Thanks to back-to-back wins, the Tigers have managed to keep their distance with the rest of the American League Central, sitting nine games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians heading into Tuesday. Arizona is still fourth in the National League West, seven games back of a Wild Card spot.

Not sure which team Eugenio Suárez will be playing for, but the Tigers host the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Trade rumors have Arizona’s Suárez heading to Detroit. Maybe during the seventh inning stretch. Disappointing season thus far for the Snakes. But Brandon Pfaadt hasn’t been the problem. Pfaadt has allowed four runs in his past 21 ¹/₃ innings.

The Dbacks, who lost their third baseman to an injury Monday and might trade him before Thursday's deadline, scratched the star from their lineup.

The Diamondbacks lost two of three games to the Pirates in a weekend series at PNC Park as their slide out of contention continued. That followed the Diamondbacks getting swept in a three-game series by the Houston Astros in Phoenix that signaled general manager Mike Hazen was going to be a seller rather than a buyer by Thursday’s MLB trade deadline.