The Tigers have selected the contract of outfielder Travis Demeritte from Triple-A Toledo, as per a team announcement. Righty Eduardo Jimenez has also been called up from Toledo.
Demeritte is set for his big league debut just a day after joining the Tigers. The 24-year-old was dealt to Detroit yesterday along with southpaw Joey Wentz in the trade that sent Shane Greene to the Braves. It marked the second time in Demeritte’s young career that he was part of a late-July deadline deal, as he was also sent to Atlanta as part of a three-player swap back in 2016.
Selected 30th overall by the Rangers in the 2013 draft, Demeritte has been an inconsistent offensive player over his career, though he had his share of decent numbers. This includes a great stretch at Triple-A Gwinnett this season, as Demeritte posted a .286/.387/.558 slash line and 20 homers over 399 plate appearances. While never a premium prospect, Demeritte is interesting enough to merit a look from a Tigers club that is open to all possibilities (particularly in the outfield) as it continues a rebuild. Demeritte began his career playing all over the infield, though he has almost exclusively been a corner outfielder over the last two years.
should bat cleanup today just for the meme of it
He’s got more dingers than anyone else in the lineup so why not?
It would be very interesting if he batted cleanup today. The Tigers have a day off. (Yeah, one can say every day for them is a day off in 2019 but there is no game today. Tomorrow they start a three game series in Texas vs. the Rangers)
Texas draft pick called up to face the rangers? this man is going to tear it up in this 3 game series
lol or strikeout like a champ
Kowabunga!
Great trade for the braves
Green should help this season, but some may be disappointed if/when he returns to earth. 1.398 career WHIP. All but 0.1 WAR earned this season. But with what the Braves gave up, they will get their money’s worth between now and October. Hope he does well, even though I have no interest in the Braves.
I think Shane Green is having his break-out season and will not be faltering to previous levels. You could see he was improving as last season went on.
The Braves really didn’t value Travis Demeritte all that much or they wouldn’t have left him available in Rule 5 last recently. I just hope he plays better RF defense than his predecessors Magglio Ordonez, JD Martinez and Nick Castillanos.
Nobody else valued him enough for a roster spot either because no other team claimed him in the rule 5 process.
No as he highly struggled at the plate. This year he has shortened his swing and it has increased his batting average tremendously
Wouldn’t it be amazing if they managed to find a quality regular in him, and for a journeyman-type relief pitcher who just had a great, but unsustainable run. Good luck Travis, light it up!
Quite the optimist! This guys been a Rule 5 player twice!
Demeritte will be a nice utility type player with pop in his bat. He can play LF, RF, 2B, 3B decently enough where he won’t be a liability. I know that’s not as valuable in the AL, but unfortunately he won’t be a regular position player.
Wentz will be a solid middle of the rotation arm and should not be overlooked. It wouldn’t surprise me much if he suddenly figures it out and becomes a TOR pitcher.
I wonder how teams are looking at AAA batting lines this year given the massive uptick in home runs with the use of the major league ball. Demeritte is coming up, Grisham just got called up by the Brewers…
That’s a very interesting thought. I didn’t realize different balls had been used in the past. I’m surprised the union didn’t have an issue with that.
As a Braves fan, this excites me to see what he’s got. Always loved when he was picked up for peanuts, was just buried in the depth.
Good luck to Demerritte.
Hope he does really well in Detroit, but he has been a huge surprise this year. Had high hopes for him when the Braves got him from Texas, but up until this year he was looking like a bust. Really no spot for him on the Braves now or in the future, so his breakout came at the perfect time.
Hes gonna bust. Most of those great numbers he posted early in his pro career were ped fueled and hes done next to nothing since he got popped in 2015.
Juiced ball has helped him.
Wrong, his numbers early in his career where a product of the small baseball stadium where he played as a High Desert Maverick in advanced A.
I’m curious to see who moves up to Toledo after this. The Erie SeaWolves starting pitching depth has to be at max capacity. Hopefully we get to see what Burrows and Funkhouser have to offer soon.
The only one i was disappointed in the braves trading this deadline
That’s absolutely insane. Wentz was a huge loss (although for the right piece) and Allard should have commanded a much better return than a rental meh bullpen arm.
Thats how us ranger fans look at it. Yall gave up a decent sp prospect with 3 yrs of control and alot of upside for 2 months of a mediocre rp that we prolly resign in winter? Thanks we appreciate it. Lol
Good luck with your 5″10 starting pitcher prospect with a fastball sitting in the upper 80s and stuff that never returned after a back surgery. 4D cHeSs bro
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More upside in that than an over 30 relief pitcher having a career year and 2 months of control
Right, Allard floor is likely a 5th starter or long relief bullpen arm. For a rebuild team like Texas, that’s huge upside. Cause he could be a solid #2 or most like strong #3 starter. They guy spots well, is only 21, and has been really good up until this year. He’s gonna be fine and is a much better asset than a 2 month long rental bullpen arm that isn’t even that great.
Good for him. He was 100% blocked in Atl and he’s finally putting it together again. Will suck for the braves if he takes off, but I’ll be happy for him. I think that will make like 3 guys on the tigers roster that are from the metro atlanta area
Best of luck to you, Travis! I’m glad you are getting the opportunity. You deserve it and have worked hard for it.
Demeritte was blocked as others have also stated. I am glad he is going to get a chance to play at the major league level, i hope he does well.
Travis was blocked in Atlanta. Hope he has a great career in Detroit.