SUNDAY: Moore may need surgery, Chris McCosky of the Detroit News tweets. For now, the team has activated right-hander Drew VerHagen from the IL to take Moore’s roster spot.
SATURDAY: Per a team release, the Tigers will place lefty Matt Moore on the 10-day IL after the lefty sprained his right knee in the middle of today’s outing against the Royals. A corresponding roster move will come tomorrow, per the team.
Moore, 29, signed a one-year, $2.5MM deal with Detroit in the offseason after successive brutal campaigns with the Giants and Rangers. The former #1 overall prospect in the league – whom Baseball Prospectus famously ranked over Mike Trout and Bryce Harper on their 2012 list – hasn’t much been the same after a 2014 Tommy John surgery. His velocity, which ranged in the 95-96 MPH area in his first two seasons, quickly fell to around 92, and the lefty’s never possessed the requisite command and/or secondary offerings to make up for it.
Still, he’d looked sharp in first two early-season outings before the knee sprain today, so it’s a tough blow for the Tiger reclamation project. Per manager Ron Gardenhire, lefty Daniel Norris will assume Moore’s rotation spot in the interim.
JUst when he looked like he finally found himself…
Tends to happen to Detroit Sports. Just when they get going they get hurt.
Looking like a steal and deadline gem for the Tigers. Hope he recovers quickly.
It’s early but the Tigers are giving me hope. Knock on wood. Maybe with tons of luck, we won’t be selling at deadline but instead holding pat for a playoff push.
Is there not a pic of him in a Tigers uni yet? He did attend Spring Training, right? But he’s still a Ranger? Didn’t have like a TB or SF stock photo…
“he’d looked sharp in first two early-season outings before the knee sprain today”.
Two?
Yes. He killed the Blue Jays in his first start.
10 IP 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 9 K
He was off to a great start, for sure. Shame this happened to him.
I’m so glad he’s not a Giant anymore. That trade that brought Moore to SF was one of the worst trades made by Bobby Evans. I don’t miss mister pouty face.
So consciously you don’t miss him, and consciously you ended up here. ✓
It’s fun to look at old prospect rankings and see stuff like Gary Brown ranked ahead of Nolan Arenado. Or Bubba Starling ahead of Christian Yelich. Or Hak-Ju Lee ahead of Javier Baez. Or just to remember such luminaries as Casey Kelly, Zach Lee, Jesse Biddle, and Ryan Lavarnway.
You do realize that players often climb UP the list and don’t just start on top…..right?
That’s a bad break for the Tigers considering how terrible their offense is preforming.
Tigers have one of the top 3 managers in baseball they will be fine
Tigers are 7-3! This could be a fun season! Bring up the kids!