With Matt Vierling and Parker Meadows injured, the door could open for a dark-horse candidate to make the roster.

Free agent reliever Andrew Chafin, 34, who has already pitched in 105 games for the Tigers across two stints with the club, signed a minor league deal Monday to go to spring training with Detroit, the team that traded the left-hander to Texas last summer.

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.

Jack Flaherty and Kenta Maeda combined to allow four runs in five innings in the Detroit Tigers' 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.

The preseason rolls on for the Detroit Tigers as they hit the road on Sunday afternoon, getting set to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates for some Spring Training action. It has been a bit of a bumpy start for the Tigers so far in Grapefruit League play.

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.

Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez was already in the batting cage, preparing for his spring training debut, when the buses arrived at the ballpark.

The Detroit Tigers were shutout by the Minnesota Twins Wednesday, but the good news was Tarik Skubal looked dominant in his spring training debut.

Matt Vierling started in center field for Detroit Tigers in Sunday's game against New York Yankees, but has not played in spring training game since.

The Tigers had a fairly good start to the Spring Training season, as they kicked things off by beating the Phillies and New York Yankees before suffering their first loss of the p