Detroit's Dixon Machado heads back to the bench on Tuesday

Detroit Tigers shortstop Dixon Machado is not in the lineup on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

What It Means:

Machado will start this one on the bench with Andrew Romine taking over shortstop duties. He and the Tigers are up against right-hander Chad Kuhl on Tuesday.

Our models project Machado for a .238 batting average, with 4 RBI and 4 runs scored over 47 plate appearances remaining this season.