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Keith’s season is officially over after playing through a lingering left thumb issue for the last couple weeks. The 25-year-old infielder finishes the year hitting .258/.322/.406 with 51 runs scored, 10 homers, 36 RBI and six steals in 423 plate appearances. He offers some power and stolen base production, but not enough to be relevant in most fantasy leagues despite possessing multi-position eligibility.

Keith had missed two straight games with left thumb soreness. It’s unclear if he’s ready to play the field yet or if the Tigers just prefer to have Kevin McGonigle and Hao-Yu Lee out there. Instead, Keith will be the DH, which pushes Gleyber Torres out of the lineup.

Keith takes a seat for the second consecutive game after being scratched from Monday’s lineup with left thumb soreness. It’ll be Hao-Yu Lee taking over at the hot corner once again in his absence.

Hao-Yu Lee takes over at second base with Keith heading to the bench. It’s a bit unclear how much of a concern the issue is at the moment. An update on his status should be available postgame.

It was Keith’s first homer since Aug. 16, and it gave him his first multi-RBI game since Aug. 6. Keith hasn’t really been able to get much going this year, partly because he isn’t really allowed to. His bat speed is up a little, and Statcast thinks he’s been somewhat unlucky in hitting a league-average .257/.319/.404. Still, it can’t help that not only does he always sit against lefties, but he’s pulled from his starts every time he’s due to face one. He’s started and finished a game only once this month and just 46 times on the season.

Keith hit a 354-foot shot off Sean Burke in the third inning to give the Tigers a 4-1 lead; a lead that Detroit would not be able to hold. He also singled and upped his average to .269 with a .744 OPS, nine homers and 32 RBI.

Keith smacked an RBI double in the opening inning that increased the Tigers’ lead to 3-0. He then tacked on an RBI single in the seventh to extend the Tigers’ advantage to 8-0 and picked up a single against Victor Robles then came around to score in the ninth inning. His bat has been heating up in recent weeks, slashing .345/.391/.571 with three homers and 13 RBI in his last 84 at-bats.

Keith knocked a base hit in the second inning and stole second for his fifth steal of the season. He then drove in two runs on a single in the third before collecting his third hit with a double in the fifth. The 24-year-old infielder is hitting .273/.319/.424 with eight homers, 41 runs scored, and 29 RBI across 320 plate appearances.

Keith’s triple barely eluded a diving Colton Cowser to drive in two in the first inning. He is 4-for-6 the last two days and is hitting .321/.381/.571 in 21 games this month.

All four hits for Keith were singles. The 24-year-old gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead with one of those knocks in the first, and he added another RBI with a sac fly an inning later. On the year, Keith is hitting an uninspiring — but not abhorrent — .256/.302/.399 over the first 98 games of the campaign.

Keith ambushed a first-pitch fastball from Max Lazar in the seventh inning for a 415-foot (101.1-mph EV) solo shot that increased the Tigers’ advantage to 8-2. That would be his only hit in five at-bats on the evening. For the season, the 24-year-old infielder is slashing an underwhelming .249/.296/.398 with the aforementioned eight long balls and 22 RBI.

It’d be nice if Keith got to play a full game once in a while, but to go along with his issues against lefties — which are probably exacerbated by him hardly ever getting to face them — he’s just not one of the Tigers’ better defensive infielders. Keith’s homer off J.T. Ginn was his seventh in his last 20 games after he hit zero in his first 62.

With left-hander Sean Newcomb toeing the slab for the White Sox, Keith will have to wait to make his entrance into the ballgame until the Pale Hose go to the bullpen. Zach McKinstry will start at shortstop and bat ninth while Kevin McGonigle slides over to cover the hot corner.

Keith wound up missing just one game due to right wrist soreness following a three-homer explosion during Monday’s series opener. The 24-year-old underwent precautionary X-rays that didn’t reveal any fractures.

Keith appears poised to return to Detroit’s lineup for Wednesday afternoon’s series finale against Houston after being scratched from Tuesday’s contest with right wrist soreness. The 24-year-old blasted three homers during Monday’s game at Daikin Park and has homered four times in his last four contests.

Keith’s departure from Detroit’s lineup comes after an epic three-homer explosion during Monday’s series opener at Daikin Park. The 24-year-old corner infielder is presumably day-to-day for now. Rookie sensation Kevin McGonigle moves over to cover the hot corner with Zach McKinstry taking over at shortstop.

Keith’s three home runs give him four on the season now. He hit a two-run shot off Kai-Wei Teng in the second inning, another two-run shot off Jayden Murray in the seventh inning and a solo shot off Bryan Abreu in the ninth inning. Keith had zero home runs in the first 62 games of the season, but now has four home runs in the last four games. He joined Kerry Carpenter as the only Tigers to hit three home runs in a game in the last 10 years. Keith is hitting .267 with a .701 OPS as his bat starts to heat up. He’s best used in fantasy formats where his at-bats, which come almost exclusively against right-handed pitching, can be maximized.

After his hot start in April, Keith hit a woeful .217/.286/.261 in May, managing just one extra-base hit over the entire month. We’ve got a faint sign of life here, but Keith probably doesn’t belong on mixed league rosters unless we see a more prolonged spike than this.

Keith is hitting .295/.336/.357 on the season, but that’s about all we can say. His bat speed is up one mph, but it’s not where he showcased it in the first month of the season. He has a lower barrel rate and hard-hit rate than last season, and has hit no home runs with just six RBI despite hitting mostly third this season. He doesn’t need to be on many fantasy rosters.

Once again Keith finds himself on the bench with an opposing left-hander on the hill for the Reds. It’s the fourth time in the Tigers’ last six games that Keith has started the game on the bench with a lefty on the mound. He’ll undoubtedly come off the bench to face a right-hander at some point in the game. Hao-Yu Lee will draw a start at second base and will bat eighth while Gleyber Torres functions as the team’s designated hitter on Friday evening against Andrew Abbott and the Reds in Cincinnati.