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Tigers Sign Drew Hutchison To Minors Deal

By Anthony Franco | February 28, 2021 at 5:25pm CDT

The Tigers announced the signing of right-hander Drew Hutchison to a minor-league contract.  MLive.com’s Evan Woodbery (Twitter link) first reported the news yesterday.  Hutchison will not report to Major League Spring Training, but he’ll give the Tigers an experienced arm to stash in Triple-A Toledo.

Hutchison spent the 2020 season in independent ball, after pitching for three different organizations (Angels, Twins, Yankees) at the Triple-A level in 2019.  Best known for his time as an up-and-coming young starter with the Blue Jays, Hutchison has a 5.10 ERA and 20.6K% over 460 1/3 career innings in the majors, as he has yet to recapture the promise of his early career.

After debuting in 2012, Hutchison hit an immediate roadblock in the form of a Tommy John surgery that sidelined him for the entire 2013 season.  He also didn’t pitch in the big leagues in 2017 before returning to toss 42 2/3 combined innings for the Phillies and Rangers in 2018, which marks his last appearance in MLB.  Still only 30 years old, Hutchison will get to work out in a familiar locale — he is a native of Lakeland, Florida, where the Tigers hold their Spring Training camp.

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  1. Gwat

    1 month ago

    That’s opening day starter Drew Hutchinson

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    • bigdaddyt

      1 month ago

      Former blue jays ace good sir

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      • Ted

        1 month ago

        And every other outing he’d pitch like it, too. Back in ’14 and ’15 it seemed like he’d alternate 7+ IP, 2H, 1ER with 4 IP, 8 H, 6 ER.

        He was more than just lucky, but not quite good enough to really string together the success.

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        • DarkSide830

          1 month ago

          he was rushed too quickly and it destroyed his career

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      • goalieguy41

        1 month ago

        Wasn’t an ace my friend

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    • miggy4prez

      1 month ago

      Low hanging fruit but damn if I didn’t chuckle

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  2. PapiElf

    1 month ago

    Drew Hutch! Pirates all-time great

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  3. tom brunanskys black sock

    1 month ago

    Gettin Hutchy wid it!

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  4. warnbeeb

    1 month ago

    Maybe he can room with Drew Carlton, another Tiger born and raised in Lakeland, Fla..

    The Two Drews from Lakeland.

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    • miggy4prez

      1 month ago

      Podcast dropping soon

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  5. C-Daddy

    1 month ago

    He’s appeared in 98 MLB games and has a career bWAR of 0.0. They should change the acronym to WADH – Wins Above Drew Hutchison.

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    • Audrey

      1 month ago

      Jeanmar Gomez (0.0 bWAR) has him beat with 315 games. I vote for the change to be to WAJG.

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    • jdgoat

      1 month ago

      Haha

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  6. brandons-3

    1 month ago

    Very irrelevant but I remember grabbing him almost everytime in franchise mode on MLB2K years ago. Video game Hutchinson always progressed to a solid starting pitcher for me.

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  7. tigers2022

    1 month ago

    The tigers are building a triple-A dynasty. I love it.

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    • For Love of the Game

      1 month ago

      Holy Toledo!

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  8. GarryHarris

    1 month ago

    Now this is how you rebuild a franchise right. Show em’ Al Avila.

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  9. a761506

    1 month ago

    Having journeyman starters for depth on a rebuilding team is a necessity when you need innings eaten… this is a risk free move, and who knows, maybe he figures it all out late and he becomes the next JD Martinez.

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    • TroyVan

      1 month ago

      That’s true. He’s just one of many similar players who are being given a chance to become a serviceable major leaguer by pitching their way up from Toledo.

      I imagine that they have a “gambling stipend”
      (budget) which funds these new chances for players who hit a rough patch in their careers. As you mentioned, JD Martinez is a great example. So is Trevor Rosenthal. Avila rolled the dice on him, too. Unfortunately, he was a year early.

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  10. Frank Diehl

    1 month ago

    Can he be worse than Zimmermann???

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  11. gotigers68

    1 month ago

    Yawn !

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