The Tigers announced have reinstated right-hander from the 60-day injured list.In a corresponding active roster move, fellow righty has been placed on the 15-day IL due to neck stiffne s. To open a 40-man spot, righty has been recalled and placed on the 60-day injured list with a right forearm strain. relayed the moves prior to the official announcement. Once Urquidy gets into a game, he will be pitching for the first time in almost two years, in addition to suiting up for a team other than the Astros for the first time. He to sed 405 innings for Houston over the 2019 to 2023 seasons, allowing 3.98 earned runs per nine. His 19.6% strikeout rate was below average but he limited walks to a 5.8% pace. He also logged 46 1/3 postseason innings in that span with a 4.08 ERA. But in 2024, he couldnt get on the mound due to elbow/forearm i sues. He eventually required Tommy John surgery in June. The Astros could have retained him for 2025 via arbitration but instead put him on waivers. Urquidy cleared and elected free agency. The Tigers signed him to a one-year deal with a $1MM guarantee and a 2026 club option worth $4MM plus escalators. Jonathan Cheechoo Jersey Urquidy started a rehab a signment in early August and appears to be in good form. He has to sed 19 2/3 innings with a 3.20 ERA, 21.6% strikeout rate, 6.8% walk rate and 49.1% ground ball rate. It doesnt appear as though Urquidy will be inserted into the rotation, since hes not fully stretched out. He didnt throw more than three innings in any of his rehab appearances. In his most recent outing, he threw 28 pitches over two innings. He will therefore presumably jump into a multi-inning role in the Detroit bullpen. Gipson-Long had been in the rotation, so his neck injury drops the team from five to four. They have going tonight and tomorrow. They dont have a starter listed for Sunday. Manager A.J. Hinch tells that Sunday will be a bullpen game. The club is off on Monday. and will go on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by Skubal on Thursday. Urquidy, and could perhaps pitch in multi-inning roles on Sunday. The club never plays more than six games in a row the rest of the way, so perhaps they will get by with four traditional starters and some bullpen games. They have a fairly comfortable lead of 8.5 games over the Guardians in the Central. They are also five games up on the Astros/Mariners for the second first-round bye. As for Brieske, it was a few weeks back that his season was e sentially over, so this move isnt a shock. The one benefit for him with this move is that he will receive big league pay and service time for the next few weeks. He is making $1.025MM this year and will be due a raise in arbitration. However, since he posted a 6.55 ERA in 22 innings this year, he wont have much ability to push that salary up. Photo courtesy of Erik Williams, Imagn Images Marco Sturm Jersey