It's the first non-injury roster move for the Tigers in the 2024 season. Meadows, a left-handed hitter, is an elite defender in center field, but he hit .096 with 11 walks and 32 strikeouts across 32 games.

CLEVELAND -- Rookie Wenceel Perez will get the “lion’s share” of playing time after Parker Meadows was demoted, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Tuesday. Perez was already beginning to eat into Meadows’ playing time, which was one of the reasons the Tigers made the move after Monday’s game.

In an ideal scenario for the 2024 Detroit Tigers, Parker Meadows would be roaming center field with grace and aggressiveness. He would be tracking down balls left and right. He would be working counts,

Before Tuesday's game, the Detroit Tigers demoted center fielder Parker Meadows, stuck in a slump for more than a month, to Triple-A Toledo.

Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, along with most of the other Detroit Tigers beat writers are reporting that their sources indicate that centerfielder Parker Meadows will be demoted to Triple-A Toledo before Tuesday’s game with the Cleveland Guardians.