The Detroit Tigers were supposed to start a short two-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates last night but due to rain that game has been bumped to today and will be a part of a doubleheader. The Tigers are coming off a series win over the Blue Jays while the Pirates are coming off a series win over the Braves. The first game today will feature Tarik Skubal taking on breakout Pirates pitcher Jared Jones. In the second game, the Tigers were supposed to have Jack Flaherty taking the ball but with it being a doubleheader they have decided to go a different way, that starter hasn’t been named yet but it’s likely it could be the Tigers tenth ranked prospect by ITD RHP Keider Montero as he has been called up as the 27th roster spot for the doubleheader today, normally this season it has been Matt Manning but not this time. Montero will take on the other Pirates phenom Paul Skenes. Montero was supposed to start for Triple-A Toledo today so the call-up makes sense and will likely push Flaherty to pitch the first game of the series against the Red Sox tomorrow. On top of that, it was announced this morning that Kerry Carpenter wasn’t in the lineup and Akil Baddoo had a locker.
Tigers Moves By The Numbers
RHP – Keider Montero
Montero signed with the Tigers as an international free agent in August of 2016. He got his start in the system in 2017 with the Tigers Dominican Summer League team making 14 appearances with 12 of those coming as starts, he was 1-5 with a 4.02 ERA, a 1.55 WHIP, and 41 strikeouts in 47 innings. In 2018 he was back in the Dominican Summer League making 15 appearances with five of those coming as starts going 2-2 with a 2.14 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and 40 strikeouts in 46.1 innings. In 2019 he pitched for the Tigers West team in the rookie league and Low-A Connecticut making ten starts combined going 4-3 with a 2.08 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and 49 strikeouts in 47.2 innings. In 2020 he didn’t pitch with the minor league season being canceled due to COVID. In 2021 he pitched at High-A West Michigan making 15 starts going 4-8 with a 5.28 ERA, a 1.67 WHIP, and 59 strikeouts in 61.1 innings. In 2022 he was back at West Michigan making 25 starts going 7-7 with a 4.51 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and 101 strikeouts in 103.2 innings. In 2023 he pitched for West Michigan, Double-A Erie, and Triple-A Toledo making 27 appearances with 26 of those coming as starts going 15-4 with a 4.66 ERA, a 1.36 WHIP, and 160 strikeouts in 127.1 innings. This season he has pitched at Toledo making nine starts going 0-1 with a 4.40 ERA, a 1.46 WHIP, and 36 strikeouts in 30.2 innings.
OF – Akil Baddoo
Baddoo is on his second stint back with the Tigers now. In his first stint, he made one appearance going 1-1 with a triple and a run scored. At Toledo this season he has played in 40 games hitting .253 with a .833 OPS; he has seven doubles, four triples, six home runs, 22 RBI, 28 runs scored, 16 stolen bases, and 25 walks.
