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Tigers Activate Michael Fulmer, Designate Ian Krol For Assignment

By Steve Adams | July 27, 2021 at 2:19pm CDT

The Tigers announced Tuesday that right-hander Michael Fulmer has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list. Lefty Ian Krol was designated for assignment in order to open a spot on the roster.

Fulmer hit the injured list late last month with what the team termed a cervical spine strain. His return comes just days before the trade deadline, so it’s possible he won’t have enough time to convince other clubs of his health, but prior to his injury Fulmer looked like one of the more obvious trade candidates around the league.

The now-28-year-old righty was acquired from the Mets in the 2015 Yoenis Cespedes blockbuster and promptly won American League Rookie of the Year honors as a member of the Tigers’ rotation in 2016. That season saw the righty pitch 159 innings of 3.06 ERA ball over the life of 26 starts. He struck out 20.4 percent of opponents along the way, posted a very strong 6.5 percent walk rate and an above-average 48.9 percent grounder rate.

Fulmer looked like the next in a long line of quality arms that had helped the Tigers to perennial contender status earlier in the decade, but injuries have largely derailed that outlook. He’s undergone ulnar nerve transposition surgery and Tommy John surgery since that Rookie of the Year campaign and has pitched a total of just 200 innings since Opening Day 2018 — including 40 frames this year.

After seeing diminished output as a starting pitcher, Fulmer reinvented himself in the bullpen this season. He’s been hammered for a 4.97 ERA in his handful of starts this season but had pitched to a 3.62 ERA with a sizable 29.7 percent strikeout rate and just a 5.1 percent walk rate out of the ’pen. That bullpen ERA was sitting at 2.73 prior to his final outing prior to landing on the IL, when he served up three runs in an inning of work before alerting the team of the injury.

Fulmer is earning a reasonable $3.1MM salary this year and is controlled into the 2022 season via arbitration. That could pique the interest of contending clubs, but the extra year of control also means the Tigers needn’t simply accept the best offer that comes their way after he’s had maybe one or two innings to showcase his health. Fulmer could reestablish himself in the season’s final months and be shopped this winter, and it’s also possible that the Tigers could decide to hang onto him into next year as they look to field a more competitive club.

Krol, 30, returned to the Majors for his first look since 2018. He tossed 4 2/3 innings out of the Detroit bullpen and held opponents to a pair of runs on four hits and a pair of walks with four strikeouts in that time. He’d been on a nice run in Triple-A prior to his call-up and has a pair of quality big league seasons under his belt, but consistency has been hard for him to come by; he carries a 4.48 ERA in 194 2/3 Major League innings and has on three occasions posted single-season ERAs of 4.96 or higher. The Tigers can trade him in the next couple days if they find a suitor — otherwise Krol will be placed on outright waivers or released.

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  1. jammin464_

    4 years ago

    I’m thinking other clubs will pass on Krol and the Tigers re-sign him for depth…..he did not pitch badly overall in his few MLB chances this year.

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    • 2dmo4

      4 years ago

      He’s terrible

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  2. angt222

    4 years ago

    Nice, just in time for the Mets to trade for Fulmer.

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    • Gary V

      4 years ago

      Tigers aren’t sellers, Our rebuild is over Al Avila just said that we’re buying so if we move Fulmer it’s going to cost the Mets dearly.

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  3. stymeedone

    4 years ago

    As I said when they called him up, Ian Kroll was the warm body to be waived later.

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  4. chace alexander

    4 years ago

    I’m curious if Fulmer is on the trade market

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    • GarryHarris

      4 years ago

      I think ALL the Tigers’ veterans are available for trade. They won’t just donate them as they did in the past.

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      • Gary V

        4 years ago

        No they’re not, We’re not selling off our veterans Detroit is very much in the playoff picture only like 8 games out of a wild card spot and only 11 games out of 1st place in the American League central with 57 games left. it’s not like we’re dead last. Al Avila said that who ever we trade it’s going to be for a younger long term player that can help us now not in the future.

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  5. Luke Strong

    4 years ago

    Fulmer is a conundrum… he knows how to pitch most days, he has had trouble staying healthy and the Tigers would be selling low on him if they dealt him now. I think if he can stay healthy and pitch effectively for the rest of the season, the Tigers should attempt to extend him this offseason.

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    • Hard to walk with four balls

      4 years ago

      **They would only be selling low if the return was low

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  6. sergefunction

    4 years ago

    MLBTR obviously posts Tiger stuff to save space on their servers. Otherwise, why?

    Max Scherzer’s haircut garners 375 comments, while any Detroit mention struggles to reach double digits. Ian Krol gets haircuts, too, you know.

    Reply
    • Tigernut2000

      4 years ago

      Yet, you read the post.

      Reply
  7. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    4 years ago

    Tigers should be…why offer.my expertise for free? Mr. C?

    Reply
  8. Eat em Up

    4 years ago

    Cats with 9 lives are envious of Derek Holland

    Reply
  9. moteus

    4 years ago

    Well, just a really nice win for our boys last nigh. Let’s get on roll, Tigers!

    Reply
  10. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    4 years ago

    Al s inaction is inexcusable.

    Take on salary Mr Chris. It’s cheaper than free agents. Padres, Yanks, Toronto all have salary to dump.
    Yet your GM does nothing.

    Chris Illich is obviously NOT the one who built a billion dollar pizza enterprise. He lacks the business accumen.

    Al may be a great evaluator and scout but he seems to lack the imagination or focus to complete advantageous business situations. Maybe he has other things he needs to pay attention to.

    No one can wear so many hats at once.

    It’s was a crazy arsed idea to put a pizza in a car and deliver it to someone’s doorstep. It took guts and imagination.

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  11. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    4 years ago

    Ok. Since everyone has me on.mute, I will let you in on a lite secret – I’m rooting for you Al!

    Reply

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