Tigers place veteran third baseman on injured list

The workforce introduced that third baseman Gio Urshela had been positioned on the Tigers’ 10-day injured record. Urshela is coping with a proper hamstring pressure that pressured him out of Friday’s 5-4 win over the Twins within the second inning.  Infielder Buddy Kennedy was known as up from Triple-A Toledo to take Urshela’s spot on the energetic roster.

Urshela in discomfort after attempting to expire a grounder, and he was changed at third base by Matt Vierling within the backside of the second.  Vierling and Zach McKinstry may merely deal with third base duties in a platoon till Urshela is wholesome, although with Andy Ibanez additionally on the 10-day IL, Detroit’s infield depth is now additional thinned out by the lack of Urshela for no less than the following 10 days.  Kennedy additionally figures to get into the combination, and his first in-game look will mark his Tigers debut after being claimed off waivers from the Diamondbacks in February.

The hamstring pressure is one other unlucky harm setback for Urshela, who missed many of the 2023 season recovering from a pelvic fracture.  Urshela hit .299/.329/.374 over 228 plate appearances for the Angels however didn’t play once more after June 15 as a consequence of his restoration.

Trying to rebuild his worth, Urshela signed a one-year, $1.5M free agent cope with the Tigers over the offseason and has rapidly stepped in as Detroit’s common third baseman. Whereas Vierling, McKinstry and Ibanez have gotten some work on the scorching nook, Urshela has began 14 of 20 video games and hit .298/.310/.333 over 58 PA.  A .362 BABIP has tremendously aided that manufacturing, as Urshela has continued to point out the identical lack of energy that plagued him in 2023.  Urshela’s stroll charge is just one.7%, which might be the worst of his profession if continued over the complete season.

Regardless of these issues, Urshela has really been one of many extra respectable hitters on a Detroit workforce that has struggled to generate offense. Riley Greene, Kerry Carpenter, and Mark Canha are all hitting properly, however just about the remainder of the lineup has ranged from common to mediocre, because the Tigers have been carried by their pitching to their stable 11-9 begin.