The Detroit Tigers are getting set to start a four-game series tonight against the Kansas City Royals. The Tigers have three roster spots to fill following the trades of Jack Flaherty, Mark Canha, and Andrew Chafin. The replacements will be RHP Brenan Hanifee, shortstop Javier Baez, and LHP Sean Guenther. There will likely be quite a few moves throughout this series as they’ll need a starter for the third and fourth game of the series as well as the possibility of Parker Meadows coming back to the team.
Tigers Roster Moves By The Numbers
RHP – Brenan Hanifee
Hanifee this season has pitched at Triple-A Toledo making 34 appearances going 1-2 with a 5.17 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, a 2.7 BB/9, and a 10.1 K/9 in 47 innings. Last season he appeared in three games for Detroit posting a 5.40 ERA, a 1.60 WHIP, a 0.0 BB/9, and a 5.4 K/9 in five innings. He originally started with the Baltimore Orioles before joining the Tigers in 2023. In his Tigers career, he’s appeared in 59 games with 13 of them coming as starts going 3-10 with a 4.65 ERA, a 1.41 WHIP, a 2.9 BB/9, and an 8.8 K/9 in 137.1 innings.
SS – Javier Baez
Baez was placed on the medical emergency/bereavement list on Monday. In 67 games this season he is hitting .178 with a .484 OPS; he has ten doubles, four home runs, 32 RBI, 20 runs scored, six stolen bases, and eight walks. Since he returned from the injured list in early July he was hitting .159 with a .599 OPS; he had a double, three home runs, seven RBI, five runs scored, and two walks.
LHP – Sean Guenther
Guenther made his big league debut in 2021 making 14 appearances going 0-1 with a 9.30 ERA, a 2.11 WHIP, a 4.4 BB/9, and a 6.6 K/9 in 20.1 innings for the Miami Marlins. This season at Triple-A Toledo he’s appeared in 34 games with two of those coming as starts, he is 3-4 with a 3.86 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP, a 2.8 BB/9, and a 9.3 K/9 in 44.1 innings. Last season at Toledo, Double-A Erie, and Single-A Lakeland he made 39 appearances with six of those coming as starts going 2-1 with a 3.55 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, a 2.1 BB/9, and an 11.0 K/9 in 50.2 innings.
