Joe Nathan is eligible to rejoin the Tigers next week, but will the closer's role still be his when he returns?
DETROIT -- Joe Nathan is eligible to return from the 15-day disabled list on April 22 after being retroactively placed on the disabled list for a right elbow flexor strain on March 7. The Detroit Tigers haven't determined whether he will be activated at that point, but so far things are going well for the 40-year-old righthander.
At the time Nathan landed on the DL, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said it was something that had bothered the closer since the last week of spring training.