Carpenter stood in the batter’s box and squinted toward the rubber. The pitch came in, a 94 mph slider hanging over the plate. Carpenter stayed back, lowered his barrel and obliterated the ball into a gray Cleveland sky.

Coming off his American League Cy Young Award season, Tigers ace Tarik Skubal delivered two scoreless innings in his first spring start, a 4-0 Detroit loss to the visiting Minnesota Twins in Lakeland,

Spencer Torkelson hit his first homer of the spring for Detroit Tigers against Rays, a massive shot that hit the top of the left field scoreboard.

Liranzo has plenty of development ahead, but he's proving to be a quick study and could be a big part of Detroit's future.

Reese Olson had improved velocity on all five of his pitches in his first spring training start, but allowed two early homers.

Free agent reliever Andrew Chafin has signed a minor league deal to go to spring training with the Detroit Tigers, the team that traded the left-hander to Texas last summer.

Tigers outfielder Akil Baddoo had surgery to repair a broken bone in his right hand and will miss the start of the regular season.

Detroit Tigers rookie pitcher Jackson Jobe was so committed to throwing strikes on Sunday that he wasn’t too angry when one of them landed in the seats. The right-hander struck out three without a walk in an efficient,

Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez underwent right hip surgery in early September that ended his 2024 season, in which he hit .184 in 80 games.

The New York Yankees face the Detroit Tigers in an MLB spring training game on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 (2/23/25) at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.