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Tigers Place Jose Cisnero On Waivers

By Steve Adams | August 29, 2023 at 5:13pm CDT

The Tigers have placed right-handed reliever José Cisnero on waivers, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). All 29 other clubs will have 48 hours to claim him and take on his remaining salary. If he goes unclaimed, he can reject an outright assignment to the minors in favor of free agency while retaining the remainder of his $2.3MM salary, as is his right as a player with more than five years of Major League service time. The Tigers, however, don’t have to assign him to a minor league affiliate if he goes unclaimed and can opt to keep him on the Major League roster.

Cisnero, 34, drew at least some level of deadline interest, but no deal was ever reached to send him to another club. He’s slated for free agency at season’s end and is thus a pure rental for any club that places a claim. Like the other slew of veteran players placed on outright waivers today, his waiver window will claim before the Aug. 31, 11:59pm ET deadline for postseason eligibility, making him a potentially “free” (beyond the financial cost) bullpen addition for a postseason contender.

In 48 2/3 innings this season, Cisnero is sitting on an ugly 5.36 ERA, though some of the under-the-hood numbers offer a bit more promise. He’s averaged 96 mph on his heater and fanned a quarter of his opponents against a respectable (albeit higher-than-average) 9% walk rate. Cisnero has been plagued by a lofty .343 average on balls in play despite yielding hard contact at a roughly league-average rate. Most of his struggles have been fairly recent, too. The righty touted a 2.18 ERA through the early portion of July but has been hammered for 21 earned runs in his past 15 1/3 frames.

Miserable as these past six or so weeks have been, Cisnero has a track record that a contending club might feel is worth taking a chance on. From Opening Day 2020 through early July of this year, he racked up 149 1/3 innings of 2.77 ERA ball with a 24.5% strikeout rate and 11.4% walk rate. He totaled 38 holds and five saves along the way, yielding just 0.60 homers per nine frames and keeping the ball on the ground at a 42.5% clip.

Waiver priority for Cisnero (and others on outright waivers) will be determined based on reverse standings. As MLBTR has reported at multiple points in the past, outright waiver priority is not league-specific (as was the case under the now-defunct revocable August trade waivers). If Cisnero is not claimed and ultimately does become a free agent, the Tigers will remain on the hook for the bulk of his salary, though he’d technically have a few hours to latch on with a new team on a free-agent deal between the point at which he clears and the end of the day Thursday. That would allow him to retain postseason eligibility for a new team.

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22 Comments

  1. blackstain

    2 years ago

    Finally Josh!!! We been waiting prayers answered

    Reply
  2. fre5hwind

    2 years ago

    Interesting

    Reply
  3. Skiiggy

    2 years ago

    It was time to go he was spiraling and he’s not coming back next year. Kinda wish he had been dumped for ANYONE at the deadline, but I guess no one really wanted him. Good luck, Jose!

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  4. miggywrld

    2 years ago

    About two months late.

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    • Johnny R.

      2 years ago

      When his ERA was 2.14

      Reply
  5. Motor City Beach Bum

    2 years ago

    Open roster spot! Dump a couple more off the 40 man and grab a few more arms or call someone up.

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    • LouWhitakerHOF

      2 years ago

      Claim another pitcher with an ERA over 8 and another hitter with a BA under .200.

      Reply
      • BlessYouBoys22

        2 years ago

        Right lol

        Reply
  6. BSHH

    2 years ago

    Cisnero has been a solid-to-good reliever for three and a half years, but right after the trade deadline his luck vanished. I hope he finds a new team and pitches himself into a good contract next year; he showed huge perseverance by resurfacing in the MLB with the Tigers, so he certainly knows what it takes to come back.

    Gruß,
    BSHH

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  7. BlessYouBoys22

    2 years ago

    Not so sure about those “promising”….“under-the-hood numbers.” Does this guy even watch Tiger baseball?

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    • TroyVan

      2 years ago

      I think he’s hurt. He was definitely cruising along, then it was like someone flipped a switch. I’d like to keep the regular version of him. Maybe he’ll be back….

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      • ThonolansGhost

        2 years ago

        I don’t think Cisnero is hurt at all. In early July, Cisnero had a low ERA and a rough FIP. Basically, he was lucky. His FIP hasn’t changed much but his ERA has soared. His luck ran out.

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  8. nsmith12641

    2 years ago

    Maybe I just don’t understand the rule, but I thought if players were put on outright waivers they were removed from the roster immediately. But I see Renfroe and Grichuk are playing for the Angels right now. How is that possible?

    Reply
    • tigers fan in tn

      2 years ago

      They’ve been placed on waivers not DFAd

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      • nsmith12641

        2 years ago

        I’m aware but I guess I thought that during the waiver period the players couldn’t be active.

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  9. gotigers68

    2 years ago

    Awesome news !!

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  10. Melchez17

    2 years ago

    Harris couldn’t trade him when his era was under 3… now he has to give him away.

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    • ThonolansGhost

      2 years ago

      Cisnero wasn’t worth much even then. He was an impending free agent with an artificially low ERA. He had a high FIP, his luck was bound to run out.

      Reply
  11. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    2 years ago

    Sad.

    Reply
  12. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    2 years ago

    Had they hired me, none of this would have happened.
    Go, Lakeside Jewlers!

    You know, they should have hired me.

    Reply
  13. But I Do

    2 years ago

    FFS, Steve. This is not proper English:

    “Miserable as these past six or so weeks have been…”

    You can’t just leave out “as” at the start of the sentence. Grammar isn’t optional.

    Also, a comma before “too” is unnecessary.

    Adams is a hack.

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  14. gotigers68

    2 years ago

    WHY IS THIS MAN STILL PITCHING FOR THE DETROIT TIGERS ?!?!? WHY ?

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