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Idle against lefty McKinstry is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.

Impact The Tigers will send the left-handed-hitting McKinstry to the bench while southpaw Trevor Rogers takes the hill for the Orioles in the series finale. Matt Vierling will draw the start in right field in McKinstry's stead and will bat eighth.

JULY 29 • ROTOWIRE

Triples, reaches three times Monday McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a walk, a triple, an RBI and a run scored in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Orioles.

Impact McKinstry is struggling overall with a .206 batting average and .594 OPS this season, though he's been better since the start of June. While the veteran utility player feels unlikely to match last year's career best totals of 12 home runs and 19 stolen bases, he is at least seeing regular playing time. McKinstry is known for moving around defensively, though he may focus primarily on right field in the short term with Wenceel Perez (orbital) and Kerry Carpenter (foot) both on the injured list.

JULY 28 • ROTOWIRE

Holliday's 4 hits, Orioles' 3 homers leads to an 8-5 victory over the Tigers

Jackson Holliday had four hits and the Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs in an 8-5 win against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night

JULY 28 • Associated Press

Not in Sunday's lineup McKinstry is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

Impact The utility man started the previous four games -- at three different positions -- and will hit the bench Sunday after going 5-for-14 with a double and an RBI during that span. Kerry Carpenter is manning right field while Gleyber Torres serves as the designated hitter in the series finale versus Kansas City.

JULY 26 • ROTOWIRE

Nick Loftin and Salvador Perez hit late-inning home runs as Royals rally to beat Tigers 3-2

Nick Loftin hit a tie-breaking home run in the ninth inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers

JULY 25 • Associated Press

Montero and relievers combine on a 4-hitter, Lee hits a 3-run HR and the Tigers beat the Cubs 5-1

Keider Montero and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, Hao-Yu Lee hit a three-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Wednesday night

JULY 23 • Associated Press

Pete Crow-Armstrong stars as the Chicago Cubs pound the Detroit Tigers 11-2

Pete Crow-Armstrong reached five times on two hits and three walks, helping the Chicago Cubs beat Framber Valdez and the Detroit Tigers 11-2

JULY 22 • Associated Press

Tigers place right-hander Jack Flaherty on the 15-day IL with right flexor inflammation

The Detroit Tigers have placed right-hander Jack Flaherty on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation

JULY 22 • Associated Press

On the bench Sunday McKinstry is out of the lineup for the series finale against the Angels on Sunday, Chris McKosky of The Detroit News reports.

Impact McKinstry will take a rare day off, marking his first rest day in over a month since June 17. Kevin McGonigle will leadoff and play shortstop, while Hao-Yu Lee will play second base and bat seventh for the Tigers.

JULY 19 • ROTOWIRE

Phillies end the Tigers' winning streak at 6 with a 4-2 victory

Cristopher Sánchez struck out seven in seven innings, Bryce Harper and J

JULY 12 • Associated Press

McGonigle homers against childhood team in Tigers' rout of Phillies DETROIT -- While everyone wonders how much the Tigers could sell at the MLB Trade Deadline, Detroit quietly continues to creep back into the...

JULY 11 • MLB.COM

Outman's triple keys five-run inning as Tigers win sixth straight, beating Phillies 10-2

James Outman hit a two-run triple during a five-run sixth inning and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game, 10-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies

JULY 11 • Associated Press

Homers during win McKinstry went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics.

Impact McKinstry provided Detroit with some breathing room in the fifth inning, launching a two-run homer off Jack Perkins for his fourth long ball of the season. Over his last 11 games, the infielder is batting .295 (13-for-44) while raising his season batting average by 25 points during that stretch.

JULY 10 • ROTOWIRE

Valencia homers in 1st career plate appearance in the Tigers' 4-1 victory over the A's

Eduardo Valencia became the 10th Detroit player to homer in his first career plate appearance, Framber Valdez pitched seven innings and the Tigers beat the Athletics 4-1 on Thursda...

JULY 10 • Associated Press

Jake Rogers, Spencer Torkelson homer as Tigers keep winning, beating Athletics 6-1

Jake Rogers and Spencer Torkelson homered and the Detroit Tigers won their fourth straight game, beating the Athletics 6-1 on Wednesday night

JULY 9 • Associated Press

Tarik Skubal and Colt Keith lead the Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics

Tarik Skubal struck out nine over five innings and Colt Keith hit a two-run homer to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night

JULY 8 • Associated Press

Two hits, two runs in loss McKinstry went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Thursday's 10-4 loss to the Rangers.

Impact While it's been a struggle overall this season for McKinstry, he is showing some signs of life lately. Over his last 12 games, the utility player is batting .304 with an .812 OPS, six RBI and eight runs scored. McKinstry's season batting average and OPS are a much more unsightly .199 and .577, respectively. The veteran is seeing fairly regular playing time at shortstop for the Tigers, so if he can keep up his recent performance, he may be able to lift his depleted fantasy value after a rough start to the year.

JULY 3 • ROTOWIRE

Tigers score 4 in 11th to finish off their first Bronx sweep since '08 NEW YORK -- The Tigers completed their first series sweep at Yankee Stadium since 2008, but they needed a couple of extra innings on a hot W...

JULY 1 • MLB.COM

Yankees' losing streak stretches to 7, longest since 2023, with 6-2, 11-inning defeat to Tigers

The New York Yankees’ losing streak stretched to seven, their longest in three years, as Camilo Doval forced in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk to Spencer Torkelson in a...

JULY 1 • Associated Press

Yankees aim to end 5-game skid, play the Tigers

The New York Yankees will try to end their five-game slide when they take on the Detroit Tigers

JUNE 30 • Associated Press

Goes deep in loss McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 7-5, 10-inning loss to the Astros,

Impact McKinstry hit just his third home run of the season in the second inning to give the Tigers an early lead. It's mostly been an offensive struggle for the utility player, as he's batting just .191 with a .574 OPS, though he does now have consecutive multi-hit efforts. McKinstry is also seeing more regular time at shortstop recently, and he could start to raise his fantasy value a bit if he can string together a few more good performances.

JUNE 29 • ROTOWIRE

Christian Walker's 3-run homer in 10th inning helps power Astros past Tigers 7-5

Christian Walker's three-run homer highlighted a four-run 10th inning as the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5

JUNE 28 • Associated Press

Venezuelan pitchers Montero and De Jesus combine for a 5-hitter as the Tigers beat the Astros 8-0

Keider Montero and Emmanuel De Jesus combined for a five-hitter while both Venezuelans wore hats embroidered with “VZ” after this week’s earthquakes, and the Detroit Tigers beat th...

JUNE 27 • Associated Press

Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s big night at the plate helps Yankees end 3-game skid with 4-3 win over Tigers

Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered, drove in two runs and scored twice and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3

JUNE 24 • Associated Press

Dingler's late RBIs, Vierling's bloop single help Tigers sweep White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings

Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling’s bloop single finished off Detroit’s comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 inni...

JUNE 21 • Associated Press

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