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Tigers’ Matt Manning To Make MLB Debut Thursday; Matthew Boyd To IL

By Tim Dierkes | June 15, 2021 at 4:15pm CDT

The Tigers announced a series of roster moves today, the most exciting of which is the planned MLB debut of acclaimed pitching prospect Matt Manning.  Manning, 23, will start Thursday night in Anaheim against the Angels.  Additionally, pitchers Matthew Boyd and Alex Lange hit the IL, Wily Peralta and Miguel Del Pozo had their contracts selected, and Jeimer Candelario was reinstated from the IL.

Manning was drafted ninth overall by the Tigers in 2016 out of high school.  Prior to the season, Baseball America ranked Manning as the 33rd-best prospect in the game.  The COVID-19 pandemic deprived Manning and many others of a minor league season in 2020, and he also dealt with a right forearm strain.   Manning made his Triple-A debut on May 4th of this year.  He’s scuffled to an 8.07 ERA in seven starts, with more than 27% of his flyballs leaving the yard.  Still, Manning’s last outing was solid, and he retains “frontline starter potential” according to Baseball America.  He’ll get a tough assignment, going up against Shohei Ohtani.

Boyd, 30, exited Monday’s start due to an arm injury that Tigers manager A.J. Hinch described today as “more toward the elbow.”  Through 13 starts, he was experiencing a resurgent season with a 3.44 ERA in 70 2/3 frames.  With a strikeout rate of just 18.8%, Boyd is likely still a 4.50 ERA type pitcher whose flyballs happened to stay in the yard over a brief sample.  Still, he’s under team control through 2022 as an arbitration eligible player and should be a solid late July trade candidate if the injury turns out to be minor.  Boyd joins rotation-mate Spencer Turnbull on the IL.

Lange, a 25-year-old rookie reliever, struggled to the tune of a 7.31 ERA over 18 fairly low-leverage outings before hitting the IL with a shoulder strain.  He was rated as a 40-grade prospect by Baseball America prior to the season.

Peralta and Del Pozo will be new additions to the Tigers’ 40-man roster.  One such spot was opened with the transferring of Rony Garcia to the 60-day IL.  Peralta, 32, joined the Tigers on a minor league deal back in February.  He was once a productive member of the Brewers’ rotation, peaking with a 3.53 ERA in 198 2/3 innings back in 2014.  He managed to give the Mud Hens six mostly solid but brief outings and is an option to take Boyd’s spot Saturday in Anaheim, Hinch told reporters.

Del Pozo has 13 big league innings to his name.  The 28-year-old southpaw inked a minor league deal with the Tigers back in January.  He’s been dominant in a dozen Triple-A relief outings, punching out 34.7% of batters faced and walking only 6.1%.

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  1. jdgoat

    4 years ago

    Damn what has happened to Manning this year? Great talent but those results aren’t too inspiring.

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    • Fever Pitch Guy

      4 years ago

      Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

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    • oldmansteve

      4 years ago

      27.5% HR/FB rate is incredibly fluky. .333 babip is inflated. 60.7% LOB rate. Seems he is classic product of pitching better than his ERA says.

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  2. walls17

    4 years ago

    Fun fact: Manning threw a no-hitter in his MLB debut in my OOTP 22 game with the Tigers

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  3. Angels & NL West

    4 years ago

    Anxious to see Manning for the first time. Read good things about him. Angels bats have been hot of late. If Rendon is in the lineup after Monday nights injury scare, this will be a tough opening draw for the rookie.

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  4. For Love of the Game

    4 years ago

    Get out your scorecards:
    2 go on IL (Boyd & Lange)
    1 reinstated from IL (Candelario)
    1 recalled (Manning)
    2 contracts selected

    That’s 2 down, 4 up (including 2 not on the 40-man)
    The math doesn’t add up.
    More to come sports fans!

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  5. tigerdoc616

    4 years ago

    More to come to be sure, because Tigers had a full 40 man roster. Adding Peralta and Del Pozo will require some roster movement as they are both on MiLB deals. So either they are going to have to DFA someone or add some of their longer term injured players to the 60 man IL.

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    • TroyVan

      4 years ago

      Niko! Niko!

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    • tigerfan4ever

      4 years ago

      One being removed is likely to be Rony Garcia who had knee surgery a few days ago and should be transferred from the 10-day IL to the 60=day, taking him off the 40 man. Maybe they’ll eat the contract of Nomar Mazara or re-DFA Buck Farmer for the other one?

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      • TroyVan

        4 years ago

        Teheran is another.

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        • tigerfan4ever

          4 years ago

          Teheran is already on the 60 day IL.

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        • TroyVan

          4 years ago

          Forget it. Hes off the 40 man on the 60 day.

          Mazara!

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      • stancpa44

        4 years ago

        Wilson Ramos is another possibility

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        • TroyVan

          4 years ago

          Yeah. They could be trying to trade someone….

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        • tigerfan4ever

          4 years ago

          I forgot about Ramos. Yes, that makes even more sense than Mazara, being that the Tigers are fine with Haase and Rogers, The only way Ramos comes back to the Tigers after his rehab is if they choose to carry three catchers. Haase has been playing in LF in games Rogers has caught but at this time if they carry three, I’d rather have Greiner as the third catcher over Ramos.

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        • tigerfan4ever

          4 years ago

          MLBTR just posted, but it’s Ramos and Burrows DFA’d and Garcia to the 60-day.

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        • LordD99

          4 years ago

          While it doesn’t matter as I see at the top of the screen that the Tigers have designated Ramos for assignment, if they hadn’t, they can’t simply transfer Ramos to the 60-day IL unless his injury warrants it. Maybe it does, but that would require actual physicians and medical personnel to sign off on it.

          Designating Ramos is the correct choice. Unless Ramos can tap into his days of hitting .300, his glove is a significant problem, especially when trying to develop a young pitching staff.

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        • tigerfan4ever

          4 years ago

          It’s not like Ramos would’ve been in Detroit in 2022 anyway. For the time being, Haase and Rogers are likely to stick around until Dingler makes it to the Tigers. He’s currently at AA Erie having been promoted from High A West Michigan yesterday. When Greiner is done rehabbing, I’d expect him to be assigned to Toledo as I assume he’s got options left.

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  6. TroyVan

    4 years ago

    I hear the tick tock of the service clock….

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    • For Love of the Game

      4 years ago

      Funny, Tim Dierkes doesn’t hear it and he’s more experienced than you!
      “He’s on the Tigers’ taxi squad, so Manning will not accrue service time. “

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      • TroyVan

        4 years ago

        I did not know that Taxi Squad players don’t accrue service time. Tony Clark must be sick.

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        • For Love of the Game

          4 years ago

          I’ll give you both half credit. I bet players don’t accrue service time on the taxi squad, but active players on the 26 man roster have to, don’t they?

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        • TroyVan

          4 years ago

          Idk. But, what I read is that taxi aquad players can play road games with no service time accrual.

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  7. SportsFan0000

    4 years ago

    Injury bug is devastating MLB. Too many games this year after 2010 Covid short season.

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  8. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    4 years ago

    Hockey pucks have more fun.

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  9. GarryHarris

    4 years ago

    Wily Peralta and Drew Hutchison deserve to be called up. Matt Manning performed worse that Beau Burrows did at Toledo. Manning is a HR machine. I would expect him to get super lit up by MLB hitters.

    Miguel del Pozo and Ricardo Pinto are the most deserving from the pen. Buck Farmer looks far down the list.

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  10. warnbeeb

    4 years ago

    When do Tigers bring up my diamond in the rough, reliever Drew Carlton?

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  11. warnbeeb

    4 years ago

    When do Tigers bring up my diamond in the rough, reliever Drew Carlton?

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    • GarryHarris

      4 years ago

      Good question.

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