Cleveland Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas returned to the 10-day injured list on Sunday because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
The move, retroactive to Saturday, came after Thomas exited the 2-1 home loss to the Tigers after five innings Friday and sat out the 1-0 setback to Detroit the following day due to the injury.
The Guardians have lost nine consecutive games.
In a corresponding move, the Guardians recalled rookie infielder Will Wilson from Triple-A Columbus. Wilson, who turns 27 on July 21, batted .176 (9-for-51) in 24 games after making his major league debut in April. He hit .308 with eight home runs and 24 RBIs in 36 games with Columbus.
Manager Stephen Vogt said Sunday that next week's All-Star break should hopefully also give Thomas plenty of time to rest up for the second half of the season.
"With eight days until the break, we're not in a position to play short right now and wait day to day. And we want to give this the 13-14 days that we have from now until we come out of the end of the break to really try and knock it out."
Thomas, 29, also was on the IL for the same ailment from May 30 to June 9. He went on the list in April because of a bruised right wrist. Thomas injured his wrist when he was hit by a Shane Smith pitch in the fifth inning of the Guardians' home opener on April 8 against the Chicago White Sox.
"It's been a frustrating year for Lane. We feel it with him. It's not at all what we want for him. Not at all what he wants," Vogt said. "So hopefully with this break we're able to really get this thing under control so that we can get the best version of Lane."
Thomas is batting .160 (20-for-125) with four home runs and 11 RBIs in 39 games this season.
He is a career .242 hitter with 76 homers and 254 home runs in 600 regular-season games for the St. Louis Cardinals (2019-21), Washington Nationals (2021-24) and Guardians.
Thomas hit two homers and drove in nine runs while batting .222 (8-for-36) in 10 postseason games with Cleveland in 2024.
Field Level Media and The Associated Press contributed to this report.