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Tigers Outright Ian Krol

By Steve Adams | August 30, 2021 at 12:52pm CDT

The Tigers announced Monday that left-handed reliever Ian Krol went unclaimed on waivers and has been assigned outright to Triple-A Toledo. Krol has the right to reject said assignment in favor of free agency, though there’s no indication from the team that he plans to do so. Detroit had designated Krol for assignment over the weekend in order to open a roster spot for the return of right-hander Jose Urena.

Krol, 30, returned to the Majors for the first time since 2018 this season. This year marks his second stint with the Tigers organization, having also pitched out of the Detroit bullpen from 2014-15 after coming over from the Nationals alongside Robbie Ray in an offseason Doug Fister trade.

Krol has appeared in a dozen games for the Tigers this season and tallied 12 1/3 innings. In that time, he’s yielded seven earned runs on 18 hits and five walks with 10 strikeouts. It’s a small sample of 41 plate appearances, but right-handed opponents have feasted off Krol this year, hitting at a .351/.390/.568 pace.

In between big league stints, Krol played for the Triple-A affiliates of the Twins and the Reds, in addition to a 2020 stint on the independent circuit. He’s totaled 202 1/3 innings at the MLB level and pitched to a combined 4.54 ERA, but his last real big league success came with the 2016 Braves. The lefty also carries a lifetime 3.45 ERA in 180 Triple-A frames that have been scattered across parts of eight seasons.

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  1. Snorgator

    4 years ago

    All I remember about Ian Krol is he was in the good Tigers teams disastrous bullpen. Can’t believe he’s still been in the organization

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    • 2dmo4

      4 years ago

      He’s always been terrible

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  2. FredMcGriff for the HOF

    4 years ago

    @gator. I cannot believe Urena is still with the Tigers. 4 quality starts out of 18. The only thing he’s ever done well is intentionally hit batters.

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  3. zacharydmanprin

    4 years ago

    All I remember about Krol is that the A’s drafted him despite Krol missing his senior season of high school baseball for his second alcohol related incident. While in the A’s minor league system he was suspended for homophobic and gay slurs on social media. A true class act.

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    • thickiedon

      4 years ago

      Homophobic AND gay slurs?

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      • groundhog5150

        4 years ago

        @thickiedon
        Nice user ID. I loved watching him play, a true grinder.

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        • TroyVan

          4 years ago

          You spelled Grindr wrong.

          Reply
      • detroitfan69

        4 years ago

        Two for one who cares what he did when he was younger nobody

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  4. GarryHarris

    4 years ago

    Why would the Tigers return Ian Kroll to AAA? He’s not going to contribute positively to the roster there either.

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    • reakin1

      4 years ago

      Here you go elias. One of your type relievers

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  5. leftykoufax

    4 years ago

    Maybe Korea, Japan, or a softball league?

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  6. BuyBuyMets

    4 years ago

    If Andrew Albers made it back to MLB why would this guy give up?

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