HOUSTON — Detroit Tigers second baseman Jonathan Schoop, a 10-year MLB veteran, joked with manager A.J. Hinch that he knows the difference between getting a day off for rest and getting benched.
Schoop has played more than 1,000 games in his career, so he's been around long enough to understand. Hinch benched the 30-year-old in Thursday's series opener against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
He returned to the lineup Friday.
"It was more of a mental day than a physical day," Hinch said. "He didn't need the day off. .