{"id":82946,"date":"2024-08-13T16:38:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T20:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82946"},"modified":"2024-08-13T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T20:38:51","slug":"kerry-carpenter-returns-tigers-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/13\/kerry-carpenter-returns-tigers-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Player Returns to Active Roster for Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Tigers activated Kerry Carpenter<\/a> before Tuesday’s game against the Seattle Mariners at Comerica Park. Carpenter, 26, is starting at designated hitter and batting second for the Tigers after missing nearly three months of action with a lumbar spine stress fracture.<\/p>\n

“He’s going to be a guy that I’m going to ramp into activity,” manager A.J. Hinch<\/a> said Tuesday on MLB Network Radio<\/em>‘s Power Alley<\/em><\/a>. “He’s going to play a little bit of outfield and he’s going to DH a lot. He had a really good rehab assignment. That’ll be a big boost for us, even though he won’t play every single day. I’ve got to be careful with him getting back into game shape, but we want to do that here since he’s physically ready to go.”<\/p>\n

Utilityman Ryan Vilade<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A to open an active roster spot. Right-hander Brendan White<\/a> was recalled from Double-A Erie and placed on the 60-day IL with a right elbow strain.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers have announced the following roster moves:
\n\u2022 Optioned INF\/OF Ryan Vilade to Triple A Toledo
\n\u2022 Reinstated OF Kerry Carpenter from the 60-day injured list
\n\u2022 To make room for Carpenter on the 40-man roster, recalled RHP Brendan White from Double A Erie and placed him\u2026<\/p>\n

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