The Tigers announced that right-hander John Brebbia has been positioned on the 15-day injured listing as a consequence of a proper triceps pressure. Left-hander Bailey Horn was known as up from Triple-A to take Brebbia’s spot on the energetic roster.
Brebbia signed a one-year free-agent take care of Detroit in February that can pay him $2.75M in assured cash, plus the Tigers maintain a $4M membership choice on his providers for 2026. The primary few weeks of Brebbia’s tenure in Motown had been clean crusing when it comes to pure outcomes, even when Brebbia’s 1.00 ERA over 9 innings and eight appearances was undermined by some obtrusive peripheral statistics. Brebbia’s BABIP is a measly .143 and he has a 13.2% stroll fee, so clearly some good luck was on his aspect within the early going.
Then once more, it could possibly be argued that Brebbia was due a change in fortune following a 2024 season that noticed his 3.29 SIERA overshadowed by a 5.86 ERA in 55 1/3 mixed innings with the White Sox and Braves. Brebbia struggled to a 6.29 ERA in 48 2/3 innings with Chicago earlier than catching on with Atlanta late within the season, and posting a 2.70 ERA in 6 2/3 frames after the change of surroundings.
Brebbia simply pitched in Friday’s recreation (a 7-3 Tigers win over the Royals), so his harm should’ve arisen in pretty fast vogue. In a microcosm of his season up to now, Brebbia allowed two walks and a success over 31 pitches Friday however escaped his inning with out permitting any runs. The scoreless inning would possibly characterize Brebbia’s final little bit of motion for some time, as even a minor pressure doubtless means greater than only a 15-day minimal on the injured listing, and a extra extreme pressure may price Brebbia a number of months. The precise-hander is sadly no stranger to lengthy harm absences, as a Tommy John surgical procedure price him the entire 2020 season and a lot of the 2021 season, plus he had a stint on the Giants’ 60-day IL in 2023 as a consequence of a lat pressure.
Beau Brieske was just placed on the Tigers’ 15-day IL as a consequence of ankle irritation, so Detroit is abruptly down two members of its bullpen in as many days. This season’s model of “pitching chaos” has seen the Tigers unexpectedly ship presumptive nearer Jason Foley (who’s now injured) to Triple-A to start the season, and elevate newly signed veteran Tommy Kahnle into the nearer’s position. The outcomes have nonetheless been there since Detroit’s 3.36 bullpen ERA is the Tenth-best within the majors, although the reduction corps ranks nearer to the underside of league when it comes to strikeouts.
The accidents have led to Horn getting his first style of the Present this season, and he’s now lined as much as make his official debut in a Tigers uniform. Horn made his total MLB debut when he posted a 6.50 ERA throughout 18 innings with the Purple Sox final season, and he bounced from the Sox to the Tigers to the Cardinals on waiver claims this offseason, just for Detroit to accumulate him again in a commerce with St. Louis final month.
