Tigers Transfer Will Vest To 60-Day IL, Select Troy Watson

The Tigers announced this afternoon that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Troy Watson from Triple-A Toledo and immediately optioned him to Triple-A. It seemed that Watson had interest from a team overseas, which prompted the Tigers to add him to the 40-man roster, according to Chris McCosky of The Detroit News. To clear 40-man roster space for Watson, the team has moved righty Will Vest to the 60-day injured list. Vest was on the IL earlier this season for right lateral forearm inflammation. After being activated on May 17th, he posted an ugly 6.00 ERA in his next 14 appearances. Vest went down again on July 1st, this time for right posterior elbow inflammation. Manager A.J. Hinch later told reporters, including McCosky, that Vest had a stress fracture in his elbow which would not require surgery. His current placement is retroactive to June 28th, so today’s transfer to the 60-day IL will keep Vest on the shelf until late August in the best case scenario. More to come. View Comments (4)