According to this Free Press story, Ryan Rayburn is going to be called up today and to make room for him, Craig Monroe will hit the disabled list or is set to be traded.  Rayburn is having a solid season for Toledo and at one time, he was one of the more prominent prospects for the Tigers.  He has an OPS of .942 with seventeen homers and twelve stolen bases on another first place Mud Hens team.

***UPDATE***

The mystery has been solved.  Neifi Perez has been suspended for 25 games after being tested positive for stimulants.  So that’s who Ryan Rayburn will be filling in for.  And this was after Perez started seeing some time. He played in thirteen games in June, which was a high for any other month this year.  Of course his slugging was .200, but hey.  Anyway, this is one of those addition by subtraction things.

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