TODAY: The Tigers have officially announced the selection of Hurters contract. Left-hander was optioned to Triple-A to make room for Hurter on the active roster. AUGUST 3: The Tigers are planning to select left-hander to pitch in tomorrows game against the Royals, AJ Hinch told reporters (including ) earlier this afternoon. Hurter is not yet on the 40-man roster, but the Tigers still have a space open after shipping , , and out on the day of the trade deadline so a corresponding move will only be nece sary to add the southpaw to the clubs active roster. Hurter, 26 in September, was a seventh-round pick by the Tigers in the 2021 draft out of Georgia Tech. Hurter reached the Double-A level in Brett Wisely Jersey his first profe sional season back in 2022 and went on to dominate the level in 2023, with a 3.28 ERA in 118 innings of work acro s 26 starts. He struck out an impre sive 26.7% of batters faced while walking just 6.6%, but the lefty has not been able to carry that succe s in Double-A over to his first taste of Triple-A action this year. In 19 appearances (18 starts) at the highest level of the minors in 2024, Hurter has been lit up to the tune of a 5.80 ERA in 71 1/3 innings of work. His strikeout rate has dropped to 21.7% while his walk rate has crept up slightly to 7.1%. Perhaps more notably, Hurter has struggled to keep the ball in the park as often as he did last year, allowing more home runs already this year than he did last year despite a nearly 50-inning gap in terms of volume. As he prepares for his MLB debut tomorrow, Stavenhagen notes that Hinch made clear that he will not be starting the game and will instead act as a bulk arm following an opener. While Hurter has generally been used as a typical starter in the minors to this point in his career, he did have some succe s as a bulk pitcher earlier this year, when he threw six scorele s innings at Triple-A against the Reds Louisville affiliate after coming in as a reliever in the third inning. With a rotation mix that currently features only four pitchers ( , , , and ), it would hardly be a surprise if a strong showing from Hurter tomorrow earned him a more extended look in the majors as the club tries to piece together a rotation, whether that be in a proper starting role going forward or simply as a bulk arm. The clubs rotation depth took a ma sive hit in recent weeks between the deal that shipped Flaherty to L.A. and recent injuries to , , and . There was prior to the All-Star break that right-hander could be considered for a rotation role in the second half, though that has not yet come to pa s as hes remained in a multi-inning relief role out of the bullpen. Bobby Bonds Jersey
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