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Tigers shortstop Javier Baez is coming off perhaps the worst season of his career in 2023, having slashed a brutal .222/.267/.325 in 547 trips to the plate this year. That was the second-worst offensive performance from a qualified regular in baseball last year by measure of wRC+; Baez?s 61 figure, which was 39% worse than league average, clocked in just barely ahead of former White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson?s 60 wRC+.

Brutal as the 2023 season was for Baez, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press relays that Baez is planning to spend much of his offseason stateside this winter rather than return to his home in Puerto Rico, as he typically does after the season comes to an end. During his time stateside, Petzold indicates that Baez plans to focus on strengthening his back and core muscles to recapture the athleticism that allowed him to connect for 86 home runs from 2017-2019, the fourth highest figure among qualified shortstops during that time span.

If Baez, 31 next month, can successfully combat father time and recapture the power that carried his offensive profile in his youth, that would provide a massive boost to a Tigers team that finished bottom four in the majors with a team-wide wRC+ of just 89 in 2023.

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Tigers is right-hander Spencer Turnbull. Per Scott Harris president of baseball operations, the Tigers tried to trade Turnbull ahead of Friday?s non-tender deadline but were unable to find any takers.

The decision to non-tender Turnbull, comes after a long-running saga of issues between the club?s decision to option Turnbull to Triple-A back in May (a move that was later rescinded due to an at-the-time undisclosed neck injury) and subsequent decision to option him a second time in August while he was working his way back from the neck injury and subsequent toe issue.

Tensions between the sides got to the point that Turnbull requested a trade ahead of the trade deadline on August 1 this past summer, though of course no deal wound up occurring back then. Now a free agent, Turnbull figures to be among the more interesting rebound candidates on the rotation market this offseason, given his flashes of success from 2020-21 when he posted a 3.46 ERA and 3.24 FIP across 20 starts.

MLBTR
 
Justice Bigbie had a solid Arizona Fall League season on the heels of a breakout year in the Detroit Tigers system. After slashing .343/.405/.537 with 19 home runs across High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A, the 24-year-old outfielder batted .292 over 83 plate appearances with the Salt River Rafters.

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November 20 in Tigers and mlb history:

1884: The National League agrees to allow overhand pitching, but rules that pitchers must keep both feet on the ground throughout their pitching motion in order to reduce the velocity of their pitches. They still must throw the ball at the height requested by the batter. In addition, teams are now required to supply a separate bench for each club at their park to limit inter-team fraternization.

1888: The Joint Rules Committee reduces the number of balls for a walk from five to four, establishing the four balls/three strikes count that remains in effect to this day. It also eliminates an out on a foul tip if the catcher catches it within 10 feet of home plate.

1893: The Detroit Tigers are born as a franchise in the new Western League.

1934: 17-year-old pitcher Eiji Sawamura gives up one hit, a home run to Lou Gehrig, as the touring major league All-Stars win in Japan, 1 - 0.
At one point, Sawamura strikes out four future Hall of Famers in a row: Charlie Gehringer, Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Gehrig.

1957: The Kansas City Athletics traded Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Tim Thompson and Gus Zernial to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Kent Hadley, Frank House, Duke Maas, Jim Small, John Tsitouris and Bill Tuttle. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim McManus (April 3, 1958) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

1958: The Detroit Tigers trade infielder Billy Martin and starter Al Cicotte to the Cleveland Indians for relievers Ray Narleski and Don Mossi and shortstop Ossie Alvarez. ?lvarez becomes the second player of color in franchise history.
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1962: New York Yankees center fielder Mickey Mantle collects his third American League MVP Award. Mantle, who hit .321 with 30 home runs, also led the AL in walks (122) OBP .486 and slugging percentage (.605).



1962: Tigers beat a team of Japan All-Stars 7-2 in their final game of a goodwill tour in front of 19,000 fans and acting Prime Minister Shokiro Kawashima. Proceeds support the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Bill Bruton hits a home run for the Tigers.

1967: New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, who posted a 16-12 record with 170 strikeouts and 2.76 ERA, is named National League Rookie of the Year by the BBWAA.

1969: San Francisco Giants first baseman Willie McCovey edges New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver as National League Most Valuable Player. McCovey hit .320 and led the league in home runs (45) and RBI (126), while Seaver posted a 2.21 ERA with 208 strikeouts and a league-leading 25 wins.

1978: Lou Whitaker is named the winner of the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Second baseman Whitaker batted .285 with 71 runs scored and 58 RBIs for the Tiger in his first season. Teammate Alan Trammell finishes third in voting. Whitaker is the third Tiger (Kuenn and Fidrych) to be named top rookie, and the second in three years.

1984: Four days after his 20th birthday, New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes the youngest player ever to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Gooden posted a 17-9 record with a 2.60 ERA and a major league-leading 276 strikeouts. Bryce Harper will be even younger when he wins the award in 2012.

1984: Seattle Mariners first baseman Alvin Davis, who hit .284 with 27 home runs and 116 RBI, wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Teammate pitcher Mark Langston and Minnesota Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett are the runner-ups.

1985: New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly, who hit .324 with 35 home runs and 145 RBI, easily wins the American League Most Valuable Player Award over Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett (.335, 30, 103).

1989: Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount edges Ruben Sierra of the Rangers to win his second American League MVP Award. Yount, who won the award as a shortstop in 1982, becomes only the third player to win MVP awards at two different positions, joining Hank Greenberg and Stan Musial.

1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Frank Tanana as a free agent.

1990: Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson edges Cecil Fielder of the Tigers for the American League MVP Award.
Henderson hit .325 with 28 home runs and a major league-best 65 stolen bases.
Fielder is the first player to hit 50 home runs (leading the league with 51) since George Foster did in 1977. 'Big Daddy' also leads the A.L. in RBI 132, Slugging .592 and Total Bases 339.

1991: Jeff Kaiser of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1995: The Detroit Tigers selected Micah Franklin off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1995: The Detroit Tigers selected Jeff McCurry off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Pugh as a free agent.

1996: The Detroit Tigers released Fausto Cruz.
1996: The Detroit Tigers released Richie Lewis.
1996: The Detroit Tigers released Shannon Penn.
1996: The Detroit Tigers released Duane Singleton.
1996: The Detroit Tigers released Brian Williams.

1997: The Detroit Tigers traded Rick Greene, Mike Myers and Santiago Perez to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bryce Florie.
1997:The Detroit Tigers traded Phil Nevin and Matt Walbeck to the Anaheim Angels for Nick Skuse (minors).

2001: The Detroit Tigers released Chris Holt.
2001: The Detroit Tigers released Heath Murray.

2001: The Boston Red Sox selected Tony Clark off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2001: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki becomes only the second player in major league history to win the Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season. Suzuki joins Boston Red Sox outfielder Fred Lynn, who achieved this double distinction in 1975.

2002: The Detroit Tigers released Damian Jackson.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Brian Schmack as a free agent.

2008: The Detroit Tigers signed Dane Sardinha as a free agent.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Enrique Gonzalez as a free agent.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Jess Todd as a free agent.
2012: The Detroit Tigers released Ryan Raburn.

2013: In the first big trade of the off-season, the Tigers sent 1B Prince Fielder to Texas in return for 2B Ian Kinsler. Fielder has seven years left on a $214 million contract signed two years ago and his departure will allow Detroit to move two-time MVP Miguel Cabrera back to first base.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Joel Hanrahan as a free agent.
2014: The Detroit Tigers selected Josh Zeid off waivers from the Houston Astros.

2015: The Atlanta Braves traded Cameron Maybin to the Detroit Tigers for Gabe Speier (minors) and Ian Krol.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Carpenter as a free agent.

2018: Third baseman Adrian Beltre announces his retirement after 21 seasons in the majors. With over 3,000 hits and a reputation as one of the finest fielders ever at the position, resulting in five Gold Gloves, his next stop will likely be the Hall of Fame in five years' time.

2021: Niko Goodrum of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players birthdays:

Ray Powell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ray Powell 1913.

Augie Prudhomme Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Augie Prudhomme 1929.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lou_Berberet
Lou Berberet Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Lou Berberet 1959-1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ron_Cash
Ron Cash Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ron Cash 1973-1974.

Lino Urdaneta Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Lino Urdaneta 2004.

Tarik Skubal Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Tarik Skubal 2020-present.

Jacob Robson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Jacob Robson 2021.

Tigers players who passed away:

Paddy Baumann Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Paddy Baumann 1911-1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Maharg
Billy Maharg Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Billy Maharg 1912.

Les Hennessy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Les Hennessy 1913.

Fred McMullin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Fred McMullin 1914.

George Maisel Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
George Maisel 1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Rogalski
Joe Rogalski Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Joe Rogalski 1938.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Littlefield
Dick Littlefield Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dick Littlefield 1952.

www.baseball-reference.com

Willie Hernández Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Willie Hernández. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Willie Hernandez 1984-1989.

Baseball Reference
 
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2024 Hall of Fame ballot is unveiled.
MLB.com

Adrian Beltr?, Joe Mauer and Chase Utley are some of the more notable newcomers featured on the 2024 Baseball Writers? Association of America Hall of Fame ballot, which was released Monday.

Those first-year candidates are joined by ballot veterans such as Todd Helton, Billy Wagner and Andruw Jones, who are trending toward enshrinement in Cooperstown.

Beltr? appears on the ballot for the first time after recording 3,166 hits and 477 home runs during his 21-year career. Mauer?s three batting titles as a catcher and 2009 AL MVP are some of his top reasons for induction. Utley made six All-Star teams and won the 2008 World Series with the Phillies. Other first-timers on the ballot include David Wright, Bartolo Colon, Adri?n Gonz?lez, Matt Holliday, Jos? Reyes, Jos? Bautista, Victor Martinez, James Shields and Brandon Phillips.
 
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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...nges-javier-baez-offseason-plans/71657854007/
'Days of Roar' Tigers Podcast: Breaking down roster changes and can Detroit Tigers fix Javier B?ez? 62 minutes.
Freep

On this episode: Mark and Evan have a slew of changes to the roster to cover this week. Are there any surprises as to who was kept or let go? Later in the pod, the guys review Evan's piece on Javier B?ez's offseason training plans. What's different about this offseason and what new options are available to help the shortstop fix his swing? To close the pod, the guys answer some listener mail-bag questions including one that catches Evan completely by surprise.
 
November 21 in Tigers and mlb history:

1888: The Pittsburgh Alleghenys purchased Ned Hanlon from the Detroit Wolverines for $2,500.

1889: The National League issues its reply to the Players League manifesto. Claiming that the League saved baseball in 1876 and that under the reserve rules players' salaries have "more than trebled," the NL denounces the Brotherhood movement as "the efforts of certain overpaid players to again control [baseball] for their own aggrandizement. . . to its ultimate dishonor and disintegration."

1893: Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the league will prosper and eventually become the American League.

1900: Given a ten-year contract to control the Baltimore franchise, John McGraw says he intends to be there a long time, and wants to lease grounds in Baltimore where he can stay. He'll be a manager for 32 more years, but not in Baltimore.

1905: Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom was born this day in Chicago, IL
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1920: Legendary St. Louis Cardinals 1b and LF Stan Musial is born in Donora, Pa. "The Man" will go on to play 22 years in St. Louis, setting many N.L. and ML records on his way to election to the Hall of Fame in 1969.

1933: Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Chuck Klein, who won the Triple Crown after hitting .368 with 28 home runs and 120 RBI, is sold to the Cubs for $125,000 and veterans Mark Koenig and Harvey Hendrick, and rookie Ted Kleinhans. Hendrick will play one year with the Phillies, while Koenig and Hendrick quickly go to the Reds. Klein, who also led the National League in hits (223), doubles (44), extra-base hits (79), total bases (365), slugging percentage (.602), on base percentage (.368) and OPS (1.025), and finished second in runs (102) and fourth in steals (15), is the only player in major league history to be traded after a Triple Crown season. Klein will have two-plus seasons at Wrigley Field before returning to Philadelphia in 1936.

1934: The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. The son of Italian immigrants will be one of three DiMaggio brothers to play in the major leagues. Dom and Vince are the others.

1949: Bill Veeck sells the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million to a local syndicate headed by Ellis Ryan. Hank Greenberg will be general manager.

1956: Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe wins the National League MVP; in a few days, he will become the first-ever Cy Young Award winner.

1960: Bob Scheffing signs to manage the Detroit Tigers after the job is turned down by Casey Stengel. He will manage Tigers to 101 wins in 1961.

1962: The Pittsburgh Pirates trade the player they call "Dr. StrangeGlove" 1B Dick Stuart and P Jack Lamabe to the Boston Red Sox for P Don Schwall and C Jim Pagliaroni.

1969: Future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey, Jr. is born in Donora, PA, the son of Ken Griffey, Sr., himself an All-Star outfielder who will not make his major league debut until 1973. The two will be the first father/son duo to play together in the major leagues, in 1990, but the younger Griffey will greatly surpass his father's accomplishments, receiving a record-high percentage of the vote when elected to Cooperstown in 2016.

1970: The Sporting News announces Gold Glove Award selections. Chicago White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio wins the ninth and final honor of his career.
Aparicio has now won a gold glove in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

1972: Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk is the first-ever unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year. Fisk hit 22 home runs and led the AL East Division with a .293 batting average.
Pitcher Jon Matlack of the New York Mets is named the National League winner.

1973: Pete Rose wins the National League MVP Award in a controversial vote, edging out Willie Stargell. Rose led the NL with 230 hits and won his third batting crown with a .338 mark. Stargell led the league with 44 home runs, 119 runs batted in, and a .646 slugging percentage while batting .299.

1977: Baltimore Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray is named American League Rookie of the Year.

1983: The Cincinnati Reds purchased Wayne Krenchicki from the Detroit Tigers.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Doug Flynn as a free agent.

1989: The Detroit Tigers released Frank Williams.

1989: Kevin Mitchell of the Giants, who led the major leagues with 47 home runs and 125 RBI, is named National League Most Valuable Player.

1991: Atlanta Braves third baseman Terry Pendleton, who hit .319 with 22 home runs and 86 RBI, wins the National League MVP Award.

2000: Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, Commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for "sweeping changes" in the game's economic make-up, raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires on October 31, 2001.

2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Alejandro Freire as a free agent.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Jarrod Patterson as a free agent.

2002: In the earliest-scheduled season opener in major league history, the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will start the season in Tokyo, Japan, on March 25, 2003. The two-game series will feature recent American League Rookies of the Year Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001).

2011: The Tigers' Justin Verlander adds the American League Most Valuable Player Award to the Cy Young Award he won a week ago after a dominating season in which he led Detroit to the AL Central title. Verlander is the first pitcher to win the award in the AL since reliever Dennis Eckersley in 1992, and the first starting pitcher to do so since Roger Clemens in 1986*. Verlander secures 13 of 28 first-place votes to finish ahead of Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury, Toronto's Jose Bautista and New York's Curtis Granderson in a bunched-up vote.
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2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Jerad Head as a free agent.

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Pat McCoy as a free agent.

2013: Michael Weiner, executive director of the MLBPA, dies of brain cancer at age 51. The architect of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement and highly respected by players, owners and Major League Baseball top executives alike, he is succeeded by former player Tony Clark.

2014: To mark the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's enrollment at the university, UCLA announces it will retire the number 42 in his honor across all sports in which varsity teams compete and renames its athletic facilities the "Jackie Robinson Athletics and Recreation Complex."

2017: The Commissioner's office issues its ruling in the investigation of improprieties committed by the Atlanta Braves by willingly circumventing international signing rules from 2015 through 2017. Former General Manager John Coppolella receives a lifetime ban, and 12 prospects in the organization are declared free agents. The Braves are also forbidden from signing any prospect for a bonus of more than $10,000 in the 2019-20 signing period, their bonus pool will be cut by 50% the following year, and they will lose a third-round selection in the 2018 amateur draft while sanctions against other employees are expected to follow. The scam involved secretly diverting bonuses declared for certain prospects towards others governed by signing pool limits, in order to make it appear as if the team had not exceeded these limits.

2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Brendon Davis as a free agent.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Miguel Diaz as a free agent.

2023 The Detroit Tigers signed Garrett Hill as a free agent.
2023: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Vilade as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Bennett
Charlie Bennett Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Charlie Bennett Detroit Wolverines N.L. 1881-1888.

Gus Hetling Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Gus Hetling 1906.

Bill Morrisette Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bill Morrisette 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Paul_Richards
Paul Richards Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Paul Richards 1943-1946.

Daryl Patterson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Daryl Patterson 1968-1971.

Rick Peters Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Rick Peters 1979-1981.

Quintin Berry Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Quintin Berry 2012.

Tigers players and announcers who passed away:

Buck Marrow Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Buck Morrow 1932.

Earl Cook Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Earl Cook 1941.

Hack Miller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Hack Miller 1944-1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mel_Ott
Mel Ott announcer 1956-1958.

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Forever a champion.
Our thoughts are with the family, friends and teammates of former Tigers reliever Guillermo ?Willie? Hern?ndez.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/willie-hernandez-1984-al-mvp-dies
Willie Hern?ndez, MVP & WS champ in '84 with Tigers, passes.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2023/11/21/23970903/detroit-tigers-willie-hernandez-obituary-1984
Tigers great Guillermo ?Willie? Hernandez passes away at age 69.
Hernandez put together one of the all-time great seasons by a reliever in 1984.
BYBTB

https://motorcitybengals.com/posts/...-young-and-mvp-winner-dies-at-69-01hfsfttscn8
Willie Hernandez, 1984 Cy Young and MVP Winner, Dies at 69.
MCBTB

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/willie-hernandez-passes-away.html
Willie Hernandez Passes Away.
MLBTR

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...orld-series-squad-dies-at-age-69/71665544007/
Willie Hern?ndez, closer for Tigers' 1984 World Series squad, dies at age 69.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...merican-league-cy-young-mvp-1984/71666971007/
Willie Hern?ndez, 1984 AL MVP and World Series champ with Detroit Tigers, dies at age 69.
Freep
 
Carson Kelly, who will return to the Tigers in the 2024 season, has 'fallen in love with the process' of making adjustments this offseason

On Kelly's $3.5 million club option and his commitment to bat speed, clean swing mechanics and a one-knee setup:
 
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