Jackson Jobe looms as Reese Olson’s injury compounds the Tigers rotation problems

Casey Mize is already on the injured list with a hamstring strain and there’s no word on when he might start a rehabilitation assignment. Matt Manning, the obvious choice for a call-up, hit the Triple-A injured list with a lat strain on Friday. Kenta Maeda

is pitching terribly and there’s nothing to suggest he could return to the rotation. So with Olson out, the Tigers are in a really bad spot. It’s Tarik Skubal, Jack Flaherty, who appears bound to be traded in the next 10 days, and rookie Keider Montero, who is still just finding his sea legs at the major league level.

Saturday’s victory over the Toronto Blue Jays continued a very good run for the Detroit Tigers in July. They’re now a game below .500 and just five games out of a wild card spot with 63 games to play. We should

be feeling pretty good. Instead, Reese Olson came out of the game after two innings with what is reported as right shoulder soreness. That could be all sorts of issues from minor inflammation to a major injury that ends his season. Either way, it presents a real problem for the organization right now.