Tiger ace Tarik Skubal Last week, leaving his start due to a tight left side, causing panic to the team. It is obvious that Skubal suffered from tilting or intercostal strains that might require significant absence, but subsequent tests did not show significant harm. A few days of rest seemed to relieve any discomfort Cy Young Front-Runner felt. Skubal told the Tigers yesterday that he felt “100%” a day after the bullpen meeting.
“If anything, I might work harder to make sure I do a good job,” Skubal said of Monday’s Bullpen meeting (via MLIVE.com’s Evan Woodbery). “There’s nothing there. Everything is fine.”
Skubal added that he fully expects the next start tomorrow. He called the early exports last week “one of those weird things” and was uncertain what caused the discomfort, but it seems that the problem is largely behind. For the lost Tiger Club Reese Olson and Jackson Jobe This season, Skubal’s superficially clean health list has made people feel more relieved.
The rotation in Detroit has been a mess outside of Skubal since the trade deadline. Neither Charlie Morton nor Chris PaddackThe Tigers’ two rotations increased before the deadline. Morton has been in a stumbling position in eight games since Motor City, while Paddack has been transferred to the bullpen after releasing 6.38 ERAs in five games. Jack Flaherty (5.14 ERA started in his last eight times) and Casey Mize (4.85 ERA in the last eight games) has also been at the finish line. Overall, the Tigers’ rotation dates back to August 1, and that number is 5.40 when subtracting Skubal’s contribution.
The Tigers adopted a “pitch chaos” strategy later last season, with great effect, with Skubal as the only traditional starter and deployed an all-around deck approach in other ways. They have not returned to this form yet, and it is worth noting that both Mize and Flaherty have had strong starts over the past few weeks. It is presumed that Flaherty and Mize are currently the favorites to start the playoffs, but last year’s approach shows that the Tigers aren’t looking at the traditional setup with their pitchers.
Detroit also hopes to get some reinforcements in the bullpen as soon as possible. Yesterday’s club injury report indicates right-handed Kyle Finnegan A bullpen meeting was thrown yesterday. He landed on a shelf earlier this month due to a strain of the adductor muscle. Evan Petzold of Detroit Free Press in July Finnegan, who received a 14 1/3 of the closed innings from the Nationals, can take on a rehabilitation mission in the near future.
Companion deadline pick-up and delivery Paul Sewald He has begun his own rehabilitation mission due to July’s shoulder injury. He allowed one inning and played four batsmen in a 4 2/3 innings rehabilitation effort – recently hitting another two-thirds inning. Returns should not be too far away, and any late setbacks are prohibited.
While the updates from Skubal, Finnegan and Sewald are largely positive, news about outfielders/third basemen Matt Vierling Not so optimistic. Vierling has been out of the minor league rehabilitation mission since early August due to italic pressure, and earlier this week. However, the Tigers announced in their latest injury report that Verlin had withdrawn from recovery in just one game due to the continued soreness of his tilted area.
“I’m going to stop calling it a setback because I don’t know yet,” manager AJ Hinch said last night. “But obviously, it slowed down our plans with him. He was very upset about it, and he should be. We are too. It’s just a re-evaluation and seeing the question of what he can tolerate and what we can hope to get.”
Hinch has not announced Vierling this season, but he admits that the best thing he can answer about Vierling’s playoff availability is simple, “I don’t know.” It is presumably that Detroit will get more information about its identity in the next few days.
It was a frustrating season for Villing, who had to withdraw from his rehabilitation work on his 29-year-old. His left diagonal line was limited to 31 games and 100 games due to a pair of shoulder injuries. On the active roster, he turned around to the 0.239/.310/.307 batting line.
That pedestrian line is far from what Verlin did in the 2024 season. Vierling also sets high moisture with doubles (28), game (144) and cricket appearance (567). On the other side of the ball, he stands out among all three outfield spots of third baseman gloves, above average defense. It’s still possible that he will be back in the roster, especially if the Tigers are running deeper in October, but there seems to be no return on the direct horizon.
