Tigers Option Joe Jimenez, Purchase Contract Of William Cuevas

DETROIT - The Detroit Tigers announcing a move to Toledo for right-handed pitcher Joe Jimenez.

"Following today's game, the Tigers optioned RHP Joe Jiménez to triple-A Toledo and purchased the contract of RHP William Cuevas from Toledo," the Tigers PR tweeted.

Following today's game, the Tigers optioned RHP Joe Jiménez to triple-A Toledo and purchased the contract of RHP William Cuevas from Toledo.
— Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) April 13, 2017

The Tigers were beaten by the Minnesota Twins 11-5 on Thursday - with the move being announced shortly after the loss.

Ausmus said Jimenez was fine in his debut, it was a nice low leverage situation and then announced he's being sent down for a long reliever
— Jeff Riger (@riger1984) April 13, 2017

The Tigers take on Cleveland Friday -- the start of a 3-game weekend series.