The Tiger Beat: Tuesday Newsday

A little baseball news to go with your morning coffee.

Happy Tuesday, friends. I hope we’re all still riding the high of that tremendous series opener, and excited for what’s to come for the rest of the week.

Just a few little Tiger bites for today, with an update on Kerry Carpenter’s injury status, some moves in the AL Central, and a story about some big Braves drama that popped up over the weekend (and who doesn’t love a little drama when it’s not your team causing it?)

Let’s jump into it!

Detroit Tigers News:

• An update on Kerry Carpenter: he is currently day-to-day with a mild hamstring strain. (However reports seem to indicate he won’t need to spend any time on the injured list. )
• Mmmm, we love very specific early-season stats.

• Jason Beck looks at the gritty hitting that helped the Tigers nab the series opener against the Padres.

AL Central News:

• The Guardians have designated pitcher Triston McKenzie for assignment.
• Some White Sox injury updates.
• The Royals are pumped about the hot start of one of their pitching prospects.
• Twins pitcher Joe Ryan is struggling with giving up a lot of home runs at the moment.
• Jose Ramirez is making franchise history with the Guardians.
• Despite Emmanuel Clase’s struggles, the Guardians say they are 100% behind their closer.

MLB News:

• The Rays’ Chandler Simpson is fast. Like, really, really fast.
• There’s some pretty ugly Braves drama going on (involving more evidence of why tweeting while mad and famous is never a good idea), SI has a breakdown.
• This minor league batflip might be the most insane thing I’ve ever seen.
• For pitching nerds, enjoy.

• One Yankees’ bat boy is taking full advantage of that new beard policy.
• The Athletics are calling up the hottest prospect they have had in their system in a while.
• The Rays’ official scorer doesn’t have much to say about the scoring decision that took away Max Fried’s no-no , except, “I made a decision.”
• Well, this is… something.