AL Central News and Notes

Now that rosters have expanded and September call ups have been made, major league teams have gotten quite the clubhouse shake ups. Your favorite team may look very different from how they started this season. Check out all of the post-waiver deadline news and rumors floating around the American League Central:

• Cleveland will monitor Bradley Zimmer following his head injury.

• How has the Twins’ rebuild been trending? Not horrible, actually. No, we’re serious.

• Mitch Maier will coach first base for the Royals for the remainder of the season.
• The Tigers have reduced their payroll by $100 million. That’s a lot of hot dogs.

• The White Sox have wasted no time with their September roster roll-out after Leury Garcia’s thumb injury.

• Zach McAllister has lost his curveball.

• Watch Joe Nathan officially retire as a Twin here. Grab some tissues, it’s a doozie.
• The Royals have acquired Sam Gaviglio.

• Brad Ausmus might be the Tigers’ manager in 2018, so I’m sorry to disappoint you.

• The White Sox have traded Miguel Gonzalez to Rangers for Ti’Quan Forbes.
• Here’s the latest on Cleveland’s 40-man roster.

• The Twins have called up Niko Goodrum, Nik Turley, and Buddy Boshers.
• There’s no avoiding it: watch Al Avila talk about the necessity of a painful rebuild for the Tigers.