Detroit is 4-6 in Grapefruit League play. Right-hander Kenta Maeda had Yandy Díaz, the winner of the 2023 American League batting title who rarely swings and misses, in a full count in the first ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda has been named the starting pitcher for the first Grapefruit League game in spring training, scheduled for Saturday against the ...

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Kenta Maeda was flying from Los Angeles to Tampa for the start of spring training a couple of weeks ago when he heard someone attempting to speak heavily accented Japanese in the ...

Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda will start the spring training opener on Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies. Maeda is coming off a career-worst ERA in 2024 as he enters his second ...

Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda is coming off the worst season of his eight-year career. Maeda will start Saturday's Grapefruit League opener for the Detroit Tigers, part of a plan to ...

Lakeland, Fla. — When Kenta Maeda pitched for the Twins, he taught his teammates a few key phrases to say in Japanese. Imagine his surprise, then, when he heard one of those phrases, spoken with ...

Lakeland, Fla. — The Tigers are rewarding veteran Kenta Maeda’s productive offseason work regimen by giving him the ball in the Grapefruit League opener against the Phillies on Saturday at ...