The slumping Detroit Tigers have clinched a wildcard spot and will travel to Cleveland to face the Guardians inside Progressive Field in the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs.
Spring training workouts start Sunday with the Los Angeles Dodgers trying to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000.
Barry Bonds says he doesn't worry any more about whether he'll be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jim Leyland’s No. 10 was retired by the Detroit Tigers, putting the Baseball Hall of Fame manager’s name and number in white on a brick wall next to World Series winner Sparky Anderson.
Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short.
Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton appeared on track to gain election to Cooperstown on Tuesday, while Billy Wagner was likely to be right around the needed 75% threshold and Gary Sheffield was projected to fall short.
Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to a World Series title in 1997 and won 1,769 regular-season games over 22 seasons as an entertaining and at-times crusty big league manager, was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Miguel Cabrera's career will end with the Detroit Tigers on Sunday against Cleveland at Comerica Park, where a sold-out crowd will include a few thousands fans paying for standing-room only tickets to cheer for him one more time.
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