Gleyber

Torres

The Tigers have been giving more of the playing time at second base to Hao-Yu Lee down the stretch as Torres is an impending free agent and they want to see what some of their younger players can do. The 29-year-old has started just twice in the last five games now and is likely to continue to see sporadic playing time over the final week and a half of the 2026 campaign.

With Kevin McGonigle back at third base, Hao-Yu Lee was shifted back to second base, and Torres is on the bench. It seems like the 29-year-old will not be guaranteed playing time down the stretch.

Torres has ceded a considerable amount of playing time to youngster Hao-Yu Lee recently, starting just four of Detroit’s last 12 contests at second base. He’s back at the keystone and hitting second against Blue Jays righty José Soriano in this one.

It’s the third time in the past four games that Torres has found himself on the bench, which could mean that he’s battling a minor injury issue. Hao-Yu Lee will start in his place at second base and will bat second for the Tigers against right-hander Gabriel Hughes.

Torres has shouldered a heavy workload for the Tigers and played in both halves of Friday’s doubleheader in addition to Saturday’s contest, so he’ll get a breather in this one. Spencer Torkelson will do the same. Hao-Yu Lee will start at second base and will bat second against Guardians’ right-hander Gavin Williams.

Torres led off the third inning with a single off of Parker Messick and scored on an RBI knock off the bat of Riley Greene. He then started a rally with a one-out single in the seventh and raced home on Greene’s RBI double. When healthy, he has been a terrific table-setter in the Tigers’ lineup this season, slashing .270/.371/.384 with eight homers and 36 RBI in 369 plate appearances.

A perfect table-setter, Torres reached base three times out of the lead-off spot and scored two of the Tigers three runs. He’s been a great source of counting stats this season with 49 runs scored and 36 RBI through just 83 games, but only has eight home runs and has not stolen a single base.

Peck receives his first shot in the majors after hitting .288/.339/.502 with 11 homers and 22 steals in 298 plate appearances in the upper minors this season. Tigers skipper A.J. Hinch told reporters Peck will get some time at shortstop with Kevin McGonigle moving over to third base more often in the coming weeks. It appears that Gleyber Torres and Javier Báez could lose playing time down the home stretch with Detroit fading from playoff contention. Peck is unlikely to offer much fantasy appeal outside of extremely deep mixed leagues and AL-only formats.

It appears to be a routine day off with sizzling-hot rookie Hao-Yu Lee taking over at the keystone. Torres is hitting .256 (21-for-82) with three homers and 12 RBI in 20 games since the start of August.

Torres’ solo home run in the third inning briefly gave the Tigers the lead before Framber Valdez gave it right back. Alas, it was his eighth homer of the season and second longest at 421 feet. He’s been solid overall out of the lead-off spot in Detroit with a .260/.371/.396 slash line across 63 games, just with only those eight homers and zero stolen bases.