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Tigers Claim Johnny Barbato

By Jeff Todd | January 11, 2018 at 1:26pm CDT

The Tigers have claimed righty Johnny Barbato off waivers from the Pirates, the teams announced and Robert Murray of Fan Rag first tweeted. He was designated recently by Pittsburgh when the club claimed fellow righty Shane Carle.

Barbato, 25, saw 28 2/3 innings of action in 2017, managing a 4.08 ERA with 7.2 K/9 and 5.7 BB/9. Needless to say, that walk tally will need to go down if Barbato hopes to succeed in the majors. He has never shown major control issues in the minors, though, and he did demonstrate a 94+ mph fastball and average (for a reliever) 11.3% swinging-strike rate.

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  1. Bob Knob

    3 months ago

    Good pick-up !

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  2. GoRockies

    3 months ago

    Tigers #2 starter

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    • lysander

      3 months ago

      Stop exaggerating. He’s only a #3

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      • tigerdoc616tigerdoc616

        3 months ago

        He is a reliever

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        • Eat'EmUpTigersEat'EmUpTigers

          3 months ago

          *woosh*

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        • largeunitlargeunit

          3 months ago

          Right? idk where these guys are getting the idea that he’s a #2, #3, or even a starter at all seeing as though he hasn’t pitched in that capacity since his initial season in pro ball, and hasn’t thrown more than 88 innings during any year since.

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        • lysander

          3 months ago

          *woosh*, *woosh*

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        • WARrior

          3 months ago

          Fulmer will be a solid #2 behind Barbato’s once-in-a-generation arm

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  3. tigergreg

    3 months ago

    The Al Avila hits just keep on coming!

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  4. luvbeisbol

    3 months ago

    Yeah well a 108 loss team will have many available innings

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  5. Molecricket23

    3 months ago

    Nice! Met his sisters at Spring Training.. smoke shows!!! Great family. He can throw a little bit as well. Good pickup for the Tigers. Should be in the bullpen freezing his ass off opening day against Pit.

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    • YankeesBillsNets305

      3 months ago

      This is the true scouting report that we need lol

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  6. neworleanstaints

    3 months ago

    He’s from Barbados.

    Second best pitcher on the Tigers already. Good pickup for them. Got a #2 starter just like that.

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  7. Eat'EmUpTigersEat'EmUpTigers

    3 months ago

    He can’t be any worse then what I’ve seen with Bruce Rondon the past 5 years. Plus Barbado doesn’t look like he spends his off seasons hanging out at Old Country Buffet like Rondon either. Bonus.

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  8. RightoutRightout

    3 months ago

    I see lots of walks from Mr Barbato in the future,,,another great avilia move…not

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    • Phillies2017

      3 months ago

      It’s a waiver claim. They have priority, might as well use it.

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