Troy Melton’s rehab moves to Toledo, Casey Mize and Will Vest throw bullpens

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 28: Casey Mize #12 of the Detroit Tigers gets set to throw a pitch during a game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on April 28, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brandon Sloter/IOS/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Detroit Tigers tend to keep their injury reports as quiet as possible. That makes it difficult to interpret how things are actually going with various injured players.

Zach McKinstry was on the injured list for a few weeks for what was described as hip/abdominal inflammation. Turns out it was a Grade 3 oblique tear off his pelvic bone. The inflammation was just the byproduct of a much gnarlier injury.

So, it’s best to wait until we get details as to the level of rehab work each player is doing. On Wednesday, we got some pretty good news on that front. The two most promising notes, are that both Casey Mize (groin strain) and Will Vest (forearm inflammation) threw bullpens on the Tigers’ off day in New York on Monday.

Mize’s outing was a live BP session, compared to a regular pen from Vest, so that’s a pretty good sign that Mize is pretty close to going out on a rehab assignment or possibly even just rejoining the Tigers straightaway. Vest may be a little longer, but as a reliever, the pace of his work can accelerate quickly back to the major leagues. The question is how both responded physically after their work on Monday, and we’ll have to see how quickly their next steps come to have a good guess at that.