The Tigers will be without two key pieces for the next few weeks after placing Javier Báez on the 10-day injured list and Casey Mize on the 15-day injured list. Báez was diagnosed with a right ankle sprain and Mize with a right adductor strain.
Both injuries occurred in Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to the Braves.
Mize appeared in some discomfort after a strikeout in the second inning, then came out of the game after making a throw to first base in the third inning.
"It didn’t necessarily get worse. It just knew this is not feeling great,” Mize said on Tuesday. “So, they could see that with my body language, so they came out and visited, and we decided [to leave the game].”
Báez's injury occurred when he made soft contact on an 82.7 mph changeup to shortstop Mauricio Dubón, who threw high to first baseman Matt Olson. Olson came off the bag to secure the catch as Báez slid feet-first into first base. As his left foot reached the bag, his right cleat appeared to stick in the dirt, and he immediately went down in pain, rolling near the base and punching the ground.
“With the bad throw, I thought he was going to come off the bag, and he did, but he landed. I saw him landing with the left leg,” Báez said postgame. “I was going to dive to skip the tag and I was just trying to stay on my feet, and just my cleat, I kind of got stuck in the dirt, and [Olson] just went straight over. I don’t know how it didn't break to be honest.”