The Tigers were pretty clear about their intentions for their September call-ups — Justyn-Henry Malloy, Chase Lee, and Sawyer Gipson-Long — before they made the initial roster moves to recall just Malloy and Lee. Gipson-Long was already set as Detroit's probable starter for their Tuesday evening game against the Mets, but they would delay the actual roster move and buy themselves some time to figure out who would be going down in order to accommodate him.
Fans definitely didn't expect it to be Lee, but we were warned! The Tigers demoted him back to Triple-A on Tuesday ahead of Gipson-Long's start.