TODAY: Cabrera was officially placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to September 3. Lester’s contract was selected from Triple-A, and Meadows was moved to the 60-day IL to open up a 40-man roster spot.
SEPTEMBER 3: After tonight’s game, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters that the club is going to place Miguel Cabrera on the 10-day injured list with a left biceps strain. Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic was among those to relay the news on Twitter. Infielder/outfielder Josh Lester will be called up to take his place on the active roster. Lester isn’t currently on the club’s 40-man roster, meaning a corresponding move of some kind will be required to make room for him. That might be as simple as transferring Austin Meadows to the 60-day IL, after he announced that he will miss the remainder of the season.
Hinch says that Cabrera will miss 10-14 days but that they want to get him back to the club this year. That doesn’t leave them with a huge window, as there’s just over four weeks remaining in the season at this point. However, the club is well out of contention at this point, meaning they could probably bring Cabrera without a rehab assignment for a few at-bats if he’s able to get his strain under control by early October. The 39-year-old is in the penultimate season of the extension he signed with the club in 2014.
Lester, 28, was a 13th-round draft pick of the Tigers back in 2015. That means he is currently in his seventh minor league season, which would have been his eighth if not for the pandemic wiping out the minors in 2020. He’s never been listed as one of the club’s top prospects at Baseball America or FanGraphs but has earned his way up to the big leagues with a solid showing here in 2022. In 124 Triple-A games on the season, he’s hit 24 home runs and is slashing .242/.304/.469. He’ll be making his MLB debut as soon as he gets into a game.
At first glance I thought the byline was “Tigers PROMOTE Miguel Cabrera.” Instant Twilight Zone..
Shoot. I thought it said they selected Jon Lester…
Same here.
That last extension with Miggy hasn’t worked out well. He was a amazing player in his prime and is most definitely a first ballot HOF. Some guys just fall off the cliff performance wise sooner than others. In Miggy’s case I think it was mostly his body but he probably could have taken better care of himself physically as well.
@lars like af said bellow. He will get paid in 2023 (unless he retires…) to get the options in 2024-2025 he would have to finish in the top 10 in MVP voting in 2023 and 2024. Odds of that are slim to none. Very few players choose to walk away from big guaranteed paydays and Gil Meche is the only one I can think of in recent history.
Travis Fryman did as well
Mark McGwire, too
connecticut in the house!!!
Man—just a continous one injury after another this year.
Miggy
Baez
Greene
v Reyes
Daz Cameron
Derek Hill
Austin Meadows
Robbie Grossman
Spencer Turnbull
Funkhouser
Chafin
Mize
Skubal
Manning
Pineda
Tyler Alexander
Rony Garcia
Jose Cisneros
Schoop
Brieske
Al;ex Faedo
Wily Peralta
Jake Rogers
Tigers arent a contender with all those guys healthy so not sure what your point is? All teams have injury lists this long.
The Tigers in spring training were predicted as a long shot to make the postseason, more realistically somewhere between 80-90 wins. When Greene broke his foot is started a downward spiral. Then they acquired Austin Meadows to replace Riley. His offensive track record was such that it reinstilled hope in the team. Then the injury parade began. Teams don’t have this type of injury bug to this extent contrary to what was stated above. The names listed were players who were depended upon to improve on the 77 win season in 2021. It was surreal for quite a while when players were placed on the IL practically after every game. There are huge issues that will carry through to next season, especially Mize and Skubal. Mize won’t be back until 2024, Skubal is not expected until mid Season at the earliest. It’s just been a lost season in ‘22 and if the Tigers and the new GM don’t make upgrades and replacements during the offseason, it will be another lost one next year.
Your injury argument doesn’t hold water. You emphasize the pitchers that went down. But, the players that replaced the injured players did an outstanding job. Tigers starters are one of the best crews in the AL since the All Star Break. The bullpen is once again solid.
Focus your attention on the position players (or lack thereof). Much of this past season, the lineup showed almost all hitters batting less than .225. That’s the problem and has been for quite some time.
The Tigers COULD have won 90 games if they had a team batting average higher than .220 and scored more runs than 440 when the league average is almost 150 runs higher at this point .
One starting position player has 100 Hits. One starting pitcher has 100 SO. No one will have 500 AB or 150 IP. The most relaible pitcher has been Drew Hutchison and he was DfA 101 times this season.
The pitching in particular is unbelievable. As “recently” as 2003 (i.e. less than 20 years ago) the Braves had 5 starters start 29+ games each and a pair of other guys totalled 3 starts. That was it, and that team didn’t even have Glavine or Smoltz (as a starter) skewing the stats.
2003 might as well be 50 years ago, Ted. Change with the times. Your example of the Braves is pathetic because yeah, they had 3 HOFers in the rotation, is your argument more teams should have 3 HOFers in their rotations? Duh!
Also the Braves guys were PITCHERS, nowdays we all have low IQ moron throwers trying to hit 105 and blowing their arms out by doing so. This is the game Bud Selig got put into the HOF for creating, its the game MLB wants….
What 3 HOF starters were on the 2003 Braves?
Greg Maddux, that’s it. Smoltz was a reliever.
Maybe look up your argument before ranting?
2013 Detroit Tigers
Verlander 34 Starts
Scherzer 32 Starts
Fister 32 Starts
Sanchez 29 Starts
Porcello 29 Starts
Alvarez 6 Starts
Total 162 Starts
2003 Braves had 7 pitchers start a game.
2013 Tigers had 6 pitchers start a game
2003 Atlanta Braves
Greg Maddux 36 Starts
Russ Ortiz 34 Starts
Mike Hampton 31 Starts
Horacio Ramirez 29 Starts
Shane Reynolds 29 Starts
Jason Marquis 2 Starts
Trey Hodges 1 Start
Total 162 Starts
Neither team made it to the World Series those seasons.
Atlanta Lost in the NLDS
Detroit Lost in the ALCS
Detroit Lost to the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox.
Yes, bad team is bad, what is your point?
Just making an observation. Geez, relax.
I thought it said John Lester.
Maybe it’s 61-year old John Leister.
Miguel should hopefully be on it for the rest of the season, and it’s great giving Lester a chance to play first base. Kreidler already looks to be a vast improvement from Candy at third base, and Tork still is not hitting st first base. He can dig out the wild throws from shortstop, but his hitting is not going well.
It’s been a long season an watching the kids play now is all we got. Needless to say the F..A’s A.A brought in this year has been a huge bust, and Meadows, that’s a whole different story as the fans hope he can get well. I like watching K.C and Kreidler and hope Lester does as well at first base too. A.A paid with his head, and the tigers can move on next year, but it’s fun watching the kids play now.
Just asking, but if MLB can make special rules for Ohtani, why can’t MLB create a player coach for Miguel and Albert that does not count against the roster for player’s to let them do what they do ? Just asking.
If miggy decides to cash that last check next year instead of retire, the tigers need to pay him to sit on the bench all year.
The Tigers won’t be a contender next year so DH Miguel Cabrera 162 games and see if he’s motivated enough to play well enough to be in the top 10 MVP voting as well as justify $32M.
He won’t crack top 100
While the Tigers weren’t contenders this year, I truly think that injuries, especially the one to Greene, took their toll this year. If healthy, which is a big if, they should be in the same position they were at the beginning of 2022. They should be looking at .500, possibly more due to this years development. A rotation of Rodriguez, Skubal, Turnull, Manning, Faedo, with Alexander, Brieske, Hill and Wendt in the wings should keep them in the game most nights. The bullpen has become a strength, though they need to move Soto to a setup role and find an established closer,to become elite.
Offensively, its a bigger challenge. Greene and Reyes have shown they can be in the lineup. Carpenter, Baddoo and Meadows are all unknowns going forward. They could use a solid bat in the OF. Schoop and Candelario were a strength in 2021, but completely fell apart at the plate in 2022. Both will be playing for their next contract. Hitting Harold has shown he should be a solid replacement should Schoop not rebound. Kreidler adds depth at 3B. Baez has the SS job, but needs to be much lower in the lineup. Willi Castro is a solid bench piece. Haase and Rogers should do at least as well as this years duo with Barnhart did.
I hope the new GM doesn’t immediately do a teardown. I would really like to see what this group can do. In the Central, .500 competes.
Agree w most of this. Not sure what’s gking on w Soto, kind of a phony all star
Cabrera will get his money. He will play a couple days a week. Hes not blocking anyone. As bad as Miggy is, hes still one of the better hitters on the team. So sad.
He still has three years left on his contract at $30 million per season. Yikes!
1 year. 24 and 25 are club options that aren’t getting picked up and no he’s not getting top 10 mvp to vest them either.
“He’s never been listed as one of the club’s top prospects at Baseball America or FanGraphs but has earned his way up to the big leagues with a solid showing here in 2022.”
Isn’t this fundamentally untrue? He’s only up because he’s been with the team his entire life and its his last year before FA. Many teams do this with older minor leaguers all the time. Not 100% of the time, but you are saying a .305 OBP at AAA “earned” his way to the bigs – that just isn’t true. Sometimes if teams give big signing bonuses to players they will always let them play in the bigs at the end of their tenure if they have not done so yet.
We don’t talk enough about bad minor leaguers who get big league shots simply due to money invested.
He’s earned his way up by hitting 32 HR’s last year and 24 this year. Averaging close to 25 a year for the past 4 years
That’s the wrong Josh Lester linked in this article. The “real” Josh Lester went to Missouri and is not a Catcher.
At least the Lions will win their division this year including road wins at GB, Dallas and New England.
*All-Star* Miguel Cabrera
Wait until the Tigers hire their new GM before making any predictions for 2023 as I believe there will be significant changes made to the team based on his assessment. The Tigers maybe have a handful of hitters worth keeping in Greene, Baez, Torkelson, Meadows and with pitching being their strength (team 4.05 ERA) they may be trading some of their surplus. Will be a different looking team 5 months from now so should be an interesting time
I can make a prediction because it’s obvious. This team isn’t ready to compete until it addresses its complete lack of hitters (at all levels). While they are flush with pitchers, they seriously need at least 6 new position players, with extras (depth) waiting in the wings.
They aren’t going to spend that kind of money, so I believe they will “balance the rebuild” through 2023 to draft more position players and to hopefully develop some of the fringe prospects. The latter, development, is a lofty goal because this organization has exhibited complete dereliction in position player development for many, many years.
Candy man is a HUGE nontender candidate! He makes $5.8 million now and is going for a raise in his last year of arbitration. Kreider and Clemens will do 3B next year and in the wings are Kieth, Pacheco and Graham….Harold Castro also
To state the obvious, in what is 2020s baseball, the Tigers will never compete with Gregory Soto as closer. This is one big wimp.
Literally every time there are multiple players with the same name, you guys manage to link to the wrong guy. Absolutely remarkable consistency. Would it kill you guys to actually look first?