The Tigers have selected the contract of Drew Carlton from Triple-A. When he appears in a game, it will be his Major League debut. The Tigers 40-man roster still has two spots open.
The 25-year-old was a 32nd round draft pick out of Florida State back in 2017. Since then, the unheralded righty has done nothing but shove. His 3.12 ERA in Triple-A this season is his highest such mark at any level of the minors.
In a piece last December from Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, Carlton spoke about his arsenal, saying, “I really take pride in my command of all three of my pitches. They’re not good by themselves, but with the command, they are pretty good. I’ve had to really work my tail off to produce the numbers I have. That’s the only way I’m going to be able to get up there (to the majors).”
Carlton has made it now, and he’ll have the chance to prove himself again while pitching out of the Tigers’ bullpen. Hard to say how long his stay will be in the Majors, but hopefully Carlton at least gets in a game during this stint. Regardless, he’s on the 40-man roster now, which is in and of itself a positive sign that suggests Carlton will get a chance at the Major League level.
Shove
Not sure what that means in this context, but Carlton sure “shoved” Zack Short back to Toledo!
Excellent choice.
If he turns out half as good as Norm we’ve got a keeper
Charlton vs Carlton. Probably no relation.
Good for Carlton! Love to see low draft picks work really hard in the minors and earn their ticket to the big league roster. I hope this kid does well and finally starts earning a livable wage. 32nd round picks probably get a $10K signing bonus at best, so 4 weeks of major league pay will probably be his highest annual baseball income of his career to date. I’d love to see a story about how these guys get by on such tiny minor league salaries. It can’t be an easy life for them.
We all start out on tiny salaries (or min. wage). These guys have an open opportunity to make millions upon millions of dollars. I don’t feel bad about their “uneasy” lives.
Nope. They still get paid under minimum wage in one of the United States last legal monopolies.
So I will choose to feel bad about their uneasy lives.
Choose as you will, I know a whole lot of people who are not doing as well as pro athletes.
And most people in the US do better than most people in Somalia, that doesn’t mean it can’t be better.
90% of minor leaguers never make mlb and never get paid.
Sure you could see it as an internship to Qualify for the real job but in which company do you have to do a sub min wage internship for multiple years before you get hired to a real salary?
90% of minor leaguers never make mlb and never get paid.. Prove that 90% never get paid. They do get paid even if its only for a few months. A lot of Americans hold 2 or 3 jobs. Stop trying to make these athletes look like they have no choice.
“And most people in the US do better than most people in Somalia, that doesn’t mean it can’t be better”. What an idiotic statement & not even germane to the subject at all
I hate when people don’t understand the complexities of how baseball rips off their minor league talent and burdens them unnecessarily. The immigrants come over and can’t speak the language & are away from home and suffer. It’s in baseball’s best interest to pay everyone in minors more money so they can concentrate on baseball. They could double their pay and it wouldn’t effect baseball’s bottom line at all & actually produce more players. Many give up early because they need to make money for their families. Baseball has the lowest first year wage of any sport. Hockey gives more to their players than baseball. Baseball needs to draft players and let them stay at college or go to college until they are ready.
Obviously you’ve never seen or read anything on the salaries of MiLB players chief. Most literally make less than I do and I make natta! So 1 month of an MLB salary will probably be around 10 years of what he would make in the minors. So yeah, I fel bad for alot of them. Not the guys that get picked in rounds 1-3 and get at minimum 7-figure signing bonuses. Im talking kids that get a grand or so, and then $1,500 a month tops. So congrats Carlton, go up and get it!
MLB announced last February that it is raising 2021 minimums for minor league contracts, from $290 weekly to $400 at rookie and short-season levels, from $290 to $500 at Class A, $350 to $600 at Double-A $502 to $700 at Triple-A.
The minor league minimum for a player signing his first major league contract increases from $46,000 to $46,600 next season, and the minor league minimum for a player signing a second or later major league contract goes up from $91,800 to $93,000.
How long is a minor league season, 3/4 months?
Don’t they get a meal allowance?
My wife works 12 months for a lousy $600/month.
MLB min. about $563.000.00?
I don’t feel uneasy, it’s a wealthy risk they take.
Most first round picks have some very high signing bonuses these days. It took me 10 years with mega overtime at a railroad job to gross $880K. Missed my kids grow up and that was lots of 16 hour shifts. They get paid handsomely to play a game.
He throws strikes