The Detroit Tigers last night had a split-squad game with one half of the roster taking on the New York Yankees a game in which they won 11-5 while the other half played the Toronto Blue Jays and they lost 5-4. The Tigers play tonight at 6:05 PM EST against the Baltimore Orioles and will send Casey Mize to the mound to make his third appearance and his second start of the spring, he is 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA, a 1.64 WHIP and three strikeouts in 3.2 innings. Today the Detroit Tigers trimmed down their Spring Training roster to 54 players.
- RHP Brendan White Optioned to Triple-A Toledo
- RHP Garrett Hill Reassigned to Minor League camp
- RHP Jackson Jobe Reassigned to Minor League camp
- RHP Ty Madden Reassigned to Minor League camp
- LHP Brant Hurter Reassigned to Minor League camp
- C Eliezer Alfonzo Reassigned to Minor League camp
Tigers Roster Moves By The Numbers
Brendan White
White last season pitched at Triple-A Toledo and with the Tigers. In Triple-A he appeared in 29 games going 3-2 with a 4.14 ERA, a 1.51 WHIP, and 50 strikeouts in 37 innings. With Detroit he made 33 appearances with two of those coming as starts he went 2-3 with a 5.09 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, and 44 strikeouts in 40.2 innings.
Garrett Hill
Hill last season played for Single-A Lakeland and Triple-A Toledo as well as with the Tigers. In the minors he made 28 appearances with six of those coming as starts he went 3-2 with a 5.79 ERA, a 1.83 WHIP, and 70 strikeouts in 51.1 innings. With the Tigers he made nine appearances going 0-0 with a 9.19 ERA, a 2.10 WHIP, and 14 strikeouts in 15.2 innings.
Jackson Jobe
Jobe is the Tigers third-ranked prospect by ITD and he is coming back from an injury before that he pitched for four teams in the Tigers system, their rookie league team, Single-A Lakeland, High-A West Michigan, and Double-A Erie he made 16 starts going 2-4 with a 2.81 ERA, a 0.98 WHIP, and 84 strikeouts in 64 innings.
Ty Madden
Madden is the Tigers sixth-ranked prospect by ITD and this spring he has made two starts going 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA, a 1.64 WHIP, and five strikeouts in 3.2 innings. Last season he pitched for Double-A Erie making 26 appearances with 25 of those coming as starts going 3-4 with a 3.43 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and 146 strikeouts in 118 innings
Brant Hurter
Hurter has appeared in three games posting a 0.00 ERA, a 0.80 WHIP, and six strikeouts in five innings. Last season he pitched at Double-A Erie making 26 starts going 6-7 with a 3.28 ERA, a 1.19 WHIP, and 133 strikeouts in 118 innings.
Eliezer Alfonzo
Alfonzo this spring has played in five games, and he hit .250 with a .583 OPS; he had one RBI, one run scored, and one walk. Last season he played at High-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie playing 96 games and he hit .265 with a .704 OPS; he had 14 doubles, nine home runs, 44 RBI, 51 runs scored, one stolen base, and 29 walks.
