Red-hot Maybin remaining in seventh spot for now

DETROIT — Cameron Maybin’s torrid week to open his second stint as a Tiger earned him American League co-Player of the Week honors. It will not earn him a spot higher in the batting order, at least for now.

“That could happen,” manager Brad Ausmus said, “but I probably wouldn’t do it right now. Haven’t really thought about it too much, because as long as we’re hitting and scoring runs, that’s not something that’s crossed my mind.”

The Tigers acquired Maybin from Atlanta last November, and soon after, there was debate over the speedy outfielder as a leadoff option. Ausmus said at the time that it was a consideration, depending on his playing time alongside similarly speedy Anthony Gose. Maybin’s broken wrist in Spring Training took that out of consideration, but Ausmus had already gone to Ian Kinsler and Justin Upton in the first two spots before then. J.D. Martinez took over the second spot a couple of weeks ago.

Maybin, 12-for-20 with five runs scored and five RBIs entering Monday’s series opener against the Phillies, has batted seventh since his return from the disabled list. That …

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