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Chairman Tom Ricketts: Cubs ‘will compete for the division this year’

New Cubs catcher Tucker Barnhart called the National League Central a “winnable” division.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Pair of Smart, Overlooked Signings Highlight This Week in MLB

The baseball year has began rather quietly, at least compared to the frenetic pace of free agency last month. As of this morning, the two most notable acquisitions this week came in the NL Central: the Cubs have agreed to a one-year, $720,000 deal with first baseman Eric Hosmer, and…

Sports Illustrated

Psychology 101: How veteran catcher Tucker Barnhart fits with Cubs pitching staff

Barnhart, with over eight years of major-league service time under his belt, has caught pitching staffs of all makeups.

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Cubs finalize 2-year deal with catcher Tucker Barnhart

Barnhart returns to the National League Central after struggling in his only season with Detroit. He spent his first eight seasons with the Reds, winning Gold Gloves in 2017 and 2020.

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‘Not a finished product’: Measuring the Cubs’ improvement so far this offseason

The additions of Dansby Swanson, Jameson Taillon, Cody Bellinger and others have undoubtedly made the Cubs better. The question is, exactly how much have those signings changed the Cubs’ 2023 outlook?

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Cubs finalizing deal with veteran catcher Tucker Barnhart: reports

The Cubs continue to focus on their up-the-middle defense.

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Tigers sweep Royals, equal season-long six-game win streak

DETROIT — AJ Hinch has been thinking about moving Akil Baddoo into the leadoff spot for a while now. But he wanted him to earn the privilege, which he certainly did hitting .300 with a .400 on-base average the last two weeks.

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Harold the Hero: Castro's clutch hits send Tigers to fourth straight win

DETROIT — The Tigers had to wait for Zack Greinke to finish up his work before they could have some fun Tuesday night.

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Tyler Alexander flirts with a no-hitter as Tigers blitz Orioles, 11-0

BALTIMORE — The rather sudden hiring of Scott Harris as president of baseball operations wasn't the only plot twist Monday night.

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Tigers fight back to force extra innings against White Sox but lose in 11th

DETROIT — The Chicago White Sox scored twice off Tigers' closer Gregory Soto in the top of the 11th inning and evened the three-game series with a 4-3 win at Comerica Park Saturday night.

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Tigers throttled by Royals; Miguel Cabrera could be heading to IL

DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera wasn’t in the starting lineup Saturday night, nor was he seen on the bench. The intrigue was a welcome diversion from the Detroit Tigers’ stultifying 12-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals.

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Tyler Alexander buckles down, Tigers get key hits to even series against Angels

DETROIT — The Saturday attendance at Comerica Park was 23,581 — thousands more of which, certainly, came to see Shohei Ohtani than, say, Victor Reyes and Kody Clemens.

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Two overturned calls, Kerry Carpenter blast aid Tigers in second straight win

CLEVELAND — The baseball hasn’t much bounced the Tigers’ way this season. But it did Tuesday in their 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians.

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Tigers end 8-game skid, split doubleheader with 7-5 win in Cleveland

CLEVELAND — For different reasons, they both badly needed to see balls fly into the seats.

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Tigers allow walk-off homer in 10th inning, lose 5-3 against first-place Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — Gio Urshela slammed a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Twins a 5-3 win over the Tigers.

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Jose Berrios, Blue Jays stymie Tigers in series finale

TORONTO — The first three games of this series were spirited and competitive. Sunday, not so much.

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Báez homer backs brilliant outing by Brieske, Tigers beat White Sox 2-1

CHICAGO — Rookie Beau Brieske took a no-hitter into the sixth inning Thursday night. Javier Báez, in his first game back in the city of Chicago since the Cubs traded him last year, homered off right-hander Dylan Cease and the Tigers held on to beat the White Sox 2-1 and…

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Garrett Hill shines in MLB debut as Tigers top Guardians in doubleheader opener

DETROIT — Tattooed on Garrett Hill’s left arm is a baseball, with the seams colored red. Inscribed around it are the words Dignity, Respect, Pride and Honor. It offers a little window into what’s inside this bespectacled right-hander.

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Worth the wait: Tigers pack a punch, take down Pirates after rain delay

PITTSBURGH — Turns out it was worth the wait for the Tigers.

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Alex Faedo weathers shaky start, Tigers snap three-game skid with win vs. Guardians

CLEVELAND — Before the game, manager AJ Hinch, still fighting off an illness, his voice still weakened, would not accept any offering of sympathy — for him or his scuffling, injury-wracked baseball team.

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Tigers' scoreless streak reaches 24 innings in 2-0 loss to A's

DETROIT — Tigers manager AJ Hinch was saying, hours before Monday night's game, that you can't worry about yesterday. You've gotta focus on today.

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Twins break open game in fifth inning, beat Tigers for seventh straight win

MINNEAPOLIS — New-age manager Rocco Baldelli went old-school on Throwback Thursday: For the first time in his career, he called for two sacrifice bunts — in one inning, no less. And they wound up fueling the put-away inning in the Twins' seventh consecutive victory, 7-1 over the Tigers at Target…

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Tigers drop opener to Yankees in four-hour affair

DETROIT — The night was never going to be conducive to good, clean baseball. Temperature at game time was 43 degrees and falling into the 30s with a chilly wind. Miserable.

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Optimism bubbles as Tigers emerge from rebuild

DETROIT — A couple of days ago, the Tigers had their roster just about set, except for maybe the last two spots in the bullpen.

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Fantasy baseball 2022: Breakouts, busts and sleepers by position

For some, springtime means renewal and if there ever was a time for renewal, it would be after two years of dealing with a worldwide pandemic.

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