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Tigers option Jeremy Bonderman and Luke Putkonen to Triple-A Toledo, recall Phil Coke and Hernan Perez from Toledo.

One reason for Putkonen to Lakeland: The Flying Tigers' season ends tomorrow. Thus, Putkonen can return Monday instead of Tuesday.

Both Pukonen and Bonderman will be recalled by the Tigers following the conclusion of the Lakeland and Toledo seasons, respectively.

Coke being recalled today means he's automatically eligible for playoff roster, without having to replace an injured player. Only 2 of those.

http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2013/08/first-call-ups-arrive-in-person-of.html
First call-ups arrive, in person of Perez, Coke.
from the Oakland Press

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2013/08/31/tigers-recall-phil-coke-hernan-perez-from-triple-a-toledo/
Tigers recall Phil Coke, Hernan Perez from Triple-A Toledo.
from JasonBeck'sTigersblog

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/08/detroit_tigers_recall_phil_cok.html
Detroit Tigers recall Phil Coke, Hernan Perez, send Jeremy Bonderman, Luke Putkonen to minors.
from Mlive
 
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recent monthly splits for Nick Castellanos.
June: .361, 1.024 OPS
July: .212, .557 OPS
August: .267, .797 OPS
 
Update on Dotel: He is going back to Detroit to see doctors there.

I would be surprised if he pitches for the Tigers again.
 
Dotel's season in question after exiting rehab outing.
DETROIT -- The Tigers had been hoping to add Octavio Dotel to their bullpen as a September callup and postseason piece. After another bout of discomfort in his right arm, however, Dotel's season -- if not his career -- might be in question.

Dotel was pulled from his outing at Triple-A Toledo on Friday night with discomfort in his right forearm. According to the Toledo Blade, Dotel traveled back to Detroit on Saturday so that doctors could examine his arm.

The description of the injury is different than the elbow inflammation that landed him on the disabled list in April and has led to a slow rehab process to get back. Had he gotten through Friday's outing, he would've been in line for a promotion.

Instead, his status is now unknown, pending test results.
"I'm not really sure where that stands as we talk right now," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "We're still visiting on that situation. If he was healthy, he would have been with us as of Sept. 1, but right now, I do not know where that stands."

Dotel made the Opening Day roster and pitched for the Tigers in April before landing on the DL. The 39-year-old right-hander doesn't have to be activated by Sept. 1 to qualify for the postseason. If he ends the season on the disabled list, the Tigers can use his spot to add anyone in the organization as of Saturday night to their postseason roster. The replacement doesn't have to be a pitcher, and doesn't have to be on the 40-man roster by Sunday.

Luis Marte, added to the 60-day DL a month ago after undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery, allows the Tigers one replacement. If Dotel can't make it back, his spot would allow them another.

Dotel is in the final year of the contract he signed with the Tigers as a free agent before the 2012 season. He was a valuable part of last year's World Series team, which is why the Tigers picked up the option on his contract for 2013. He'll turn 40 in November.
from the Tigers official site
 
Coke, Perez join Tigers as preface to September callups.
DETROIT -- Phil Coke's trip to Triple-A Toledo wasn't so much a demotion as it was a hiatus to work out some mechanical issues, the Tigers said at the time. Ten days and six scoreless Minor League innings later, Coke returned to the team, recalled just in time for qualify for the postseason roster.

The Tigers also recalled infielder Hernan Perez, who gives Detroit some infield depth now and potentially for the postseason if Miguel Cabrera's abdominal strain continues to put his status in question. The moves are the first of a multi-stage process the Tigers are taking with September callups. More moves will be announced Sunday morning once rosters expand, with the last coming early next week.

To make room, the Tigers optioned long relievers Jeremy Bonderman to Triple-A Toledo and Luke Putkonen to Class A Lakeland. Both will be recalled in the coming days once the respective Minor League seasons ends.

Since Lakeland's season ends Sunday, Putkonen can return Monday in Boston. Bonderman, who for contract reasons couldn't be optioned anywhere but Triple-A, will have to wait another day while the Mud Hens season concludes Monday afternoon.

The Tigers optioned Coke to Toledo on Aug. 20 with the express purpose of getting his pitches back in order. His six scoreless innings with five hits, a walk and nine strikeouts would suggest that he did.

"Coke went down there and threw well, which does not surprise us, because his velocity has been good," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "He kept the ball down better there, which is one thing we wanted him to work on. He wasn't just throwing hard for the sake of throwing hard. Part of his problem has been the command aspect of it, and he did a better job of that at Triple-A. Hopefully, he can continue. He only had a few outings."

His return to the Tigers' bullpen adds some lefty depth that was threatening to haunt them, most recently Friday night. Though Asdrubal Cabrera enters Saturday batting .235 with a lone home run against lefties this year, Tigers manager Jim Leyland had only one lefty available in setup man Drew Smyly for the opener. Thus, with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and flu-stricken Rick Porcello running out of gas, Leyland turned to Al Alburquerque, who ended up walking Cabrera, a player he struck out four times in six previous meetings.

Perez joins the Tigers for his third stint this year, having spent most of July and a week in August filling in at second base for an injured Omar Infante. The Tigers' eighth-ranked prospect who projects as the second baseman of the future can also play shortstop, which gives him some utility value. More valuable for postseason purposes, he's a speedster on the basepaths, having stolen 55 bases in 66 tries in the Minors over the last two years.

"He's not a burner, but he allows Jim to use him as a pinch-runner, with the flexibility of position," Dombrowski said. "He can play second, play short, move some other people around. But he does give us some speed."
from the Tigers official site
 
Tuiasosopo takes grounders in case of need at third.
DETROIT -- Long before Matt Tuiasosopo emerged as a power-hitting outfielder in the Tigers' anti-lefty lineup, he was a corner infielder who played third base in Spring Training while Miguel Cabrera was at the World Baseball Classic. His summer made that easy to forget, but with Cabrera dealing with abdominal issues again, it's becoming fresh in Tigers' minds.

When the Tigers began batting practice Friday afternoon, Tuiasosopo took ground balls at the hot corner, charging slow rollers and ranging to either side on regular grounders. It was the most work he has had at third since Spring Training, he said.

"I haven't taken some in a while," Tuiasosopo said. "I just want to be prepared. Especially with how Miggy's feeling, you never know."

Manager Jim Leyland once called Tuiasosopo an emergency option at third base, but that was when Cabrera was healthy. With Cabrera now hobbled, Leyland is openly considering giving Tuiasosopo some playing time there, as he did in the late innings Thursday, once Cabrera had left and Don Kelly had been lifted for a pinch-hitter.
"We'll do what we have to do, that's all," Leyland said.

Tuiasosopo has played every infield position at least once in his Major League career, including two starts at shortstop in Seattle three years ago and five starts at second base a year before that. He has no problem moving back.

"I came up as an infielder. I'm comfortable playing in the infield," he said. "That's what I'd done my whole career until this year."
from the Tigers official site
 
Nick Castellanos was informed he'd be playing in Detroit on Sunday.

According to jwagner at the ToledoBlade, Evan Reed, Danny Worth and Nick Castellanos to join Tigers on Sunday.

http://www.blessyouboys.com/detroit-...-tigers-roster
Nick Castellanos called up by Tigers.
from bybtb

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss...nos_among.html
Nick Castellanos among three Triple-A Toledo players to join Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
from Mlive

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2013/08/31/c...igers-callups/
Nick Castellanos among next round of Tigers callups.
from JasonBeck'sTigersblog

http://www.thedetroitsportssite.com/...medium=twitter
Nick Castellanos Reportedly ?Will Be? in Detroit Tigers? Lineup on Sunday.
from the detroitsportssite
 
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