The Detroit Tigers will have one of their top prospects on the field when they face the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.

The Tigers promoted infielder Hao-Yu Lee to the Majors in a move to provide coverage for the 26-man roster as they moved infielder Zach McKinstry to the 10-day injured list with left hip/abdominal inflammation. That move is retroactive to Thursday.

Lee enters his debut as Detroit's No. 6 prospect per MLB Pipeline . The other Top 6 prospect on the MLB roster is Kevin McGonigle.

Because Lee was already on the 40-man roster, the Tigers didn’t not need to clear space for Lee. In a bit of a surprise, he was put in the starting lineup for the Red Sox game.

Hao-Yu Lee’s Debut Lineup

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Lee will make his MLB debut in a game and play third base.…