As of Thursday afternoon, Josh Harrison was still in the middle of his minor league injury rehabilitation assignment.
He was playing, Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. Feeling good, playing five innings in the field one day and nine innings at designated hitter the next. He was halfway to the 40 at-bats the team wanted him to receive at Triple-A Toledo.
Four at-bats later, the veteran second baseman is gone.
As indicated by Gardenhire before Thursday’s series opener against the Royals, the Tigers did not envision much – if any – playing time for Harrison down the stretch.