Melton ready to air it out with season debut on the horizon
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Latest Tigers injuries and transactions
This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Tigers injury news and transactions.
2 weeks after elbow surgery, Skubal 'relatively close' to game velo in multi-inning bullpen
DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal tried to treat his Thursday morning bullpen session like it was a start, all the way to his trademark backwards walk off the mound and fist pump. It wasn’t for a simulated strikeout, though. “It was a certain velocity I was trying to get to today,”
Verlander throws sim game, continues to stretch out for eventual rehab assignment
DETROIT – Justin Verlander threw a four-inning simulated game on Wednesday afternoon at Comerica Park, where he struck out three batters but allowed three home runs as he continues to implement mechanical tweaks and work his way into game shape. Tigers officials will get together to evaluate the outing and
After solid rehab start with Lakeland, Melton could rejoin Tigers soon
DETROIT -- The Tigers were determined enough for Troy Melton to make his potential final Minor League rehab start Tuesday night that they flew him to Lakeland, Fla., to start for their Single-A team when the weather forecast for Triple-A Toledo looked iffy. They got what they wanted. Melton, pitching
How the 'Skubal Scope' sets up Tigers' ace for quicker recovery
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Skubal encouraged by symptom-free bullpen session at Comerica
DETROIT -- Tarik Skubal was back on the bullpen mound at Comerica Park on Monday, less than two weeks after surgery to remove a loose body from his pitching elbow. It was the typical, full-arsenal bullpen session he would throw before a start, he said, a good sign that his
Madden placed on IL after getting hit by 108 mph comebacker
DETROIT -- Just when the Tigers’ injury-plagued pitching staff receives good news, another injury pops up. With Ty Madden, the injury doesn’t seem as bad as initially feared, but was still bad enough to force him onto the injured list. The Tigers placed him on the 15-day IL on Sunday,
Skubal playing catch a little more than week after elbow surgery
DETROIT -- The Tigers are expressing optimism about Tarik Skubal's timetable for return after the back-to-back Cy Young winner began playing catch this week at the team’s Spring Training complex in Lakeland. Skubal has started his throwing program about a week after undergoing surgery last Wednesday to remove a loose
Tigers dealt another blow as Carpenter (left shoulder) heads to 10-day IL
KANSAS CITY -- Uncle. The Tigers’ burgeoning injured list added another new member Sunday, and a key cog at that. Slugging outfielder Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain suffered crashing into the right-field sidewall at Kauffman Stadium on Bobby Witt Jr.’s inside-the-park
Verlander tosses 38 pitches in simulated game amid rehab
KANSAS CITY -- Justin Verlander has almost a season’s worth of starts (24) at Kauffman Stadium over his career, second only to Cleveland’s Progressive Field amongst road parks for him. So maybe it was fitting that Verlander’s first simulated game on his road back to the Tigers’ rotation was here
Tigers cautiously encouraged by Skubal's recovery outlook
KANSAS CITY -- The news is good on Tarik Skubal, who underwent surgery on Wednesday to remove a loose body from his elbow. The timetable for the Cy Young winner’s return is still somewhat murky, but encouraging. Skubal is headed to the Tigers’ Spring Training facility in Lakeland, Fla., where
How much time will Skubal miss? Here's what a former team doctor thinks
DETROIT -- The biggest question surrounding Tarik Skubal right now is no longer where he might go in free agency next offseason, or whether the Tigers would trade him at the Deadline if they’re out of the AL Central race. It’s now: How much time will he miss while recovering
Tigers place Gleyber (oblique) on 10-day IL, recall Jung from Triple-A
DETROIT -- Add another injury to the Tigers’ growing injured list, now up to 14 players. Second baseman Gleyber Torres was placed on the 10-day IL on Wednesday with a mild left oblique strain he sustained on Saturday. Torres had been considered day to day and he was seemingly progressing
Answers to burning queries about Skubal news
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Skubal to have surgery for loose bodies in elbow; timetable TBD
DETROIT -- Two-time defending American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal will undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow after a flare-up on Sunday night. Neither Skubal nor the Tigers would put a timetable on his return. A typical timetable for recovery from such a surgery is
How will Skubal's elbow surgery impact Tigers, free agency?
The news that Tarik Skubal will undergo surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow sent shockwaves throughout the game on Monday, as the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner will be sidelined for the next two or three months. What does that mean for the Tigers in
Torres removed after 2-hit day with left side tightness, to undergo testing
DETROIT -- Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres had two hits in as many innings off Rangers starter Kumar Rocker Saturday night at Comerica Park, but then left the game with tightness in the left side, adding to Detroit’s rapidly growing injury list. Torres had an infield single in the first
Vest (right lateral forearm inflammation) lands on 15-day IL
DETROIT -- The injuries keep coming for the Tigers, this time depleting a bullpen that has been counted on for important outs and innings lately. The team placed late-inning reliever Will Vest on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with right lateral forearm inflammation. To fill Vest’s spot, the Tigers
Tigers lose Báez (ankle sprain), Mize (adductor strain) to injured list
ATLANTA -- 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 (right ankle sprain) and Mize (right adductor strain) both sustained their injuries in the Tigers’ 5-2 loss
Báez (right ankle) scheduled to undergo MRI after painful play at 1st
ATLANTA -- Javier Báez exited the Tigers’ 5-2 loss to the Braves at Truist Park on Tuesday night after suffering an apparent right ankle injury on a play at first base. Though Báez typically hits near the bottom of the order, he is a critical part of the Tigers’ clubhouse
Tigers dealt another pitching injury as Mize (right groin) to get further testing
ATLANTA -- Casey Mize's start came to an early end Tuesday night at Truist Park, as right groin tightness forced the Detroit Tigers right-hander out in the third inning of a 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. The injury added another concern for a Tigers pitching staff already dealing with
McKinstry placed on IL; Tigers call up No. 6 prospect Lee
BOSTON -- Prior to the start of a four-game series at Fenway Park on Friday, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch announced that the team had placed infielder Zach McKinstry on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 16. The Detroit third baseman had an eventful night in Kansas City on Wednesday, getting
Meadows expected to miss 'multiple months' following left arm surgery
DETROIT -- Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows underwent surgery on Monday for a broken left arm he sustained in Thursday’s outfield collision with Riley Greene. Meadows suffered a fracture in the radius bone in his left forearm in the collision, as well as a concussion and a laceration that required
Verlander 'moving forward,' but still has hurdle to clear
DETROIT – Justin Verlander will not be ready to return when he’s eligible to be reinstated from the 15-day injured list on Thursday. But the Tigers’ veteran right-hander is trending toward a Minor League rehab start or simulated game that should put him in line to rejoin Detroit’s rotation shortly