Tigers expected to option Parker Meadows to Toledo, purchase contract of Ryan Vilade

Cleveland ― The Tigers are expected to option center fielder Parker Meadows to Triple-A Toledo before the game Tuesday. It’s not permanent, certainly. It’s developmental and, with every rough at-bat, it became inevitable. Meadows, 24, is hitting .096, 7 for 73, with 32 strikeouts in 85 plate appearances. He was missing a third of the pitches he swung at (33.5% whiff rate). He won the starting center field spot with an explosive spring (.679 slug with four home runs and a 1.072 OPS). But he started the season 2 for...