Detroit Tigers developments: JaCoby Jones leading off, Joe Jimenez setting up

Michigan third baseman Jimmy Kerr, drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 33rd round of the MLB draft, takes batting practice on June 13, 2019. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

OMAHA — A day later, in a different state, Matthew Boyd had his Oregon State trainers on. Niko Goodrum was back in the Detroit Tigers’ lineup. And JaCoby Jones was still hitting leadoff.

It was a rare game day/travel day for the Tigers, who made the short flight from Kansas City to Omaha on Thursday morning, landing around 12:30 p.m. local time and arriving at TD Ameritrade Park about an hour later for the first Major League game ever to be played in Nebraska.

The event is dubbed “MLB in Omaha,” the inaugural edition…