The Tigers signed Geoff Hartlieb to a minors contract and assigned the right-hander to Triple-A Toledo, as per Hartlieb’s MLB.com profile page. Hartlieb made his debut for Toledo today, tossing 1 1/3 relief innings and picking up the win in the Mud Hens’ 6-1 victory over Omaha (the Royals’ Triple-A club).
It was just two days ago that Hartlieb entered free agency, as he chose to test the market rather than an accept an outright assignment to the Yankees’ Triple-A club. Hartlieb has been DFA’ed and outrighted several times over the years, and thus has the right to decline any further outrights in favor of free agency. Just since the start of July, Hartlieb was twice designated for assignment by New York — his first trip to free agency saw him quickly re-sign with the Yankees, but this latest venture now sees Hartlieb land in Detroit.
The 30-year-old Hartlieb has pitched in parts of six Major League seasons, though with only 80 2/3 career innings in the Show. The first 57 1/3 of those frames came with the Pirates in 2019-20, and Hartlieb has since bounced around for sporadic duty with the Mets, Marlins, and Rockies in addition to his time in the Bronx. Hartlieb has a 7.92 ERA, 20.3% strikeout rate, and a very high 14.9% walk rate against big league hitters.
His Triple-A numbers are considerably better, as Hartlieb took a 4.17 career ERA in Triple-A ball into today’s outing against Omaha. This solid production in the minors has consistently gotten Hartlieb looks from clubs in need of relief depth, and the Tigers are the latest team to bring the right-hander aboard. Hartlieb is out of minor league options, which limits his flexibility if he gets called back up to the majors, and likely means he’ll face future trips to DFA limbo.
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He’s minor league depth. Get over yourself.
Bet he wishes he had Torres back ! 🙂
Hope he punches out you cocky idiots in the playoffs, if you make it past the tigers bye.
Yankees will forever be in your debt for your service, Geoffrey. Good luck in Mo-town!
notice how he’s playing in the minors for the Tigers, unlike the majors where he was playing with the Yankees. Looks like we know which team is better
Said the team on the verge of third place
Tommy Kahnle replacement?? Wow Tigers relievers got punched in the mouth this weekend by the Mariners. They will be signing a few more of these types before trying to reel in some bigger fish at the deadline.
The Tigers bullpen is very limited this year. Foley and Lange are injured, though Lange may be some help in the stretch. Brieske lost his control and is in the minors. It sure looks like Lee is tipping his pitches, as it looked like T-ball his last couple of outings. Hanifee is unreliable. Even Hurter has had shaky moments. Holton finally looks like he found his control. Its basically been Vest and Kahnle. While a RH bat would be nice, relief pitching is mandatory this trade deadline. Fetters magic seems to be waining.
Got to get at least one more reliable reliever. lefty and a righty would be good. Will need to send some prospects or lose important parts of your team.
Khanle pitched as much this year as all last year, needs some rest and less innings. Fetters is ok. Best coaching staff in mlb.