Arlington, Texas — The last time the Tigers were on the verge of returning to a healthy, five-man starting rotation (Monday), Matthew Boyd blew out his left elbow.
The snake keeps biting. Fortunately, maybe not quite as hard this time.
On the day the Tigers optioned Joey Wentz back to Triple-A Toledo in expectation of possibly both Tarik Skubal and Eduardo Rodriguez being activated at some point next week, right-hander Reese Olson took a line drive off his left knee with two outs in the second inning Thursday.
The ball left Josh Smith’s bat with an exit velocity of 103 mph and Olson went down in pain immediately.