DETROIT -- The Tigers held off at Monday's non-waiver Trade Deadline because they anticipated getting an impact from injured players coming back. They experienced the yin and yang of those returns in a 24-hour span.
After J.D. Martinez stepped off the disabled list to power the Tigers to victory on Wednesday night, Jordan Zimmermann's struggles in his first start since June 30 had the opposite effect on Thursday afternoon, accounting for all the damage in a 6-3 loss to the White Sox.
As big as the end to Detroit's eight-game winning streak seemed, the possibility of Zimmermann missing more time with injury loomed larger.