As expected, the Detroit Tigers have placed outfielder Kerry Carpenter on the 10-day injured list with a hamstring injury. In his place they’ve recalled shortstop Trey Sweeney from Triple-A Toledo.
Carpenter has spent much of the past two months playing with intermittent hamstring pain and tightness. He and the Tigers tried to get through it, feeling that they needed him in the lineup, but instead Carpenter has hit .210 with a 87 wRC+ since May 15. Things looked much worse until he hit two home runs and a triple in nine plate appearances against the Minnesota Twins.