Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Tigers put LHP Robertson on DL, call up LHP French

The Detroit Tigers placed left-handed reliever Nate Robertson on the 15-day disabled list before Thursday's game at Minnesota and called up left-hander Luke French from Triple-A Toledo.

Robertston was put on the DL retroactive to May 6 with a muscle strain in his lower back.

Manager Jim Leyland said Robertson hurt his back while doing squats after a game at Cleveland last weekend and likely won't be ready for at least another seven or eight days.

Had the team known the injury was that serious, Leyland said, right-hander Juan Rincon probably would have stuck around a little longer. He was …

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