The Tigers introduced Friday that they’ve designated left-hander Bailey Horn for project. He’ll be the corresponding 40-man roster transfer for newly signed infielder Gleyber Torres, whose one-year, $15MM take care of the Tigers is now official.
Horn, 26, was claimed off waivers out of the Pink Sox group a month in the past. He’ll now be traded to a different membership or claimed off waivers throughout the subsequent week. He made his huge league debut in Boston final season, pitching 18 innings and yielding 13 earned runs (6.50 ERA) on 22 hits and 10 walks with 13 strikeouts.
It wasn’t the perfect first impression within the majors, however Horn was sharper for Boston’s Triple-A membership, rattling off 29 1/3 innings of two.15 ERA ball with a 29.2% strikeout charge in opposition to a bloated 11.7% stroll charge. Horn has missed bats in droves within the minors, fanning 29% of his profession opponents, however he’s additionally walked practically 13% of his opponents alongside the best way. He’s a former fifth-round decide of the White Sox who’s been traded a number of occasions, most notably going from the Sox to the Cubs in trade for Ryan Tepera again in 2021.
Horn’s potential to overlook bats, coupled with a heater that averages 95 mph and a pair of minor league possibility years nonetheless remaining, might immediate one other group to have a look.
