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Tigers To Purchase Contract Of Jacob Turner

By Jeff Todd | August 6, 2018 at 5:29pm CDT

The Tigers will purchase the contract of righty Jacob Turner, Evan Woodberry of MLive.com tweets. He’s expected to start tomorrow in place of the just-traded Mike Fiers.

Turner, 27, has seen action in parts of seven seasons. But his career hasn’t gone as hoped when he debuted in Detroit at just twenty years of age. The former first-rounder has spent time with four other organizations since that time and owns only a 5.26 ERA over 368 career innings.

Most recently, Turner was knocked around in four outings with the Marlins earlier this season. The Tigers nabbed him on a minors deal and sent him to Triple-A Toledo. Turner has been effective there thus far, carrying a 4.01 ERA with 6.3 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 in 58 1/3 frames over 11 starts.

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  1. Cubsfan0331

    7 years ago

    what has detroit become

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    • leefieux

      7 years ago

      They’re trying to secure a higher draft pick?

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      • Cubsfan0331

        7 years ago

        i’m not doubting that. but looking at all the players that have been traded out of detroit is just insane. so much talent.

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        • JrodFunk5

          7 years ago

          What’s worse is they refuse to promote anyone with an MLB future

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        • stymeedone

          7 years ago

          It’s not like they had much choice. They were over the cap. They didn’t have room to pay the players and their contracts were ending. They couldn’t even recoup a decent draft pick with a qualifying offer (JDM would have only netted a 4th round pick).

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        • dewman2722

          7 years ago

          There is no cap tho…

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    • Strauss

      7 years ago

      How does this guy keep hanging on? There must be at least 6 teams that have cut him. He’s terrible, but we are talking about Detroit.

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  2. hook316

    7 years ago

    Marty, did the DeLorean just hit 88 mph?

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    • JrodFunk5

      7 years ago

      That’s heavy

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      • dugdog83

        7 years ago

        Weight has nothing to do with it.

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  3. hiflew

    7 years ago

    Someone needs to realize that this guy is not a starter. Put him in relief and maybe he experiences a career resurrection just like another failed Tigers first round starter, Andrew Miller. Miller flopped several years and several organizations as a starter before Boston moved him to the pen at age 27. The rest is history. It might not work the same for Turner, but it’s worth a shot.

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    • Christopher_Oriole

      7 years ago

      Same for the Orioles Zach Britton. Way better reliever than starter

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    • ReverieDays

      7 years ago

      He has pitched out of the pen and still sucks.

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    • jdgoat

      7 years ago

      All of the games best relief pitchers are failed starters.

      Miller, Chapman, Hader, Iglesias, Hand, Davis, Britton, Bradley, Morrow etc.

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      • Cam

        7 years ago

        No they’re not. There are exceptions – Kimbrel, Jansen..

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        • hiflew

          7 years ago

          Well Jansen was a failed catcher though. But it’s not a new phenomenon either. Trevor Hoffman was a failed shortstop. Even Mariano Rivera began as a starter and flopped. Kimbrel is about the only one that has always been a reliever.

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        • diller79

          7 years ago

          Jansen used to catch for Kershaw in the minors

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        • AlvaroEspinoza 2

          7 years ago

          Houston Street was a closer in college…that’s the exception.

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  4. GOP Lizards

    7 years ago

    Sounds like a Friedman move, did TIgers confer with the media – appointed genius?

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  5. Disco Dave

    7 years ago

    not that difficult to see the tiges are looking to burn innings on the cheap and see if any cream rises to the top? what’s the big deal? giving major league arms a chance is what you’re supposed to do when rebuilding right?

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  6. Dkaner

    7 years ago

    Personally, I love seeing him in a Tigers uniform again because they chose him over plenty of really good guys so maybe he finds a little magic at Comerica Park & resurrects his pitiful career.

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  7. racosun

    7 years ago

    Isn’t this the guy who demanded to be an August call-up before he’d sign with Detroit? Should be ready by now.

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    • Michael Chaney

      7 years ago

      Yeah I think he was one of the last guys to sign a major league deal after he got drafted before they changed the rule about it

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  8. GarryHarris

    7 years ago

    This may be the Tigers biggest story this season.

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