -- slowing but never stopping, probing for a weakness while keeping his opponent guessing