Jays trade Randy Wolf to Tigers

Norris strained his oblique Wednesday against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

On Saturday, Wolf will turn 39 years old and start for the Tigers in place of Matt Boyd, whose start is being pushed back by a day. Wolf was 9-2 with a 2.58 ERA in 23 starts for Triple-A Buffalo this year.

At times this season, two current Tigers pitchers were in the rotation with Wolf in Buffalo.

Wolf has a 4.21 career ERA in the majors and has made 372 career starts with the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles and Miami Marlins.

With their already slim postseason chances in danger of fizzling away, the Tigers (59-62) found themselves in need of another arm when Anibal Sanchez and Daniel Norris were placed on the disabled list this week. Im not married, ” Randy Wolf said. Buck Farmer has had a rough go of it as a starter in the big leagues. He’s probably the first teammate I will manage. “Now, at this point, I just want to keep that continuing, and help out the Tigers, and have fun doing it”. “I know I’ve been throwing the ball well here”.

Gallardo was touched up for 11 hits against the Rays on Sunday, but he worked out of trouble often and limited the damage to three runs in 5 1-3 innings to earn the win. He seemed to feel that the expectations were unfair or at least premature.

The frustration could’ve come last offseason when nobody really wanted to take much of a look at a veteran left-hander. “I’ll say ‘Don’t mess this up, ‘” Wolf said. “I don’t know if it really should have translated by now”.

Farmer has made spot starts for the Tigers over the past two years, but they were largely unsuccessful. Omar Vizquel is coaching third with Alan Trammell stepping in to coach first in Clark’s absence. Check back tonight to see if that is still the case.