The Tigers announced they’ve placed second baseman Gleyber Torres on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to March 29, because of a left oblique strain. Justyn-Henry Malloy is up from Triple-A Toledo in a corresponding move.
Torres departed Friday’s loss to the Dodgers in the sixth inning. He’d experienced what the team initially called rib tightness. Torres didn’t play in the following day’s series finale, and the team evidently diagnosed the side discomfort as an oblique strain. The club has yet to provide an indication of the severity. He’ll be out until at least next Tuesday, and there’s a decent chance this will shelve him beyond the minimum 10 days. Even low-grade oblique strains usually cost hitters a few weeks.
Javier Baez came off the bench in Torres’ place on Friday. The Tigers moved Colt Keith over from first to second base for the following game. They plugged Spencer Torkelson back at first, allowing Kerry Carpenter to work as the designated hitter. That drew Manuel Margot into the lineup in right field. That’ll presumably be the most common alignment while Torres is out of action. Baez and Andy Ibáñez could pick up some extra playing time as well — either at second or at the hot corner, with Zach McKinstry moving over from third base in that scenario.
Torres joins Parker Meadows, Matt Vierling and Wenceel Pérez as position players on Detroit’s injured list. The veteran infielder, who signed a one-year, $15MM free agent deal, was Detroit’s biggest acquisition on the offensive side. He’s coming off a pedestrian final season with the Yankees (.257/.330/.378 with 15 homers), though that’s mostly attributable to a terrible April. The 28-year-old had a more characteristic .267/.339/.409 slash from the start of May onward. He picked up three hits (including a home run) and a walk through his first eight plate appearances as a Tiger.
Malloy replaces Torres on the active roster for what’ll be his first MLB action of the season. The 25-year-old appeared in 71 games as a rookie last year. He struggled to a .203/.291/.366 slash across 230 plate appearances. Malloy has a robust offensive track record in the minors. He’s a career .280/.410/.464 hitter in just shy of 1600 minor league plate appearances. That includes a 5-13 start with a pair of walks through three games in Toledo this year. Malloy doesn’t have a clear defensive home, but he could pick up some at-bats at DH or in the corner outfield, especially against left-handed pitching.
That was fast. Man, at least Gleyber got $15M instead of Verdugo’s $1.5M.
I don’t foresee a major contract for Gleyber. I think a series of modest 1-3 year deals are his destiny, if he manages to stick around…
He has an oblique strain that might out him out a couple weeks… not like he tore both ACLs lol
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Butt hurt from their 0-4, welcome to your 4th place Dwtroit Tiggers
Their 0-3 which is equivalent to every other teams 2-1, 3-0, 1-2 records considering they had the misfortune of opening the season against the Dodgers.
Don’t grammar police me I saw that the second I hit send
Cry some more crybaby boy
You’re not wrong. Eventually they’ll get to feast on the Twinkees
I’m not sure what happened but I am sure it wasn’t caused from hustling. Ahahahahahaha!
Wow . Yankee fans can justify anyone leaving ..
Are oblique strains new, or were they called something else beyond the last three or so years?
Side or abdomen injury?
I think neither? The oblique is just a muscle, if that muscle in particular hurts you probably strained it.
Oh, come on! First Cowser, now Torres?
I have 5 players hurt on my fantasy team! (Kirby, Murphy, Strider, Cowser, Torres)
Trade for Eguy Rosario incoming?
Torres Maeda and Cobb $40m of expiring offseason, but lit on fire this year payroll.
Plenty to extend Skub and go get a RF
Baez payroll drops off just in time for Riley Greene extension.
If they play Keith at 2nd, Tork at 1st, Malloy DH and Carpenter in RF, that would be their best lineup of the season.
Malloy is + over Torres
Tork is + over Keith at 1st
Keith is better at 2nd than 1st
Carpenter is not a horrible OF’er
Now if Ibanez could hit a little at 3rd
But Baez in CF and sit Kreidler
Let Sweeney handle SS
Maybe McKinstry at SS or CF
I would say 4 players out of position is plenty bad no matter how well they hit
Worst lineup in baseball, any way you slice it!
Pretty sure you are not a Tigers fan. Go away.
Same lineup that went 33-11 down the stretch. But you knew that already right?
With this rash of injuries is the Tigers season over before it even starts? Hope not doesn’t look good
Glad to see Malloy getting a chance, although it sucks how he is getting that chance!
Detroit built a top-heavy roster with no real safety net for infield injuries. Their backups are either defensive liabilities (Malloy), offensive downgrades (Baez/Ibáñez), or disrupt lineup construction (Keith moving to 2B). If any other infielder goes down, they could be one more injury away from a total lineup collapse—and it’s only March.
Infield is pretty well covered due to the players you mentioned plus Sweeney, Kreidler and McKinistry. Jung will be back up soon too. Malloy is an OF/DH/1B.
The outfield on the other hand….
Oh no, I hope the Yankee fans weren’t right about this guy when they said “Good Riddance”. He hit 62 home runs his first 2 years, but that was 7 years ago.We already have Javy Baez being grossly overpaid on the infield. Upsets the chemistry we had at the end of last year.