An outfielder who played four MLB seasons with the the Red Sox, Astros, and Mets, died last August at age 77 and requested no funeral or obituary.

The Detroit Tigers, coming off an unbelievable 2024 campaign, were hoping to make major offseason improvements ahead of what they hoped would be an even better 2025 season. Sure, they added Jack Flaherty, Gleyber Torres and Tommy Kahnle, but Scott Harris was eyeing a major splash.

Jack Flaherty and Kenta Maeda combined to allow four runs in five innings in the Detroit Tigers' 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.

Marcelo Mayer went 3-for-3 with an RBI triple and a two-run home run, Roman Anthony added the go-ahead double and the visiting Boston Red Sox hung on to beat the Detroit Tigers' split squad in spring training action Thursday in Lakeland,

It wasn’t for a lack of effort since Detroit was in the Alex Bregman sweepstakes right until the end when he decided to sign a deal with the Boston Red Sox. The only addition made to the lineup otherwise was second baseman Gleyber Torres with Colt Keith moving over to first base.

Marcelo Mayer certainly made the most of the opportunity to showcase his skills.

The Detroit Tigers assigned four players to minor league spring training, and a former Tigers All-Star signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres.