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Injuries & Moves: Relief prospect undergoes elbow surgery

March 16, 2024

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Finally healthy, Mize ready to 'throw as much as they let me'

February 13, 2024

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The last time Casey Mize pitched in a game, he faced a Royals lineup that included Whit Merrifield, Andrew Benintendi, Carlos Santana, Hunter Dozier, Adalberto Mondesi, Michael A. Taylor and Nicky Lopez, none of whom are Royals anymore. Bobby Witt Jr. started at third for Kansas City

Greene undergoes Tommy John surgery

Tigers outfielder expected to be ready for Opening Day
September 20, 2023

LOS ANGELES -- Tigers outfielder Riley Greene underwent successful Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Wednesday, and is expected to be ready for the start of next season. Noted specialist Dr. Keith Meister, who has performed the surgery on several Tigers pitchers, performed Greene's procedure at his office

E-Rod (scapular spasm) uncertain to pitch again in '23

September 19, 2023

LOS ANGELES -- It had been billed as Eduardo Rodriguez’s first outing at Dodger Stadium since exercising his no-trade rights to scuttle a deal to the Dodgers at the Trade Deadline. Instead, it became an injury-shortened evening for Rodriguez, and maybe even his final outing as a Tiger. The veteran

Manning's season over (broken foot) after 119.5 mph comebacker

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September 7, 2023

NEW YORK -- As Matt Manning hobbled into the visitors’ clubhouse at Yankee Stadium on crutches, the reality of his situation had already set in. The 25-year-old right-hander missed more than two months of the season with a fractured toe on his right foot after being hit by a comebacker

Boyd to undergo Tommy John surgery

June 27, 2023

ARLINGTON -- Veteran Tigers starter Matthew Boyd will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery after suffering an elbow injury in his most recent start against the Rangers. Boyd tossed 15 pitches and lasted just two-thirds of an inning before being pulled from the game with left elbow discomfort. He was later

'Frustrated' Greene on IL; what it means for Tigers

May 31, 2023

DETROIT -- For the second time in 15 months, the Tigers have lost promising young outfielder Riley Greene to a freak injury. This time, they lose him just as he was emerging as the key cog in the Tigers’ resurgence in the American League Central. What looked initially like a

E-Rod placed on IL with left index finger injury

May 30, 2023

DETROIT -- Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, whose emergence as a front-line starter has been a critical driver behind Detroit’s improvement over the past month, went on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with an injury to his left index finger, putting the Tigers’ bounceback season and potentially this summer’s trade market

Báez (hand) day to day after HBP in finale

April 26, 2023

MILWAUKEE -- The sight of Javier Báez grimacing in pain in the batter’s box, having taken a fastball off the base of his left hand, was just about the last thing manager A.J. Hinch needed in Wednesday afternoon’s 6-2 loss to the Brewers. Just as Báez has been heating up

Manning suffers fractured toe in loss to Blue Jays

April 12, 2023

TORONTO -- Nick Maton hit the first home run of the redesigned Rogers Centre, which possibly could’ve been out of the previously designed, bigger outfield. Kerry Carpenter was robbed of a homer to center and hit another 400 feet out to the shadow of the center-field fence. But arguably the

Tigers' top prospect Jobe (back) out 3-6 months

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March 16, 2023

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Prior to the Tigers’ game against the Phillies on Thursday night, the team issued medical updates on several of their Minor League players, including some unfortunate news about top prospect Jackson Jobe. Jobe, the No. 63 overall prospect per MLB Pipeline, will be sidelined several months with

'A great day': Turnbull makes first start since 2021

March 4, 2023

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Spencer Turnbull was walking off the mound at the end of his second and final inning on Saturday, grumbling about the run he allowed, when pitching coach Chris Fetter intercepted him in the dugout. “If you have anything other than the best feelings about today, I’m going

Mize reveals he had back surgery after Tommy John

Tigers righty says operation fixed issue that has 'gradually gotten worse over time'
February 15, 2023

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tigers right-hander Casey Mize, currently rehabbing from Tommy John surgery he underwent last June, revealed Wednesday that he also underwent surgery to address a longstanding issue with his back. The surgery, which took place after the Tommy John surgery, is not expected to impact Mize’s rehab timetable.

Tigers 'concerned about Tarik' as rotation takes further hit

Norris deals 4 2/3 scoreless innings in 1st game back with Detroit
August 13, 2022

CHICAGO -- The Tigers are all too familiar with injuries to their young pitchers. Unfortunately, that news got worse for Detroit on Friday. Though there was nothing alarming with Tarik Skubal’s imaging done last week on his left arm, there is now some concern with his injury. The 25-year-old was

Skubal 'optimistic' after fatigue forces early exit

August 2, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS -- The sight of the Twins sending the Tigers to another walk-off loss is becoming all too familiar. So is the sight of another Detroit pitcher leaving with an injury concern. In the case of staff ace and potential trade candidate Tarik Skubal, however, the sight of the lefty

Torkelson doing OK after being hit on helmet

July 2, 2022

DETROIT -- The stoic reaction from Spencer Torkelson gave no hint that he had just taken an 88 mph pitch off the left side of his head. That’s a credit to the protective helmet and added flap that he has been wearing all season. Still, the flushed look on the

Casey Mize needs Tommy John surgery

June 10, 2022

DETROIT -- Tigers right-hander Casey Mize will undergo Tommy John surgery to replace the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, manager A.J. Hinch announced Friday. Mize is expected to have the surgery next week. The rehab process will sideline the former No. 1 overall pick for the rest of

Tigers' lineup searching for centerpiece bat

May 28, 2022

DETROIT -- Ballpark wedding proposals have become a regularity over the years, but one Tigers fan at Comerica Park on Saturday took it a step further: He proposed to get married at the ballpark, right then and there. She said yes.

E-Rod joins growing list of fallen starters

'Pinch' in left side forces Rodriguez out in first and is likely to send him to IL
May 18, 2022

ST. PETERSBURG -- The injury bug has taken a bite out of the Tigers’ starting rotation once again. Eduardo Rodriguez left Wednesday afternoon’s 6-1 loss to the Rays with a trainer after throwing just 23 pitches and recording one out. Manager AJ Hinch said Rodriguez suffered a “left side” injury

Tigers pause Mize's rehab after rough start

May 14, 2022

Casey Mize will pause his rehab assignment, the Tigers announced. They’re not calling it a setback, but Mize's rough start for Triple-A Toledo on Thursday gave them reason to believe he’s not ready to return to action. “Casey’s going back to Lakeland. We’re going to slow him down a little

Báez placed on 10-day IL with thumb injury

April 16, 2022

KANSAS CITY -- The Tigers placed shortstop Javier Báez on the 10-day injured list Saturday afternoon with right thumb soreness, adding to Detroit’s growing injury woes just over a week into the season. The move was backdated to April 13. No corresponding move was announced Saturday, but infielder/outfielder Willi Castro

Injury concerns continue with Manning's 'precautionary' departure

April 16, 2022

KANSAS CITY -- Pulling Matt Manning from Saturday’s start against the Royals was one of the last things Tigers manager A.J. Hinch wanted to do. But one of the few things worse on the list would’ve been adding Manning to the Tigers’ burgeoning injured list, which claimed fellow starter Casey

Mize hits 10-day IL with right elbow sprain

April 16, 2022

KANSAS CITY -- The Tigers have overcome injuries up and down their roster already this season, in large part because their core has stayed intact. When Casey Mize woke up Friday morning feeling extra soreness after his start against the Royals on Thursday night, they had a bigger concern. The

Greene 'bummed' but undeterred by injury

April 5, 2022

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Riley Greene sped around the Tigers complex on his scooter Tuesday morning with the same instinctive aggressiveness that he scooted around the basepaths with for most of Spring Training before his fractured right foot ended his hopes of making the Opening Day roster. “I need to get

Greene fractures foot, putting Tigers' OF mix in flux

April 2, 2022

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Riley Greene’s quest to be in center field on Opening Day at Comerica Park hit a tough-luck ending. The Tigers’ No. 2 prospect suffered a fractured right foot Friday when he fouled off a pitch from the Yankees' Gerrit Cole. The fracture is not expected to require