SEATTLE -- Radio analyst Jim Price did not make the trip to the West Coast with the Detroit Tigers at the request of the team, the Tigers said Monday.

Former Tigers pitcher Dan Petry will work with broadcaster Dan Dickerson throughout the nine-game road trip that includes series in Seattle, Oakland and Chicago.

Petry

due to "general health concerns." At that time, Price had an illness similar to one that had affected several players in the Tigers clubhouse as well as manager Jim Leyland.

"I tried to gut it out, but I couldn’t even write on my scorebook," he said upon his return. "I’ve never had the shakes like that."

When

, he said his immune system had been weakened by his second bout with cancer.

Price is scheduled to return to the booth May 16, when the Tigers host the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park.