Tigers place Parker Meadows (arm) on injured list following outfield collision

The Detroit Tigers placed center fielder Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list on Friday with a broken bone in his left arm sustained in a scary collision with a teammate during a loss at Minnesota on Thursday.

Meadows, 26, fractured the radius bone in his left arm as well as suffering a concussion. He also received five stitches in his left cheek.

"Tough blow for him, tough blow for us," manager A.J. Hinch said Friday.

In a corresponding move, the Tigers recalled outfielder Wenceel Perez from Triple-A Toledo.

Meadows is required to clear concussion tests by a team physician in the return-to-play program. He also will need additional testing to determine the severity of fracture and if he will need to have surgery.

He was hospitalized overnight in Minneapolis after being carted off the field in the bottom of the eighth inning of the 3-1 setback. Meadows was playing center field and Riley Greene was playing left field when Twins hitter Josh Bell hit a slicing fly ball toward the left-center field gap. Both outfielders converged on the ball, and Greene made the catch but his head clipped the side of Meadows' face as the players collided.

Meadows fell to the outfield grass and remained still for a few moments as teammates and trainers came to check on him. He rolled onto his back as trainers attended to him. Eventually, Meadows was able to sit up and gingerly get to his feet. He walked slowly a few steps to a cart that trainers had requested to take him off the field.

He is hitting .250 with two RBIs and three stolen bases in 12 games. Meadows is a career .233 hitter with 16 home runs, 59 RBIs, a .308 on-base percentage and .383 slugging percentage in 189 regular-season games since 2023.

Detroit selected Meadows in the second round of the 2018 MLB Draft.

Perez, 26, batted .244 last season for the Tigers with 13 homers, 43 RBIs, a .308 on-base percentage and .405 slugging percentage in 100 games. He is a career .243 hitter with 22 homers and 80 RBIs over 212 regular-season games since 2024.

Perez played every outfield position as well as designated hitter each of the past two seasons. He helped fill in for Meadows in 2025 when he was out for the first two months of the season due to a nerve issue in his right (throwing) shoulder during spring training.

Javier Baez moved from shortstop to center field to replace Meadows, and rookie Kevin McGonigle entered the game to play shortstop.

--Field Level Media