Detroit — Wenceel Perez is back home in Detroit.
The Tigers outfielder was held in Houston for a couple of extra days after he fractured an orbital bone in his left eye Tuesday night when a resistance band snapped off its hook during a post-game workout.
“The orbital injury, it’s not surgical, but you have to pay attention to the bone healing,” manager AJ Hinch said. “The eye part is the swelling. His vision is getting better. There were a couple of days where the eye was swollen shut and the vision wasn’t there.”
Hinch said Perez isn’t cleared for any activity and won’t be coming to ballpark for a while.
“From what I understand, it’s not something that’s long-term,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean it heals itself fast. He is feeling better. He’s reporting progress.”
Other medical updates:
Second baseman Gleyber Torres (left oblique strain) had a cortisone shot over the weekend, but he is still not cleared for baseball activity. “He’s doing his normal rehab and therapy work,” Hinch said. “It’s going to be a slow ramp.”
Center fielder Parker Meadows (left radius fracture) is still doing daily rehab and therapy in Lakeland, but Hinch said the healing has been slow.
“The bone shattered,” he said. “It’s not like healing a simple break. I say shattered as a non-doctor. I don’t know if that’s the actual term. But I know that it’s been a work in progress to do anything with that hand and arm and wrist. It’s been slow and there’s not much we can do until he gets through all of his rehab.”
Meadows suffered both a concussion and the broken arm in an outfield collision with Riley Greene back on April 9.
Left-handed reliever Brant Hurter (lumbar spine inflammation) has initiated his throwing program.
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