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Tigers Re-Sign Franklin Perez To Minors Deal

By Connor Byrne | May 14, 2021 at 3:22pm CDT

The Tigers have re-signed right-hander Franklin Perez to a minor league contract, the team announced. Detroit put Perez on release waivers on Wednesday, but he cleared and will return to the organization he has been with since 2017. He won’t occupy a 40-man roster spot as a result of this deal.

Perez was a prospect of significance when the Tigers acquired him as part of their Justin Verlander trade with Houston, but he hasn’t been able to stay healthy since switching organizations. The Tigers’ version has thrown just 27 minor league innings, none above the High-A level, owing in part to ongoing shoulder problems. Perez won’t pitch at all this season after the Tigers revealed Tuesday that he will undergo right shoulder surgery.

Despite his health issues, the Tigers understandably don’t want to give up on Perez, who’s still just 23 years old. While he’s no longer the high-end farmhand he used to be, Perez still ranked as a top 35 Tigers prospect at Baseball America (No. 28) and FanGraphs (No. 34) entering the season. Of course, this latest setback hasn’t done anything to help Perez’s stock.

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  1. tigerdoc616

    4 years ago

    As expected.

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  2. BSHH

    4 years ago

    At least Perez stays with the Tigers. Since he gets surgery now (which he did not before), I just hope that this will help him get back on the mound for good.

    Gruß,
    BSHH

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  3. stymeedone

    4 years ago

    Give him the Steve Austin right arm!

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  4. TroyVan

    4 years ago

    Well, hopefully this solves his problems for good. It actually worked out well because they get to keep him while clearing a roster spot.

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  5. detroitdave84

    4 years ago

    Tigers under Al Avila has nothing but garbage to show for the filet mignon he traded. If you have to look around for the sucker at the table, it’s probably you. How Chris Illitch is in charge of a multi billion dollar family business is beyond me. He has the worst team, worst GM, & a fan base that are finding other things to do than waste time & money on this team. Dumbass….

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    • Hard to walk with four balls

      4 years ago

      GTFO no one wanted Verlander or any of the other players he traded.

      If it’s Al’s fault for not getting more for Verlander than what does it say about the Dodgers or Yankees who lost out on a championship by letting him go to the Astros?

      You fairweather fans are the worst.

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      • The Saber-toothed Superfife

        4 years ago

        Really?
        I was there, and as I recall……
        Most pundits were saying Al screwed up by not getting Tucker or Whitley……

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        • Hard to walk with four balls

          4 years ago

          You were there to recall what people who were speculating about what could have happened without any real knowledge of what happened behind closed doors.

          Hilarious!

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    • Stat_head

      4 years ago

      Back then you were probably screaming that JV was washed up, over paid, horrible contract, etc. Filet Mignon is an All Star in their late ‘20s on a cheap contract. Al had nobody like that to trade. JV was 34, owed over $60 million, & had posted a 3.84 ERA, 4.07 FIP, & 1.415 WHIP. Nobody pays $28 million/yr for those numbers which is why he wasn’t traded by July 31. In August he was back on track and posted a 2.86 ERA, .786 WHIP & spanked the Yankees. Houston took a RISK the August JV was the real one and still had to give up 3 of their top 10 prospects. That’s a solid trade that still may work out for the Tigers. Perez is 23 & Daz is 24. Only Rogers is 27, an excellent defensive catcher & if he keeps hitting.250/.250/.500/.750 he’ll be a solid starter. The only garbage is the uneducated comments about this trade which is a ways from being won or lost.

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      • quantomoffandom

        4 years ago

        You are right, the trade is not over for the Tigers. As for the Astros it most likely is. Astros got the missing piece for a World Championship, and the use of a number one starter for three years which include a Cy Young Year. So far for Detroit, one players career is in doubt, the other two have struggled to hit at a major league level.

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        • The Saber-toothed Superfife

          4 years ago

          You mean Al is going to torment us for another 5 years with these guys?

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    • wileycoyote56

      4 years ago

      Tigers have a remarkable advantage over most MLB franchises. Detroit doesn’t have an NFL team to compete with for $$, U of M closest thing to one

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    • tigersgm

      4 years ago

      Agree Avila needs to go

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  6. GarryHarris

    4 years ago

    I’m trying to find the source where I once read that the Giants (the most in MLB) have more than 3-1/2 the coaching staff assigned to its development system than the Tigers (the fewest in MLB).

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  7. Peart of the game

    4 years ago

    At this point, odds are you’d get more from Franky Perez the singer

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  8. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    4 years ago

    Go Al! This team.is.much.better.than advertised!

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  9. habs93

    4 years ago

    I said 2 years ago Perez needed surgery…kept resting his shoulder…

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