Steven Moya

Steven Moya has posted some amazing numbers with Double-A Erie this season. He will be in a Detroit Tigers uniform Monday for their series opener against the Cleveland Indians.

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CHICAGO -- Many Detroit Tigers fans have been eagerly awaiting their first chance to see outfielder Steven Moya and catcher James McCann in the big leagues. They'll get their chance this week.

Moya and McCann are among seven players the Tigers will promote in the next two days. Monday is the day major league teams are allowed to expand their rosters.

The Tigers will add players in waves. Outfielder Tyler Collins, infielder Hernan Perez and Moya will join the Tigers on Monday for their series opener against the Cleveland Indians. Pitchers Kyle Lobstein, Kyle Ryan and Robbie Ray -- as well as McCann -- will officially join the Tigers on Tuesday, a day after Triple-A Toledo wraps up its season.

Moya posted impressive numbers for Double-A Erie this season, though he did strike out in more than 30 percent of his at-bats. Moya hit .276 with 35 home runs, 105 RBIs and 16 steals for Erie. His OPS of .861 was hurt by a .306 on-base percentage. Moya struck out 161 times and walked just 23 times in 133 games this season.

Moya is not likely to see a ton of playing time, but he gives the Tigers a power threat off the bench who hits left-handed.

"He brings power," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. "He brings that threat off the bench to hit the ball 450 feet. He can hit it to all fields. Opposing managers are going to have to be aware of that."

McCann is hitting .295 with seven home runs, 54 RBIs and a .770 OPS for Toledo.

"McCann gives us a third catcher if we should need it," Ausmus said. "He's had a good year offensively. He's very solid behind the plate. I talked to (Toledo manager) Larry Parrish about him. He really likes him. He said we won't be disappointed in any way with how he works with pitchers. He takes a lot of pride in the defensive side of the game."

The Tigers demoted Ryan to Toledo on Saturday, but since he has 72 hours to report to Triple-A, he actually never left the Tigers. He was with the team Sunday in Chicago and will fly with them to Cleveland.

Lobstein will start Tuesday against the Indians in Anibal Sanchez's spot in the rotation.

McCann was the only one of the six players who was not already on the 40-man roster. The Tigers recalled pitcher Drew VerHagen and placed him on the 60-day disabled list to make room for McCann.

Of the players not promoted, the most notable name is left-hander Ian Krol. Krol, who the Tigers obtained in the Doug Fister trade, made the team out of spring training and spent the majority of the season with the Tigers.

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