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Matt Moore opts for surgery; Tigers recall Ronny Rodriguez to fill Jordy Mercer void

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Minneapolis — Matt Moore was pretty sure he knew where this whole meniscus thing was headed, but the incontrovertible evidence came on Friday when he walked over to the frozen, snow-covered field at Target Center and tried to long-toss from 120 feet.

“It was my fifth or sixth throw,” he said. “When I planted the knee, it felt like your knuckles just sliding across one another. The pain wasn’t so great, but that instability told me it might not be in our control to let this heal up during the season.