DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers placed closer Kyle Finnegan on the injured list Friday and activated outfielder Parker Meadows.
Finnegan is 3-0 with four saves in 12 games since joining the Tigers from the Washington Nationals at the trade deadline. He hasn't allowed a run in his 14 1/3 innings for Detroit, giving up three hits and three walks while striking out 19.
He sustained a mild right adductor strain while warming up in Detroit's win against the New York Mets on Wednesday.
“I definitely stopped it before it got worse,” he said. “I expect to throw a few more games in the regular season and be ready for the postseason.”
The Tigers' bullpen is in a chaotic place, with Chris Paddack on bereavement leave and Bailey Horn getting ready to depart for the birth of a child.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said that Will Vest — who had been half of a closer committee with Finnegan — will stay in that role, with Tommy Kahnle and Rafael Montero serving as the set-up men.
Meadows, who has been limited to 38 games this season by shoulder and leg injuries, last played on July 27. He's hitting .200 with two homers and nine RBIs, but gives the Tigers a defensive upgrade in center field.
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Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Kyle Finnegan throws during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote Thursday on social media, “Motor Tanker Veronica had previously passed through Venezuelan waters, and was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
A social media post from U.S. Southern Command on the capture said that Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to make the capture while Noem’s post noted that, like in previous raids, a U.S. Coast Guard tactical team conducted the boarding and seizure.
Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.
The Veronica is the sixth tanker that has been seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products, and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
Noem, in her social media post, said that the raid was carried out with “close coordination with our colleagues” in the military as well as the State and Justice departments.
“Our heroic Coast Guard men and women once again ensured a flawlessly executed operation, in accordance with international law,” Noem added.
As with prior posts, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear they see it as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Last week, Trump met with executives from oil companies to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
