The Tigers are placing right-hander Reese Olson on the 60-day injured list due to a shoulder strain. Jason Beck of MLB.com was among those to relay the news. That will open up a 40-man roster spot for Chris Paddack, who is reportedly being acquired from the Twins. Beck adds that outfielder Parker Meadows has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a quad strain. Infielder/outfielders Andy Ibáñez and Ryan Kreidler have been recalled to take the active roster spots of Olson and Meadows.
The news on Olson sheds more light on the club’s decision to acquire Paddack. Olson had started against the Blue Jays on Thursday and gone 5 2/3 innings. Per Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic, Olson first felt discomfort on Saturday during a bullpen session.
That meant that, coming into today, the Detroit rotation was down to Tarik Skubal, Casey Mize and Jack Flaherty. They recently called up prospect Troy Melton, but he allowed six earned runs in his first big league start. Keider Montero was recently optioned to the minors.
Paddack isn’t an ace but he’s a strike-throwing veteran who lengthens the overall group. The Tigers also have Alex Cobb, Jackson Jobe, Ty Madden, Jose Urquidy and Sawyer Gipson-Long on the IL. Adding Olson to that pile seemingly prompted them to go out and add Paddack.
What’s still unclear is if Olson will be available for the postseason. Per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, the door is still open for that, though it depends on how things develop between now and then. Perhaps the Tigers will look to make another rotation addition in the coming days, depending on how things develop with Olson.
There’s also a bit of a position player shuffle today, with Meadows hitting the IL again. He missed the first couple of months of the season due to issues in the musculocutaneous nerve in his right arm. Since coming off the IL, he has hit just .200/.270/.296. Now his frustrating season continues with another injury setback, though it’s unclear how long he’ll be out.
Matt Vierling has also been playing some center field lately and could take over for Meadows, though he’s not having a great season either, currently sporting a .210/.306/.226 line. Javier Báez played some center earlier this year but has retaken the shortstop job more recently. If Báez were to go back out to the grass, Zach McKinstry could move from third to short, with guys like Ibáñez and Kreidler helping to fill in at the hot corner. Kreidler can also play a bit of center. Once Paddack reports to the team, the Tigers will need an active roster spot, so one of Ibáñez or Kreidler will probably be going right back down.
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Krill me now 😞
Now since they activated Paddack and the Tiger have not committed to a starter for Wednesday game, could it be the Tigers start Paddack?
Already announced.
At least the Tigers acted fast.
Yes he’s slated to start Wednesday game. If you go in the MLB app and go to Wednesday’s game he’s listed as the starter.
Straight to the 60?
That ain’t good
Needed the roster spot for Paddack.
Trade deadline coming at the right time. Yikes.
Paddock on the roster and Reece to the 60 day.
Sure seems like the Tigers have come out on the wrong end of this. The deadline is Thursday and certainly hope this isn’t the extent of the deals.
Losing 12 out of 14 and now losing Reese (and Parker who finally hit yesterday), I sure hope the Tigers don’t empty the farm in a vain attempt to win it all.
I don’t believe they will.
They won’t. Nor should.
But delusional fans will. Who then in turn will blame the GM and ownership.
The Tigers are just waiting for Cobb, Urquidy and Lange to come to the rescue….. if they return this season.
Saw Lange on Sunday at Indianapolis. He looks as bad as ever. No idea where the ball is going. Missed all his spots, inconsistent FB velo. At best, he might be healthy, but he looks exactly like the pitcher they sent down pre lat injury. Don’t count on much help from him unless he has a sudden awakening.
Kreidler? I’d rather bring Sweeney back; because he’d be an injury replacement, he’s eligible to come back even though he was just demoted. I sure hope Kreidler isn’t going to play CF again. He was great in the field but a horrid hitter.
Losing Jobe and Olson for the year is devastating for the Tigers. Protect Skubal at all costs
The Tigers rely so much on Skubal it’d be devastating if he went down too.
you do realize they would not have traded for Paddack had Olson not been injured? Kind of pokes a hole in your nonsense conspiracy theory (in all caps nonetheless)
Five exclamation points.
Not so sure about that, they can control their innings on the DL, and bring him back in late September after a rehab assignment. Weirder things have happened in MLB! Not saying it’s true but you never know how these GMs think
Just looked at the standings and it’s not unthinkable the Guardians or even the Royals could still overtake the Tigers. It’s still 8 games, but clean shot, lots of head to head, and the Tigers are on fumes. Any other division and they’d be on death watch.
They have to be aggressive at this deadline. You never know if you’ll be in this position again.
The way the Tigers are playing the White Sox will pass them eventually.
How much will the Tigers have to give up for 2 months of Merrill Kelly? I would NOT send anything under their #15 prospect. Since they just sent their #14 to Minnesota for Paddock.
Paddack would have cost more had the Tigers not taken back Dobnak’s horrible contract….which tells you what the cost of even mediocre SP is going to cost at the deadline
Tigers don’t need to be trading any top prospects for rentals now. I would still add, but at one level down like the Yankees are doing.
ML starting pitchers break pretty easily. So far in his young career, Reese Olson’s health has become a recurring issue.
I have to disagree with you warnbeeb. The Tigers shouldn’t just give up on him. Maybe Fetter and Nieves can fix him?
Oh no! Olson was having a really, really good year, he felt like a super solid number three starter for us. This is bad bad bad. Chris Paddock is OK as the number five starter, but they still need a number three now!
Losing Olson is not good. They’ll have to be especially careful with Skubal.
Ugh. Not a good swap.
Meaning Olsen for Paddack, not the actual trade. The Tigers can easily replace a 19-year-old catcher.
Why would Fetter allow this to happen?
160 lbs?
Is that right?
That can’t be right…..
That ain’t right.
I saw Paddock get rocked by the Cubs when they played the Twins on July 10. Good luck!!
Paddack was a great #2 or 3 starter from early, mid May thru Most of June I don’t know what’s happened since…
Troy Melton was excellent tonight: 7 IP, 0 R, 5K. Could be huge development for rotation going forward.
Uh oh Tigger
If Melton can produce something like he did last night on a regular basis the Tigers can survive with a rotation of Skubal, Mize, Flaherty, Melton….and one of several marginal arms and/or pitching chaos. Paddock could be that 5th guy, I guess.
It’s that bullpen. They need some serious help.