The Tigers positioned shortstop Javier Baez on the 10-day injured checklist yesterday, calling up Ryan Kriedler from Triple-A to fill the void within the infield. It’s the second time this season that Baez has been despatched to the IL because of lumbar irritation, although this newest placement additionally entails irritation in his proper hip. Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch instructed reporters (together with Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press) that “we haven’t gotten the total prognosis” on Baez’s accidents but, however the staff ought to shortly “know somewhat bit extra about what the following month appears to be like like and what, if any, baseball exercise he’ll be capable of do.”
That doesn’t sound prefer it bodes effectively for Baez’s probabilities of returning in 2024, because the Tigers have solely the faintest hopes of a wild card berth and would possibly simply select to close Baez all the way down to get him prepared for subsequent 12 months. Whereas accidents have contributed to Baez’s struggles this season, his .184/.221/.294 slash line over 289 plate appearances marks the third straight disastrous 12 months for Baez since coming to Detroit on a six-year, $140MM free agent deal within the 2021-22 offseason. With $73MM nonetheless owed to Baez over the 2025-27 seasons, the contract is already an albatross, and it stays to be seen precisely how for much longer the Tigers nonetheless persist with Baez as a daily a part of their lineup (or whether or not they might launch him altogether).
Extra from across the AL Central…
Sonny Grey instructed the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Bobby Nightengale that the Twins didn’t make a lot of a push to re-sign him when the veteran righty entered free company final winter. “They have been very clear from the get-go, saying, ’Hear, we do not need the assets to provide you a contract, as a lot as we want to.’ So, I type of knew that,” Grey mentioned. “Though we did come again a few occasions and attempt to work on some issues, I type of knew early on that it wasn’t [happening].” The Twins’ lack of certainty over their broadcasting contract led to a payroll discount final winter and continued funds limitations this 12 months, so it didn’t appear too seemingly that Minnesota would be capable of outbid the a number of different golf equipment who had curiosity in Grey’s providers. Grey ended up signing a three-year, $75MM cope with the Cardinals, and he has continued to pitch effectively in St. Louis, if not on the stage of his AL Cy Younger runner-up efficiency with the Twins in 2023. Grey will face his previous teammates at the moment when he will get the beginning for the Playing cards in at the moment’s recreation in Minneapolis.
In different Twins information, Alex Kirilloff began a Triple-A rehab task yesterday and Brooks Lee will begin the same task at the moment, supervisor Rocco Baldelli instructed the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Bobby Nightengale and different reporters. Nonetheless, Baldelli nonetheless didn’t have any new information on Carlos Correa, saying the shortstop is simply “regularly making regular enchancment” as he recovers from plantar fasciitis in his proper heel. Correa hasn’t performed since July 12, and he obtained a PRP injection early in his restoration course of.
White Sox GM Chris Getz instructed reporters (together with Mike Clark of the Chicago Solar-Instances) that Yoan Moncada and Michael Soroka will begin Triple-A rehab assignments on Tuesday. Moncada performed in solely 11 video games earlier than a left adductor pressure sidelined him for almost all of the season, but it surely appears to be like like he’s on observe to get again to the majors sooner or later in September. Soroka had a 5.23 ERA over 72 1/3 innings in his first season with the White Sox, and he has missed shut to 6 weeks recovering from a pressure in his proper shoulder.
