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Tigers' Wenceel Perez Injured in Freak Accident in Training Room, Team Puts Gleyber Torres on IL
- On Tuesday, June 16, Detroit Tigers outfielder Wenceel Perez was struck in the face below his left eye by a plyometric band during his postgame routine at Daikin Park following the team's 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros.
- Manager A.J. Hinch said Perez was "doing his normal routine, arm care, working with a therapy band" when it "snapped off the hook where it was connected and hit him just below the left eye."
- Perez was absent for Wednesday's 4-2 loss, as the Tigers started Kerry Carpenter in right field, Matt Vierling in center field, and Riley Greene in left field while recording only three hits.
- The team placed Gleyber Torres on the 10-day injured list retroactive to June 15 due to an oblique strain, an injury the three-time All-Star also sustained in May.
- Uncertainty remains regarding whether Perez will join Torres on the injured list pending evaluation, though the outfielder is hitting.180 with seven home runs across 53 games in 2026.
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Tigers' Wenceel Perez injured in freak accident in training room, team puts Gleyber Torres on IL
The Detroit Tigers were without two players in a 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday, missing outfielder Wenceel Perez due to a freak accident and second baseman Gleyber Torres with an oblique strain.
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Total News Sources26
Leaning Left11Leaning Right5Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution48% Left
Bias Distribution
- 48% of the sources lean Left
48% Left
L 48%
C 30%
R 22%
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