The Latest Breaking News from AJ Hinch

CLEVELAND — As a manager, you can push the right buttons and the pull the right strings and still get punched in the mouth.

CHICAGO — Riley Greene talked before Saturday's game about getting back to his smooth, natural swing. He felt like he’d been trying to do too much, getting outside of himself, not letting the game just come to him.

CHICAGO — Eduardo Rodriguez is all but ready to come back into the Tigers’ rotation.

CHICAGO — Apparently there is no such thing as a minor arm injury. Not when that arm is attached to a Tigers pitcher.

DETROIT — Rookie Kerry Carpenter hadn’t even been officially activated yet when Tigers manager AJ Hinch assembled the team in the clubhouse and told them general manager Al Avila, the man who one way or another was responsible for them all being in that room, had been fired.

DETROIT — For the most part, Christopher Ilitch delivered the news like you would expect from the CEO. Directly. Unemotional.

DETROIT — Might want to hold off on Miguel Cabrera’s retirement party.

DETROIT — For the first time, aging Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera just doesn't know.

TORONTO — The first three games of this series were spirited and competitive. Sunday, not so much.

TORONTO — To be honest, it was a recipe for disaster.

CLEVELAND — Tigers’ manager AJ Hinch was talking about rookie Riley Greene before the game. He was asked what Greene might’ve learned from striking out four times against Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie Thursday night.