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Vilade

Vilade broke into the big leagues back in 2021 with the Rockies and got into a career-high 17 contests this past season for the Tigers, batting .178 (8-for-45) with one homer across 49 plate appearances. The 25-year-old former second-round pick is merely extra organizational depth at this stage of his career.

All three have the option to elect free agency and will presumably do so in the coming days after being removed from Detroit’s 40-man roster at the outset of the offseason. Both Madris and Vilade are merely emergency position player depth while Sammons made six relief appearances last year as a 29-year-old rookie.

Vilade is back in Triple-A with the Tigers reinstating Kerry Carpenter (spine) off the injured list. Vilade will be an up-and-down option for the foreseeable future no matter the organization.

Other than that, he was pretty good. Vilade can hit some singles and doubles, but he still probably doesn’t warrant a spot on a major league roster. The Tigers will likely drop him once Kerry Carpenter comes off the IL.

Vilade is merely organizational depth for the Tigers, but he’s getting another chance in the majors with Riley Greene going on the injured list. Vilade is hitting .296 with a .752 OPS and four RBI in nine games with Detroit this year.

Vilade is sent back to Triple-A to make room for Bligh Madris, with Madris being recalled from Triple-A in a corresponding transaction. Vilade is an organizational bat, and he’ll be treated like such over the final couple months of 2024.

Vilade — who was recalled from Triple-A Toledo on Friday — drew a one-out walk off of James Paxton in the second inning and scored on an RBI triple off the bat of Justyn-Henry Malloy. He also singled off of Paxton in the fourth and again off of Evan Phillips in the sixth inning. The 25-year-old outfielder is likely to fall into a short-side platoon role, with most of his action coming against left-handed pitching.

The 25-year-old outfielder had been swinging a hot bat at the Triple-A level, hitting .286/.367/.470 with nine homer,s 42 RBI and 13 stolen bases in 270 plate appearances. He’ll get a chance to contribute at the big league level with Akil Baddoo heading back to Triple-A Toledo in a corresponding move on Friday. Vilade is starting in right field and batting ninth against James Paxton and the Dodgers on Friday evening at Comerica Park.

With Matt Manning getting called up to join the rotation on Monday, Vilade will be the corresponding move to clear the roster spot. The 25-year-old was 2-for-9 in four games with the big-league club and will return to a .333/.398/.551 triple slash at Triple-A with three home runs and eight steals.

Canha is apparently under the weather and will sit out Tuesday’s showdown against the Guardians. It’ll be Riley Greene taking over in left field and Ryan Vilade drawing a start in right field for his season debut.