The Tigers announced that they’ve optioned lefty Daniel Stumpf to Triple-A Toledo following today’s game and will select the contract of righty Drew VerHagen to start tomorrow’s contest. To open a spot on the 40-man roster, Detroit transferred catcher Grayson Greiner to the 60-day injured list.
VerHagen is no stranger to the Tigers. The 28-year-old was their fourth-round selection back in 2012 and spent the 2014-16 seasons being optioned back and forth between Toledo and Detroit as a depth piece. He’s been designated for assignment twice in the past couple of years but remained with the club after clearing waivers on each instance. He’ll now rejoin the club for the first time since last being outrighted in early May.
Earlier this season, VerHagen was clobbered for 10 runs in just six innings of work, but he’s posted much better results in his return to Triple-A. Through 53 frames with the Mud Hens, he’s worked to a 4.42 ERA with 8.7 K/9, 2.2 BB/9, 0.85 HR/9 and a 40.4 percent ground-ball rate. His return to the Tigers could be short-lived, as Detroit’s rotation and bullpen are both in constant states of flux this season while their rebuild trudges on. Then again, with the Tigers likely to deal at least one arm (Shane Greene) and possibly some others (Matthew Boyd, Joe Jimenez, Buck Farmer) in the next week, it’s possible that there’s room for VerHagen to stick around beyond tomorrow’s spot start.
really want to be swept, eh?
oh, it was just 2 games. my bad.
trading sore armed pitchers is what we called it back in the day…
Just fill the damn roster. I’m 63 and eligible to pitch for the Tigers.
I thought I had finally seen the last of this guy when the DFAd him earlier this year. I get the tank is on for the #1 pick but this dude is GARBAGE. Like why can’t they bring up Beau Burrows for a spot start that he would 100% benefit from and it is even his day in the rotation to pitch tomorrow. Smh
Beau Burrows is still building arm strength after his IL stint. Barring injury, he’ll be in Detroit this season.
Not. But he’ll be in the Motor City in 2020!
Someone other than Carpenter & Verhagen : Matt Hall, Kyle Funkhouser, Beau Burrows, Tim Adleman, John Schrieber, or Caleb Thielbar..
They dont want to start the service time clock too early for some, otherwise they’ll be arbitration eligible and then free agents before they have their core built, as well as another wave of prospects to fill holes in future years.
And, Funkhouser was recently demoted to AA Erie.
Trust the process…..
Eventually they’re going to have to decipher who to keep and who to cut; otherwise these guys will be coming up the same time together. The Rule 5 draft will eventually be a factor. They should be filtering some of these triple a guys up. And stop acting like all these minor leaguers will make it. Just to see if they have it. Tyler Alexander and Spencer Turnbull have both been an early short term pleasant surprise. I’m not calling on Casey Mize, but the 3-4 year guys. Can we just attempt to win, for the respect of the fans and the game?
How about Mickey Lolich?
I suspect they are close to a Shane Greene trade. I hope the return is palatable. I agree it would be nice to see Burrows make his debut this season
Vander is the best prospect in the past twenty years. He and zimmer are the two cornerstones for the future
Is Zimms the worst contract ever?
Dontrell Willis says no.
Zimmerman is the worst contract in Tiger history. Not even one decent year.
And Avila signed Zimmermann.. All he gets is garbage for our players. Illich should have fired him instead of extending his contract.
We’ll just see guys like Zimmermann and Edwin Jackson as starters before we see any of the young guys. Maybe even Matt Harvey.
They are all in for that number 1 pick.
#EmbraceTheTank this is really difficult
Embrace the process…..
#tankingfortorkelson
If The Late Al Avila was awake, this would not have happened.
Perhaps take a chance on Derek Holland.