The Detroit Tigers officially added Troy Melton to the five-man rotation when they optioned fellow right-hander Keider Montero to Triple-A Toledo.

On a day right-handed starter Reese Olson (shoulder) was lost for the rest of the season and veteran Chris Paddack was acquired in a trade from the Twins, Melton, calmly and coolly blanked the Arizona Diamondbacks for seven innings Monday night and the Tigers took the opener of the three-game series 5-1 at Comerica Park.

The Detroit Tigers will have top prospect Troy Melton as part of the rotation moving forward after a recent roster move.

Troy Melton struck out five Diamondbacks over seven scoreless innings in his second Major League start, supported by home runs from Andy Ibáñez and Dillon Dingler, as Detroit picked up its second straight win with a 5-1 victory at Comerica Park.

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The Tigers’ vaunted pitching pipeline is about to produce another big arm for the Major League rotation. Troy Melton, the hard-throwing right-hander who has vaulted up Detroit’s system with a breakout summer,