There are two things my elderly mother loves to watch: The Tigers and golf. Well I don't care about the latter much other than majors. But yeah from Michigan I do know the Tigers well and Riley Greene is the engine to what little offense they have. He's sitting today. Detroit played a crazy back-and-forth game Thursday vs. Texas and used six relievers and then traveled. The Twins were off Thursday. #intangibles

Joe Ryan just faced the Tigers in his last outing. In that matchup, he allowed three runs (one earned) and recorded 12 strikeouts over six innings. He has logged six innings in both of his last two starts and has a favorable opportunity to last at least that long again Friday. The Tigers’ lineup has struggled mightily, posting the fifth-worst OPS in baseball.