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Tigers Sign Alex Wilson To Minor-League Deal

By Anthony Franco | January 4, 2020 at 11:52am CDT

Longtime Tigers’ right-hander Alex Wilson will return to the organization on a minor-league deal, per a team announcement. He’ll receive an invite to MLB spring training.

Wilson pitched for the Tigers from 2015-18. In that time, he cemented himself as a solid, if unexciting, middle reliever. Wilson managed a cumulative 3.20 ERA while working 60+ innings in each of his four seasons in Detroit. He didn’t issue many walks and kept the ball in the yard, but a mediocre 16% strikeout rate over that span led Detroit to non-tender him last offseason.

The now 33-year-old caught on with the Brewers, but he was quickly jettisoned following a dreadful start. Over 11.1 innings, Wilson posted a 9.53 ERA. Ironically, he finally found an uptick in punchouts in his small sample of work in Milwaukee, but his walk and home run rates more than doubled, accounting for the disastrous results.

Wilson resembled his typical self in later Triple-A work with the Brewers’ and Cubs’ affiliates. Nevertheless, he didn’t make it back to the majors after April. With a strong spring, he should have a solid opportunity to reclaim a spot in an in-flux Tigers’ bullpen that was among the league’s worst in 2019.

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  1. Disco Dave

    3 years ago

    good to see him back

    Reply
    • johnsilver

      3 years ago

      Agreed. Like article said.. just a really solid middle guy who gets the job done..period. Think he’ll be ok back sort of home in detroit again.

      Reply
  2. whyhayzee

    3 years ago

    Over 11.1 innings, Wilson posted a 9.53 ERA.

    Too much precision. He hardly pitched and he was terrible.

    Reply
  3. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    hopefully a regular offseason and Spring Training help him out. good middle guy, and its always to see MLB players from interesting places have success.

    Reply
  4. oldredgunslinger

    3 years ago

    I love Alex Wilson on The Weather Channel. What a set of legs!!!

    Reply
  5. dennispruder

    3 years ago

    Quality person, too!!!!!! The Tigers have some good young pitchers coming up. He’ll be an asset in the clubhouse …. strong leader.

    Reply
  6. papasmurf25

    3 years ago

    This guys still alive ?

    Reply
  7. 68tigers84

    3 years ago

    Maybe next we will have a reunion with the only free agent over 40.

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      Big Sexy is over 40

      Reply
      • 68tigers84

        3 years ago

        I was talking about Rodney being over 40, not sure who your talking about.

        Reply
        • cguilly12

          3 years ago

          He is talking about Bartolo Colon lol

  8. Legacy of Bo

    3 years ago

    Tigers do lead the league in one stat…most irrelevant signings in the offseason.

    Reply
    • 68tigers84

      3 years ago

      The signing look like sensible signings to me. The injury bug can change the looks of things.

      Reply
    • jneumann

      3 years ago

      CJ Cron, Schoop, and Romine are better pickups then Orioles, Royals, Mariners, Astros, Red Sox, and Cubs have made all offseason.

      Reply
  9. paws

    3 years ago

    We could get surprising results from our starting pitching, but it won’t matter one bit if Big Al don’t get off his lazy rear end and get some actual bullpen help. There isn’t anything worse than Boyd, Turnball, Norris, and even Manning, Mize or Skubal pitching there guts out and having the bullpen blow game after game.

    Management is going to be regretfully sick if something isn’t done soon, because what we have in the bullpen right now is without a doubt the worse pen in Tiger history, and that’s hard to believe, because we’ve had some pretty bad ones….DO SOMETHING AL!!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • Hard to walk with four balls

      3 years ago

      No.

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