Tigers' Ricky Vanasco: Cleared for rehab games

Vanasco (hip) will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Lakeland on Wednesday, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

Vanasco has been working his way back from offseason hip surgery but is finally ready to pitch in games. The right-hander is not on the 40-man roster and will eventually be assigned to Triple-A Toledo, where he'll provide relief depth.