The Tigers signed first baseman/outfielder Bligh Madris to a brand new minor league contract, in accordance with Madris’ MLB.com profile web page. Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reviews that the deal consists of an invite to the Tigers’ huge league Spring Coaching camp, and Madris will earn $800K in assured wage if he makes Detroit’s lively roster at any level subsequent season.
Madris returns for his second consecutive season within the Tigers group, and third stint total in Motown. Initially claimed off the Astros’ waiver wire in November 2022, Madris was traded again to Houston a few months later. He spent the 2023 season with Triple-A Spherical Rock and made 12 big-league appearances with the Astros earlier than rejoining the Tigers on one other minors deal virtually precisely a yr in the past.
His first correct keep in Detroit noticed Madris seem in 21 video games on the MLB degree, hitting .269/.324/.358 over 75 plate appearances. This taking part in time got here whereas Spencer Torkelson was figuring issues out in Triple-A, as Madris ended up taking part in virtually every single day at first base after Gio Urshela and Mark Canha had been each traded on the deadline, and earlier than Torkelson was recalled in mid-August.
Madris has a .204/.273/.286 slash line over his 228 profession PA within the majors, compiled with the Pirates, Astros, and Tigers during the last three seasons. His Triple-A numbers (.254/.346/.447 in 1603 PA) are way more strong, and the Tigers clearly appear to worth Madris as a depth piece inside their farm system. Madris has a minor league choice remaining so he would possibly once more be spending most of 2025 in Toledo, and something greater than spot responsibility on the lively roster might be tough to realize, since Detroit is that if something overloaded with left-handed hitters.
