Injury Updates: Skaggs, Sanchez and Soria

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The Tigers suffered a second blow on Sunday when Joakim Soria, who was recently acquired from the Texas Rangers and is arguably the Tiger’s best reliever, was also placed on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday. Soria has a left oblique strain and like Sanchez could be out for up to three weeks.

Although Soria has struggled since coming over from Texas he is a key piece to an overall struggling Tiger’s bullpen. He has strong career numbers to back up that his issues were likely due to the oblique strain. Soria is a two-time All-Star with a 2.60 career ERA over seven seasons with the Kansas City Royals, Rangers and Tigers.

This is bad news for Detroit as they are clinging on to a half-game lead over the Royals in the A.L. Central. The Royals are currently on a seven-game winning streak meaning that, while they are bound to lose a game sometime, their club is very hot at a very good time in the season. The Tigers now will be without two of their most valuable pitchers, in Sanchez and Soria, while their main competition in the division is creeping up on them rapidly.