{"id":619170,"date":"2026-03-11T21:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/619170\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:57:42","slug":"aj-hinch-thinks-spencer-torkelson-avoided-major-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/619170\/","title":{"rendered":"AJ Hinch thinks Spencer Torkelson avoided ‘major’ injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Tigers<\/a> first baseman Spencer Torkelson recently suffered an injury scare<\/a> after getting hit by a pitch during a spring training<\/a> simulated game. According to Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, Torkelson has been diagnosed with a right forearm contusion. Tigers manager AJ Hinch<\/a> commented on<\/a> the injury, via Petzold.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was scary. It’s going to happen, whether it’s a game or a practice game,\u201d Hinch said. \u201cFrom what I know, from afar, we’ve avoided anything major.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems as if Torkelson will be alright. It will obviously be a situation worth monitoring, though.<\/p>\n

Torkelson, 26, is a former No. 1 overall pick. While he has yet to emerge as a true All-Star at the MLB level, Torkelson has played well<\/a> at times.<\/p>\n

Across 155 games played during the 2025 season, the Tigers infielder recorded a .240\/.333\/.456 slash line to go along with a .789 OPS. He added 31 home runs, 27 doubles, 78 RBI and 82 runs scored.<\/p>\n

Torkelson offers some of the better right-handed power in the sport. He will be one of the most important players in Detroit’s lineup once again in 2026. The Tigers are going to pitch the baseball at a high level with guys such as Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez leading the way, but the offense will need to step up.<\/p>\n

At 26 years old, it would not be surprising to see Spencer Torkelson end up having a legitimate breakout season. He has the potential without question. After all, he was a No. 1 overall pick for a reason.<\/p>\n

For now, the primary focus is on his injury concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson recently suffered an injury scare after getting hit by a pitch during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[3193,5,147,53,2583,4,3410,314,151,594],"class_list":["post-619170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-tigers","tag-aj-hinch","tag-baseball","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-detroittigers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-injury","tag-spencer-torkelson","tag-spring-training","tag-tigers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116212783374796927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}