CINCINNATI -- Spencer Torkelson began the week as a sub-.200 hitter without a home run for the season but with belief that the results would eventually match the metrics, and with a manager saying they wouldn’t abandon him. He ended the week in the Tigers’ record books For the fifth

CINCINNATI – Kids dream about the moment Hao-Yu Lee had Sunday: Game on the line, stepping to the plate and hitting a go-ahead home run. Lee sort of dreamed about it, too.

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

Everyone has an opportunity to make a strong first impression. Some, like Blue Jays ace Dylan Cease, have simply matched expectations after signing a high-profile free-agent contract with a new club. Others, like Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle and White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami, are beginning their respective Major League careers

CINCINNATI -- The Tigers were sitting in the visitors' clubhouse at Great American Ball Park, doing crossword puzzles, playing cards, watching other games on TV while preparing for their own to eventually restart, when they heard the booming sounds from the field. They were fireworks, scheduled for after the game

CINCINNATI -- The last time Spencer Torkelson was on a roll like this, he was at peak Tork phenom at Arizona State. He had a lot of homer streaks as a Sun Devil, but he homered in four straight games near the end of his sophomore season, a 23-homer, 66-RBI

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DETROIT -- The Tigers have watched Spencer Torkelson follow a 31-homer season with a slow start at the plate in two of the past three seasons. They’ve also enjoyed the flip side. “He brings a different element,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “I mean, we can slug. Obviously, we can be

DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal hasn’t had much reason to flash frustration so far this season. But as the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner marched back into the dugout in the seventh inning following Blake Perkins’ game-tying two-run double, he had a moment. Skubal chucked his glove off the

DETROIT -- Spencer Torkelson wasn’t worried, even if you understandably might have been worried for him. The metrics suggested his first home run of the season was coming. Just as important for him, the way he felt at the plate suggested the clock was ticking on the first Tork Bomb

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Minor League Baseball is famous for being a top-tier, low-cost family entertainment option. Throughout the 2026 season, going to a game can be an even better value than usual. Through April 28, all 120 MiLB teams -- clubs from Single-A to Triple-A at ballparks from Palm Beach, Fla., to Vancouver,

DETROIT -- There’s an unwritten rule for position players who pitch in a loss, at least in the Tigers' clubhouse: They very rarely talk after the game, no matter how they perform. It’s nothing personal, just a manifestation of what is often literally a thankless role. If they’re pitching, it

Once upon a time in baseball, picking which pitchers had the best fastball was done solely based on how hard they threw. When the radar gun started being used in the 1970s, it was a quick and easy way to measure who had the best heater. But as the game

DETROIT -- While Kevin McGonigle continues to impress at shortstop, the Tigers’ next highly rated shortstop prospects are moving up the developmental ladder. The club on Tuesday promoted No. 3 prospect Bryce Rainer from Single-A Lakeland to High-A West Michigan, and moved No. 9 Jordan Yost to Lakeland to begin

Reigning two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal is dealing. Top prospect Kevin McGonigle has lived up to the hype. And free-agent acquisition Framber Valdez has been everything Detroit expected. However, no Tigers player has made a larger impact this season than catcher Dillon Dingler.

BOSTON -- On Marathon Monday, the Tigers found themselves struggling to the finish line of their four-game series at Fenway Park, leaving with a split after falling, 8-6, in the finale. Starter Jack Flaherty, who was coming off back-to-back solid outings, looked flat from the jump, failing to locate as

BOSTON -- The Tigers’ offense had been quieted by Boston’s pitching staff for much of their series, and that was again the case on a dreary Sunday at Fenway Park -- until a two-out rally in the fifth opened things up for the visitors who were able to capture a

BOSTON -- After taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning in his last start, Tarik Skubal was nearly perfect through four innings against the Red Sox on Saturday in yet another masterful performance from the Tigers’ ace. Detroit would go on to win the game, 4-1, halting a nine-game road

It's still too early to tell exactly how the 2026 season will play out, but every team has seen at least one key player or position group get off to a strong start. With the help of MLB.com's beat writers, here's one early-season development every club can have faith in.

BOSTON -- Unable to spark any late-inning offensive magic, the Tigers let a monster effort from starter Casey Mize go by the wayside as they fell to the Red Sox on Friday night, 1-0, in 10 innings, halting a six-game winning streak while extending their road losing streak to nine

BOSTON -- Prior to the start of a four-game series at Fenway Park on Friday, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch announced that the team had placed infielder Zach McKinstry on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 16. The Detroit third baseman had an eventful night in Kansas City on Wednesday, getting