The Detroit Tigers officially added Troy Melton to the five-man rotation when they optioned fellow right-hander Keider Montero to Triple-A Toledo.

El novato Troy Melton lanzó siete entradas sin permitir carreras en su segunda apertura en su carrera, y los Tigres de Detroit vencieron 5-1 a los Diamondbacks de Arizona

Troy Melton to debut for Tigers as A.J. Hinch delivers tough truth originally appeared on Athlon Sports. There’s no sugarcoating a big-league debut—especially when your manager is A.J. Hinch, and his version of a pep talk is reminding you that, the hitters have probably seen better.

After being a driving force for the Tigers’ victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday night, Melton’s home debut was about as much as he could’ve asked for and an encouraging outing for one of Detroit’s young arms.

Troy Melton listened intently to Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter’s instructions. With Melton’s pitch count approaching 90 with two outs in the fifth inning, he was likely on his last batter in his Major League debut.

It’s Monday, July 28 and the Diamondbacks (51-55) are in Detroit to take on the Tigers (61-46). Eduardo Rodriguez is slated to take the mound for Arizona against Troy Melton for Detroit.

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have their first win streak in 20 days. Andy Ibáñez doubled and homered in his return to the big leagues, and Troy Melton pitched seven shutout innings as the Tigers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5–1 on Monday night at ...