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Tigers Claim Josh Smoker, Designate Warwick Saupold

By Kyle Downing | July 28, 2018 at 3:28pm CDT

The Tigers announced today that they’ve claimed left-hander Josh Smoker off waivers from the Pirates and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo. In order to clear room for him, the club has designated right-hander Warwick Saupold for assignment.

Smoker, 29, endured seven rough outings with the Pirates this past year spanning 5 2/3 innings. The southpaw coughed up seven earned runs while walking five and notching just a pair of strikeouts. Smoker’s been great at whiffing batters in the past, but he’s always struggled to avoid the home run ball, as evidenced by his 19.5% career HR/FB mark. He’s also never managed a full season with an ERA below 4.70. A supplemental first round pick by the Nationals in 2007, he never reached his lofty pre-draft billing.

Saupold, 28, has had a significant presence in the Tigers’ bullpen across the past season and a half, if for no other reason than for lack of more reliable arms within the organization. The right-hander owns a career ERA of 4.98, which actually looks like good fortune when compared to his 5.25 FIP. Saupold’s never known any organization outside of the Tigers, but he’ll now be entering the waiver wire.

 

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  1. byron buxton mvp

    2 years ago

    Hmm

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  2. LeylandsLung

    2 years ago

    playoff bound

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  3. AJPGotThat2020Vision

    2 years ago

    Excellent now Warwick Saupold can return to being a 17th century Prussian baron

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    • rxbrgr

      2 years ago

      Ha!

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    • davidn17

      2 years ago

      Lmao

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    • Disco Dave

      2 years ago

      hahahahahaha

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  4. Paul Heyman

    2 years ago

    Why does the one page say Warwick is still with the Tigers, but not the twins even though he was just dfa’d?

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    • Paul Heyman

      2 years ago

      Oh my bad I misread the title and thought it said the twins.

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      • gozurman1

        2 years ago

        Hate when that happens….. :)

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  5. marijuasher

    2 years ago

    I am not sure which name I like better.

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  6. stymeedone

    2 years ago

    Another leafy option to replace Stumpf can only be a good thing.

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  7. stancpa44

    2 years ago

    Should have release Victor.

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    • Disco Dave

      2 years ago

      Never. Gardy was very clear that Victor gets to play out his last year as he wishes.

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    • GarryHarrisGarryHarris

      2 years ago

      There’s more behind the decision to play Victor Martinez full-time than the public will ever know.

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      • xabial

        2 years ago

        You sure you’re not looking too deep into this, bud? The great Michael Ilitch isn’t alive anymore. Maybe VMart’s $18M (expiring) means “Must play him.”

        Ofc, this your team and you know more about Det than I’ll ever know^

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      • AJPGotThat2020Vision

        2 years ago

        Source: Infowars

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