On the last BYB Podcast, rookie LHP Adam Wilk was called a "placeholder" as the Tigers kept a roster spot warm for the soon to be called up Andrew Oliver.
Oliver is starting tonight, and David Purcey has been acquired via trade. The the placeholder is no longer needed.
Via the Official Tigers Twitter:
Tigers have optioned LHP Adam Wilk to Toledo to create room on 25-man roster for LHP David Purcey
And that, as they say, is that.
Wilk was impressive in his only big league appearance, allowing only one run in 3 2/3 innings in the blowout loss to the Red Sox Thursday. So the odds are good he'll be seen again.
We are talking about the Tigers' bullpen after all, where no job is safe...