Tigers Place Reese Olson On Injured List

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The Tigers placed  on the 15-day injured list due to right ring finger inflammation, by Chris McCosky of The Detroit News. Reliever  was recalled from Triple-A Toledo in a corresponding active roster move.  Detroit will temporarily operate with a nine-man relief group and four starters. McCosky adds that theyll push  start back to what would have been Olsons turn on Thursday against the Guardians while deploying a bullpen game on Wednesday in St. Louis. The Tigers are three games into a nearly two-week stretch without an off day, so there arent upcoming opportunities for their starters to work on regular rest in a four-man rotation Jose Fermin Jersey .  Olsons injury comes as a surprise. He looked sharp as ever during Saturdays start in Toronto, firing six scorele s innings in an eventual 2-1 lo s. He sat north of 95 MPH with both his four-seam fastball and sinker, slightly above his season average. Its not clear if the sorene s arose during that start or in the past two days, but its evidently enough to shelve him for at least two weeks.  The 25-year-old Olson has somewhat quietly emerged as one of the better young pitchers in the sport. He owns a 3.60 ERA over parts of three seasons and is out to a career-best start. Olson carries a 2.96 earned run average acro s 48 2/3 innings. Hes striking out more than a quarter of opponents while getting grounders on half the batted balls he allows. Olson has reeled off four scorele s appearances through his first nine starts. He could be in the mix for his first career All-Star selection if this injury proves minor.  At 31-16, the Tigers have MLBs best record. Olson,  and  each carry sub-3.00 ERAs, helping Detroit to a 3.39 rotation earned run average that ranks fifth in the majors. Mize went down with a hamstring strain a couple weeks ago, while theyve been without  all season due to a right hip i sue. Skubal, Flaherty,  and  comprise A.J. Hinchs current four-man starting staff. that Mize could be activated from the IL by the weekend.  Michael Mcgreevy Jersey