This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Tigers injury news and transactions.
LATEST INJURIES
OF Kerry Carpenter
Injury: Left shoulder sprain
IL date: May 10 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Week of June 1
Status: Will begin rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo on May 29, likely starting in right field. (Updated May 28)
LHP Tarik Skubal
Injury: Loose body in left elbow
IL date: May 4 (15-day IL, retroactive to May 1)
Expected return: June
Status: Threw a three-inning, 39-pitch live BP session at Comerica Park on May 26. Will throw next session on June 1 at Tropicana Field. (Updated May 28) More >>
2B Gleyber Torres
Injury: Mild left oblique strain
IL date: May 6 (10-day IL, retroactive to May 4)
Expected return: Early to mid June
Status: Will report to Triple-A Toledo to work out on May 29. Could begin rehab assignment this weekend. (Updated May 28)
LHP Casey Mize
Injury: Right groin tightness
Expected return: Day to day
Status: Left dugout with training staff at end of fourth inning May 27 after feeling tightness on a fourth-inning strikeout. Threw 58 pitches and held Angels scoreless on two hits, fanning six, at time of exit. (Updated May 27) More >>
RHP Kenley Jansen
Injury: Right groin tightness
Expected return: TBD
Status: Left outing May 27 following two-out walk after summoning manager and training staff to mound. Moved gingerly when covering first base early in inning before stumbling on mound following through on a pitch. Had battled groin tightness earlier in season but did not miss time. (Updated May 27)
RHP Justin Verlander
Injury: Left hip inflammation
IL date: April 4 (60-day IL, retroactive to April 1)
Expected return: Early June
Status: Threw a 66-pitch, four-inning live BP session at Comerica Park on May 27, topping out at 95.3 mph with minimal hard contact and four strikeouts. (Updated May 27) More >>
LHP Brant Hurter
Injury: Lumbar spine inflammation
IL date: May 24 (15-day IL, retroactive to May 23)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Exited Detroit’s May 22 game at Baltimore in the fifth inning following a pitch that resulted in Tyler O’Neill’s flyout to right. Completing rehab daily. (Updated May 26)
RHP Ty Madden
Injury: Right forearm contusion
IL date: May 17 (15-day IL, retroactive to May 16)
Expected return: May 31
Status: Tossed 4 1/3 innings of one-run ball with three walks and three strikeouts in rehab start for Triple-A Toledo on May 25. Will pitch another game on May 31, either returning from IL to pitch for Tigers or remaining with Toledo. (Updated May 26)
RHP Jackson Jobe
Injury: June 2025 Tommy John surgery
IL date: Feb. 10 (60-day IL)
Expected return: August
Status: Threw latest bullpen session on May 26. (Updated May 26) More >>
RHP Beau Brieske
Injury: Left adductor strain
IL date: March 23 (60-day IL)
Expected return: June
Status: Threw a two-run inning with a home run and a walk in his latest rehab outing for Triple-A Toledo on May 24. Fastball averaged 96.0 mph, topping out at 96.6. (Updated May 26)
INF/OF Javier Báez
Injury: Right ankle sprain
IL date: April 29 (10-day IL)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Will visit a specialist for further evaluation on ankle, which has not progressed as well as hoped. Still not running at full speed. (Updated May 26)
RHP Burch Smith
Injury: Right shoulder inflammation
IL date: May 22 (15-day IL)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Had a cortisone injection after he reported shoulder soreness following a relief outing in which he allowed one run in two-thirds of an inning on May 21. Was placed on the 15-day IL before Detroit’s May 22 game in Baltimore. (Updated May 22)
LHP Bailey Horn
Injury: Left elbow arthroscopy
IL date: March 22 (Transferred to 60-day IL on April 22)
Expected return: June
Status: Began a throwing progression on May 14 after receiving a cortisone injection in mid-April. (Updated May 15)
RHP Reese Olson
Injury: Right shoulder surgery
IL date: Feb. 10 (60-day IL)
Expected return: Spring Training 2027
Status: Completing rehab daily. (Updated April 28)
SS Trey Sweeney
Injury: Right shoulder strain
IL date: March 22 (60-day IL)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Completing rehab daily. (Updated April 28)
OF Parker Meadows
Injury: Concussion, fractured left radius bone in arm
IL date: April 10 (60-day IL)
Expected return: Mid to late season
Status: Completing rehab daily after undergoing surgery on April 13 to repair radial fracture in left forearm following an outfield collision on April 9. (Updated April 21) More >>
C/1B Josue Briceño (MLB No. 67 overall prospect; Tigers' No. 3)
Injury: Right wrist arthroscopy
Expected return: Midseason
Status: Underwent surgery on March 4 to repair the extensor carpi ulnaris subsheath in his right wrist. Completing rehab daily. Placed on 60-day injured list at Double-A Erie. (Updated April 3) More >>
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
May 27
• RHP Connor Seabold: Traded to Blue Jays for Minor League LHP Juanmi Vasquez
May 25
• LHP Drew Sommers: Optioned to Triple-A Toledo
May 24
• RHP Troy Melton: Activated from the 60-day IL
• RHP Connor Seabold: Designated for assignment
• LHP Brant Hurter: Placed on 15-day IL (retroactive to May 23) with lumbar spine inflammation
• RHP Ricky Vanasco: Recalled from Triple-A Toledo
• LHP Drew Sommers: Added as 27th man for doubleheader