Baseball lifer Rich Dauer died Feb. 3 at the age of 72. His funeral is set for Saturday. A.J. Hinch will miss the Tigers' first spring training game.
Detroit Tigers outfielder/third baseman Matt Vierling is sidelined for about three weeks with a shoulder injury, so he will miss 2025 Opening Day.
The Detroit Tigers were still able to get in all of their work on Monday thanks to the new roofs that keep the players from getting wet.
But Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has been encouraged by what he has seen from Torres since the ex-Yankee signed a one-year, $15 million contract with Detroit.
Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson has a lightness about him this spring, going into his fourth season in the majors.