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DETROIT — Tyler Alexander had completed his crossword puzzle and was busy ripping it into a big pile of little pieces Tuesday afternoon.

DETROIT — It might not look or feel like it when you’re sitting nine games under .500 and the oddsmakers give you a less than 3% chance of making the playoffs, but the Tigers weathered the storm that battered them throughout the month of June.

We hope Akil Baddoo was wearing a cup Monday.

The veteran shortstop’s rough start to the 2023 season continued Thursday night.

LAKELAND, Fla. — All this stuff will shake out by the end of spring training. Shoot, by then, some new players could be added to the mix, completely throwing these early calculations out of whack.

DETROIT — I’ve been carrying around these quotes from agent Scott Boras since he spoke at the general managers’ meetings in Las Vegas in November. His words struck me at the time as extremely relevant to the Tigers, and even more so since manager AJ Hinch and president Scott Harris…

When manager Scott Servais warned those listening in his pregame media session that they might see some unique pitching decisions, including a position player pitching, the idea of Luis Torrens being brought in to pitch in a tie game in extra innings, well, that wasn’t on the list of likely…

Until Simeon Woods Richardson took the mound on Sunday, the Twins had never before asked a starting pitcher to make his big-league debut during the final week of a season.

It seemed odd and unwarranted at the time, giving a rookie the honor of starting on opening day. Six months later, Joe Ryan might have locked up the job for 2023, too.