The Second Half Opens: Royals at Tigers Thread

The injury-struck Royals open the season's second half in Detroit on Friday evening. While Lorenzo Cain is still about a week away from beginning a rehab assignment, Wade Davis could be activated tomorrow. In the meantime, this is the lineup that Ned Yost will throw out for the defending World Series champions:

7/15 @Royals lineup at DET
Merrifield 2B
Hosmer 1B
Morales DH
Perez C
Gordon LF
Cuthbert 3B
Eibner RF
Escobar SS
Dyson CF
Kennedy P

— MLB Lineups (@mlblineups) July 15, 2016

Justin Verlander takes the ball for the Tigers.

Hey, I'm going to use this as a personal advertising space! If you live in the Olathe area and are free tomorrow morning, head on over to field #2 at Black Bob Park! I'm managing in a charity softball game for Alzheimer's research, and a handful of Royals Twitter personalities will be participating in the game, including 610 Sports' Mike Welch, @TheFakeNed, and the creator of @RoysVines. Here are the details, for those interested!

We're looking for people to come watch the game this Saturday! It'll be a blast! RT to spread the word! #Royals pic.twitter.com/WcXheyamki

— Ryan Landreth (@ryan_landreth) July 12, 2016