When Al Avila was fired Wednesday after seven years as general manager of the Detroit Tigers, it wasn't because he had failed to implement the organizational plan. In fact, Avila did carry out the ...

Baseball’s winter meetings are over, and the Tigers still look like the Tigers. The team still is very expensive — too expensive, according to MLB’s luxury-tax limit. The team still has its pros — a ...

Detroit ― Often with United States presidents, they become more appreciated years after leaving office, their legacies benefiting from the passage of time. The same might just be happening in Detroit ...

What could Al Avila have done differently during his seven years as Tigers general manager? What can a new GM do that might end eight years of playoff-exile for a baseball team from Detroit? Begin ...

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers’ disappointing season cost Al Avila his job. Avila was fired as Detroit’s general manager on Wednesday, ending a seven-year tenure without a playoff appearance. “I ...

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol didn't realize there were no Latino general managers left in Major League Baseball after the Detroit Tigers fired Al Avila. Marmol himself is one of only ...

Crews replaced a broken 42-inch water main in Auburn Hills on Monday, moving the area closer to restoring service after days of water restrictions across parts of Oakland County. Read full article: ...

He fouled off a few against Baltimore's young hurler David Hernandez, worked the count to about eight or nine pitches and relaxed enough to briefly think to himself, "This is not so hard." "Then the ...

The Detroit Tigers finished the season in the most painful of places: almost in the playoffs. After finishing in last place in the AL Central in 2015 under Dave Dombrowski, the Detroit Tigers showed ...