Spencer Horwitz, Bryan Reynolds and Tommy Pham each had three hits and two RBIs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit eight doubles in an 8-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.

Could the Tigers add a top-line closer to their bullpen at the MLB trade deadline. One insider thinks so, with four potential options.

First reported by MLB.com's Jason Beck, No. 10 prospect Troy Melton has been called up by the team and has been penciled in by Detroit skipper A.J. Hinch to make his debut Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Melton was selected by Detroit in the fourth round of the 2022 MLB Draft with the 117th overall pick out of San Diego State University.

The three-error Tigers lost, 8-5, to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, July 22, at PNC Park, dropping eight of their past nine games — and posting a 14-17 record since June 14.

Even though the Tigers have been one of the best teams in baseball this year, they have slipped up a bit late. Heading back to before the All-Star break, Detroit has lost six of their last seven games,

The brunt of the damage will show up on starting pitcher Casey Mize’s ledger. And the Pirates, the worst-hitting team in the National League, hit him hard. They put 17 balls in play in four innings with an average exit velocity of 97 mph.

Sometimes the arrival of an electric prospect can give a team a lift, even when the core of the team is already young and largely established. Troy Melton doesn’t have to be that guy when he takes the

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal was the unanimous 2024 American League Cy Young Award winner and has put himself in position to win two in a row.

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Per Detroit Tigers’ beat writer Evan Petzold, Troy Melton, MLB Pipeline’s #10 prospect in the Tigers organization, will make his Major League debut Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Tigers reliever Tommy Kahnle pitched a clean, 13-pitch, nine-strike eighth inning on Monday against the Pirates.