Tigers vs Mariners; Aug 13-15 (Carpenter/Greene updates)

Guessing we will see Mr Carpenters bat make an appearance in Detroit this week and hoping Greene isn’t too far behind.


The best-case scenario would be the Tigers activate outfielder Kerry Carpenter off the injured list for the homestand starting Tuesday against the Mariners and, simultaneously, sending outfielder Riley Greene off with the Toledo Mud Hens to start a rehab assignment in Charlotte.

That scenario is possible, but not guaranteed.

“We are not going to be a day too early,” manager AJ Hinch said about the possible activation of Carpenter. “We can’t let where we’re at right now impact our decision-making with Kerry or Riley. Obviously on paper, it would be nice to write their names in the lineup.

“But we’ve done the work to get to this point. We have to take the extra time to make sure we get the benefits of the next six weeks.”

Carpenter, who has been out since the end of May [with a lumbar stress fracture], was expected to play close to a full game with the Mud Hens on Sunday in Toledo.

“It’s going to be Charlotte on Tuesday or Detroit on Tuesday,” Hinch said. “A lot will be determined by how he does, how he feels and where we are at.”

Greene, out with a hamstring strain since July 26, ran the bases Sunday and is scheduled to run them again either on the off-day Monday or early Tuesday. If he checks off that box, he could be ready to start his rehab assignment.

But, again, the error will be made on the side of caution.

“We don’t want this to turn into a feel-good story on Day One and then a re-injury on Day Three,” Hinch said. “That would be detrimental to finishing the season the way we want to and for those players to finish the season back in the competition.”

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Off Day filler…

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On deck: Seattle Mariners

:arrow_forward: Series: Three games at Comerica Park, Detroit

:arrow_forward: First pitch: Tuesday-Wednesday 6:40 p.m.; Thursday 1:10 p.m.

:arrow_forward: TV/radio: All three games on Bally Sports Detroit/97.1 FM

:arrow_forward: Probables: Tuesday *RHP George Kirby (8-8, 3.13) vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (13-4, 2.57); Wednesday *RHP Bryan Woo (5-1, 2.27) vs. TBA; Thursday *RHP Bryce Miller (9-7, 3.46) vs. TBA.

  • – The Mariners’ rotation is not official.

Scouting report

:arrow_forward: Kirby, Mariners: The Tigers jumped him early last Wednesday night in Seattle. Wenceel Perez led off the game with a homer and the Tigers worked 28 pitches in the first inning. Ultimately, they were able to get him out of the game after just five innings, making him throw 97 pitches. They fouled off 17 of his pitches, 13 were his four-seam or two-seam fastballs.

:arrow_forward: Skubal, Tigers: Skubal pitched that same night in Seattle and was impressive, allowing three hits in seven innings with nine strikeouts. His changeup was as good as it’s been all year, getting 12 whiffs on 20 swings. Skubal leads American League starting pitchers in ERA, wins (tied with 13), strikeouts (171) fielding independent pitching (2.65) and pitcher WAR (5.3).

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Hhmmm, @stephenboyd57 Tigers reporter Natalie Kerwin, Danni light?

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Didn’t take long for Carp to make an impact.

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Is Meadows cold again? I was hoping they fixed something with him and it was a more permanent upgrade.

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I’m just starting the third inning, knew I shouldn’t check this thread…lol. Glad to hear this thought

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He’s been solid since coming back

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Now lets get Greene back asap and make a little bit of a run here, even if it is only for .500

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Pics needed bud😂

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Here’s the Canadian version…

makeup-failure

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Kerry Carpenter…

Oh my

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Ignore @Bols he’s on drugs, not good drugs, just drugs.

Fair amount here for you lik at, er look at.

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And for the record I’ve had three DIPA’s and drinking a Japanese Rice style lager which, well, isn’t that good.

I may need to drink another DIPA to get rid of the after effects of that lager.

The good news, maybe bad news is, I have abandon Bourbon for a few months now.

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Rogers. Killing them.

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You really need to get caught up.

I’m dying to talk about the grand slam…

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Talk about it talk about talk about

ROGERS GRAND SLAM!

Can’t wait to see how this lineup does when Greene comes back.

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Rogers had a HR against Kirby last game he faced him as well.
Tigers Kirby Kryptonite

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