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- Updated: August 18, 2016
DETROIT — When Tigers manager Brad Ausmus sat Justin Upton out of Wednesday’s game, he was asked if he thought about sitting Upton for a few days, like the Pirates did with Andrew McCutchen. They considered it, Ausmus said at the time.
Turns out it was more than a consideration.
“It was going to be three days, originally,” Ausmus said Thursday morning. “I just didn’t tell you.”
Thus, Alex Presley — called up from Triple-A Toledo on Thursday morning to provide Detroit protection in center field with Tyler Collins likely out for a couple of days — made his Tigers debut in left, with Andrew Romine starting in center. And Upton will get an extended period to both clear his head and work on his swing.
“He understood the reasoning behind it,” Ausmus said. “We’re trying to get him right, …
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