9 Ryan Raburn, RF

Indians outfielder/second baseman Ryan Raburn is not in the team's lineup Tuesday against the Phillies.

With the Indians playing in a National League park, one of their regulars will have to sit in favor of a pitcher. Raburn has produced this year, hitting .316/.372/.544 in 79 at-bats. He could return to the lineup Wednesday to face Cole Hamels.

While Tigers manager Jim Leyland welcomes the return of his former player -- and current Indians outfielder -- Ryan Raburn to Detroit on Friday, the skipper said he still shoulders the blame for his lackluster season last year. The Tigers attempted to transition Raburn into a second baseman in order to keep his bat in the every-day lineup, but he responded with a career-low .171 average (minimum 20 games) and only one home run in 205 at-bats.

"I think I screwed him up last year trying to make him a second baseman," Leyland told the Detroit News. "If I would have played him part-time in the outfield and not set high expectations, he probably would have been fine.

"I just thought maybe we could get something like that out of him playing second base. It didn't work. So I'll take responsibility for that."

Indians outfielder Ryan Raburn took home AL player of the week honors Monday for his performance from April 29-May 5. Raburn had a pair of two-homer games highlight his week.

Raburn hit .591 (13 for 22) with one double, four home runs, five runs and nine RBI in five games last week.