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 ...

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 ...

The game lasted two hours, 59 minutes. Detroit is 1-0 in Grapefruit League play. Right-hander Kenta Maeda started for the Tigers. The 36-year-old looked like a starting pitcher reborn after making ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — On the first day of spring training, a rumor circulated in TigerTown that Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda threw harder in his first bullpen session this spring than at ...