The Tigers will designate righty Drew Hutchison for assignment prior to tonight’s game against the A’s, the team announced yesterday. The move will create a spot on the active 26-man roster for rookie Joey Wentz, whose call-up was covered here yesterday. Wentz will make his MLB debut tonight, and then the Tigers will decide whether he or fellow rookie Alex Faedo will get a start next week.
The Hutchison DFA will drop the Tigers’ 40-man roster down to 39. Hutchison, 31, is no stranger to being bounced off a 40-man roster. The Blue Jays’ 2015 Opening Day starter, Hutchison was outrighted by the Pirates in 2017, the Pirates and Rangers in 2018, and his current team, the Tigers, last year. So far, Hutchison has added another 15 2/3 innings to his resume in 2022, working as a low-leverage reliever for Detroit.
The Tigers’ rotation is the more pressing concern, with an ERA that ranks 22nd in baseball and has averaged 4.71 innings per start. Tarik Skubal has been a revelation, and free agent signings Eduardo Rodriguez and Michael Pineda have done acceptable work. Matt Manning is working his way back from a shoulder injury, while Casey Mize is set for his first rehab start tomorrow after an elbow sprain. Though Wentz, Faedo, and Beau Brieske are not considered top prospects, the rookies will continue to deserve as the Tigers’ primary depth options once everyone is healthy.
Braves need pitching in so many ways.
Predictable. Hutchinson was expendable. Hopefully he clears waivers. and accepts assignment Maybe we can stretch him out in case we need another starter this year. We needed 10 last year.
Hutchison DFA will drop to 38, not 39.
Somehow this guy is only 31 but was actually teammates with Omar Vizquel in his rookie year…
Sure, Drew was 21 and Omar 45.
In his second year, Omar shared the field with 20 year old Ken Griffey and 40 year old Ken Griffey.
Shame, he was pitching well in his role and had even started to pick up strikeouts again. It wouldn’t be surprising to see him lost on waivers.
Perhaps he will be lost to a waiver claim, but then he will likely be on the DFA merry-go-round. Simply too many walks to avoid trouble and he remains vulnerable to the big inning.. This reduces him to a mop-up guy.
Welcome to the Detroit Mud Hens…..
Tigers also need bats! Hit/Run output is awful
Considering all the injuries, the Tigers pitching staff has been pretty good. Fielding has been decent, hitting has been flat out horrible.
Ya We need Lloyd called up from Toledo, he seems to be able to wake our hitters up
Toronto might take him back…..
And here I thought Drew Henson…? Was like damn dude has to be around 40 by now….Oh well
Every successful organization has their players ranked by value, present and future. If you as a front office have to decide between Faedo and Wentz based on one MLB start, you should be doing something else for a living.