DETROIT — You go to bed Sunday night celebrating a blowout home win and ending a six-game losing streak. You wake up Monday to a couple of sudden injuries and a rejiggered starting rotation.

"This group this year has already gone through a lot of adversity," Detroit Tigers president Scott Harris said. "It's a resilient group in there. It's high-character guys who really want to win, really want to work as hard as they can to contribute for themselves and for each other.

"It's not the first time we've been through adversity. We have to figure our way through it."

Here's the rundown:

— Right-handed starter Reese Olson will be lost for the rest of the regular season with a shoulder strain.

— Right-handed veteran Chris Paddack was acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Twins to replace Olson in the rotation.

— Center fielder Parker Meadows was placed on the 10-day injured list with a quad strain.

— Right-handed hitting utility players Andy Ibáñez and Ryan Kreidler were summoned from Triple-A Toledo.

"I feel for Reese," manager AJ Hinch said. "I see his routine, I see him work, I see him throw and dominate. … There is no reason why he is getting hit with the injury bug more than anybody else. It's a tough blow to the rotation that was set up pretty well.

"It's hard losing Reese Olson. He a guy that I trust."

The Tigers were seeking pitching help before the deadline anyway, but when Olson reported the shoulder soreness during his bullpen session Saturday, the search was intensified.

"As soon as I heard about Reese, I wanted to make sure we could strengthen our rotation ahead of the trade deadline (Thursday)," Harris said. "It's always hard. There are a lot of conversations with a lot of suitors for every target available. We are pleased to add a starter early enough before the deadline to strengthen our pitching.

"We wish we could've added Chris and kept Reese, but that's not in the cards."

Olson had missed seven weeks earlier this season with inflammation in his right ring finger. He made four starts after coming back, struggling in his last one, allowing five runs in 5 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays.

"The MRI revealed a shoulder strain," Harris said. "We're not completely through the medical evaluations right now. We have some more tests scheduled tomorrow. But the MRI revealed enough to rule him out for the rest of the regular season."

And that hastened the talks to acquire the 29-year-old Paddack from the Twins. They also acquired right-hander Randy Dobnak, an alum of the United Shore Professional Baseball League in Utica, in exchange for minor-league catcher Enrique Jimenez. Jimenez, also a first baseman, is 19 and played for the Tigers' rookie-league team in Florida the past two seasons.

Dobnak was assigned to Triple-A Toledo.

"With Chris, we really like his fastball," Harris said. "He's a plus strike-thrower with at least plus extension (7-feet-2, in the 92nd percentile in baseball). We think he has the weapons to attack hitters in different ways and we feel like he fits our ballpark really well and he makes hitters uncomfortable. He goes right at hitters. That's always been our pitching philosophy and we think he's going to fit in well."

Paddack posted a 3-9 record with a 4.95 ERA and 1.28 WHIP. He has struck out just 83 in 111 innings pitched. His 6.4 strikeouts per nine innings are a career low.

He's walked 27 and, a flyball pitcher, he's allowed 17 home runs.

Paddack will make his Tigers debut on Wednesday.

With Meadows, the Tigers didn't like the way he was moving on Sunday, both in the outfield and around the bases.

"Both on the ball he went after in center field (in the seventh inning) and scoring from first (in the eighth), there was something just a little off," Hinch said. "Hopefully we caught it early. But for a speed player, you need to be 100%."

Meadows had been getting daily treatment on the quad before Sunday.

"We approached him about it," Harris said. "And at that point we realized we had to get a scan and see what's actually in there. Fortunately, we think we caught it early so there won't be a tear or a high-grade strain. Hopefully he's back soon.

"He's still going for some tests, so I can't really forecast it. I think the good part is we caught it early."

Hinch said Matt Vierling will likely get the bulk of the playing time in center field. Javier Báez and Wenceel Pérez will also rotate through during games, depending on whatever moves Hinch makes.

Paddack won't be officially activated until Wednesday, so Kreidler may only be up for a two days. The corresponding move had yet to be announced. Ibáñez, who was optioned on June 6, has posted an .806 OPS with eight doubles, a triple, two homers and 13 RBIs over his last 25 games with Toledo, will reprise his role as lefty-slayer off the bench.

"Getting Andy up here when we're facing three lefties in six games was important," Hinch said.

Said Harris: "Fortunately, we still have a deep offensive group. And we know defensively, guys can play different spots and we know (Hinch) is going to hunt matchups in game. We have confidence we will fight through this stretch. But it's tough when you lose players as talented as Reese and Parker."

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