Detroit Tigers minor league players
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Detroit Tigers system.
Wynton Bernard
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Born: September 24, 1990 San Diego, California | |||
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Wynton Allen Bernard (born September 24, 1990) is an American professional baseball center fielder in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Bernard was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 35th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft out of Niagara University.[1] Before the 2014 season, he signed a minor league deal with the Detroit Tigers.[2] Playing for the West Michigan Whitecaps in 2014, he broke the teams single season hit record with 164.[3] He was added to the Tigers 40-man roster on October 31, 2014.
His brother, Walter Bernard, played in the National Football League. Bernard and his family appeared in the TV game show Family Feud in 2011.[4]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Beau Burrows
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Born: September 18, 1996 Weatherford, Texas | |||
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Beau Burrows (born September 18, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. He attended Weatherford High School in Weatherford, Texas.[5][6] He was selected by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 2015 MLB draft.[7][8][9]
Mike Gerber
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| Detroit Tigers – No. 75 | |||
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Born: July 8, 1992 Naperville, Illinois | |||
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Michael J. Gerber (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Gerber was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 40th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois. He did not sign and attended the Creighton University to play college baseball. He was then drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 15th round of the 2014 MLB Draft.[10] He made his professional debut with the Connecticut Tigers and also played with the West Michigan Whitecaps. Gerber spent 2015 with West Michigan and played in the Arizona Fall League after the season.[11][12]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Creighton Blue Jays bio
Grayson Greiner
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Born: October 11, 1992 Columbia, South Carolina | |||
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Grayson James Greiner (born October 11, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Greiner played college baseball for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks from 2012 to 2014. He played in 179 games during his career, hitting .278/.358/.435 with 18 home runs.
Greiner was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.[13][14] He signed with the Tigers and made his professional debut with the West Michigan Whitecaps.[15] He played in 26 games before a broken hamate bone in his left wrist ended his season. He hit .322/.394/.444 with two home runs.[16]
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- South Caroina Gamecocks bio
Joe Jiménez
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Born: January 17, 1995 San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||
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Joe Alexander Jiménez (born January 17, 1995) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Jiménez signed with the Detroit Tigers as an undrafted free agent out of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy in June 2013. He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Tigers. He spent 2014 with the Connecticut Tigers and started 2015 with the West Michigan Whitecaps.[17][18] During the 2015 season, Jiménez went 5–1 with a 1.47 ERA, a 0.791 WHIP and 17 saves in 40 appearances for West Michigan, and was named the Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Year.[19]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Austin Kubitza
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Born: November 16, 1991 Colleyville, Texas | |||
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Austin Michael Kubitza (born November 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Kubitza attended Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas.[20] He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the seventh round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign and played college baseball at Rice University from 2011 to 2013.[21][22] In 2011, he was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Houston College Classic.[23] In three years, he went 20–14 with a 2.34 earned run average (ERA) and 309 strikeouts in 289 innings.
Kubitza was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the fourth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.[24] He signed with the Tigers and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Tigers and also played for the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Pitching for the West Michigan Whitecaps in 2014, Kubitza was named the Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 10–2 with a 2.34 ERA.[25][26]
His brother, Kyle Kubitza, plays in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization.[27]
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Rice Owls bio
Jairo Labourt
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Born: March 7, 1994 Azua, Azua, Dominican Republic | |||
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Jairo Snaider Labourt (born March 7, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Labourt was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent for $350,000 in August 2011.[28] He made 12 starts for the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays in 2011, and posted a 0–4 record with a 2.23 earned run average in 361⁄3 innings.[29] Labourt played the 2012 season with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays and went 0–3 with a 3.79 ERA over 12 starts totalling 38 innings.[29] Continuing his rise through the minor league system, he played all of 2013 with the Bluefield Blue Jays and earned his first professional win, finishing the season with a 2–2 record and an impressive 1.92 ERA over 512⁄3 innings.[29] Labourt began the 2014 season with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, where he struggled in his 6 appearances (3 starts) and pitched to a 6.43 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 14 innings.[29] He was then reassigned to the Low-A Vancouver Canadians and made 15 starts for the team, posting a 5–3 record with a 1.77 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 711⁄3 innings.[29] His 1.77 ERA was the lowest mark in the Northwest League, earning him the 2014 ERA title.[30] On October 1, Labourt was named the number 3 prospect in the Northwest League by Baseball America.[31]
On July 30, 2015, Labourt was traded to the Detroit Tigers along with Daniel Norris and Matt Boyd in exchange for David Price.[32] Labourt was assigned to the Dunedin Blue Jays prior to the trade. The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[33]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Montreal Robertson
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Born: June 19, 1990 McGehee, Arkansas | |||
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Montreal D. Robertson (born June 19, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization
Robertson was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 29th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft out of Coahoma Community College.[34] The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.[33]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Christin Stewart
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: December 10, 1993 Lawrenceville, Georgia | |||
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Christin Stewart is an American professional baseball left fielder in the Detroit Tigers organization. He played college baseball for the University of Tennessee. The Tigers drafted him in the 34th overall in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. Baseball America wrote that he has a "physical frame and produces above-average bat speed (that) combined with the natural leverage in his swing, translates into plus raw power".[35]
Stewart is 6 feet tall and weights 205 pounds. He attended Providence Christian Academy in Lilburn, Georgia, where he hit 69 home runs throughout his high school baseball career, including 26 as a junior, which was a Georgia state single-season record. During three seasons at the University of Tennessee, Stewart batted .319 with a .962 OPS during three seasons in Tennessee. During the 2015 season, he batted .311, hit 15 home runs and 47 RBIs in 50 games during his junior year in 2015. Stewart was selected by Detroit with the compensatory pick they received after losing Max Scherzer as a free agent during the previous off-season. He was the second player drafted by Tigers in the first round of the draft, after Beau Burrows.[35] Stewart signed with the Tigers.[36]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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References
- ↑ Michael Bower. "MLB Draft: San Diego Padres take Rancho Bernardo High grad Bernard in 35th round". Pomerado News. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ John Maffei. "RB's Bernard signs with Tigers". U-T San Diego. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Wynton Bernard breaks single-season hits record but West Michigan Whitecaps lose in extras". MLive.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "West Michigan Whitecaps - West Michigan Whitecaps News". West Michigan Whitecaps. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Beau knows...baseball, pitching". star-telegram. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Weatherford prep star Burrows expected to go quickly in MLB Draft". star-telegram. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Beau Burrows cried after being drafted by Detroit Tigers in 1st round". Detroit Free Press. June 8, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Detroit Tigers select hard-throwing high school pitcher Beau Burrows in first round of draft". MLive.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Tigers load up on arms, add left-handed power hitter in draft". Detroit News. June 8, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Gerber swinging hot bat for Tigers
- ↑ Whitecaps’ Michael Gerber taking success in stride
- ↑ Tigers like prospect Mike Gerber's approach
- ↑ "Detroit Tigers draft Gamecocks teammates Grayson Greiner, Joey Pankake". Post and Courier. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Fox Sports. "Tigers might have uncovered a third-round gem in Grayson Greiner". FOX Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Catcher Grayson Greiner becomes first member from Tigers 2014 draft class to join Whitecaps". MLive.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Injury, surgery end Grayson Greiner’s season in minors
- ↑ "Tigers prospect Jimenez flashes big fastball, talent". Detroit News. May 10, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Alcanza las 98 millas la recta de Joe Jiménez". El Nuevo Dia. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Iott, Chris (October 7, 2015). "Detroit Tigers prospects Michael Gerber, Joe Jimenez honored for play in 2015 season". MLive.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Colleyville Heritage pitcher, a Rice signee, grows into an ace". dallasnews.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Rice riding the arm of freshman pitcher Kubitza". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Already Rice's ace, Kubitza looks to build on freshman success". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Kubitza Named Most Outstanding Player At Houston College Classic". riceowls.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Tigers select Rice pitcher Kubitza in fourth round". Sports Update. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Moya, Kubitza take home Minor League Awards". Detroit Tigers. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Detroit Tigers award top minor league honors to outfielder Steven Moya, pitcher Austin Kubitza". MLive.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Whitecaps pitcher Austin Kubitza, who followed older brother into pros, helps team snap losing skid". MLive.com. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ Shah, Ronit (August 30, 2011). "Blue Jays Sign Seven International Free Agents". mlbdailydish.com. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Jairo Labourt Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ Cahill, Teddy (September 5, 2014). "Blue Jays prospect Labourt earns playoff win". MLB.com. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Dakers, Tom (October 1, 2014). "Five Blue Jays on Baseball America's Top 20 Northwest League Prospects List". bluebirdbanter.com. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ↑ Chisholm, Gregor (July 30, 2015). "Blue Jays win bidding for prized lefty Price". MLB.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- 1 2 "Detroit Tigers add Michael Fulmer, two others to 40-man roster to protect them from Rule 5 draft". MLive.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Tigers relief prospect Robertson puts on show in Arizona". Detroit News. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- 1 2 Iott, Chris (June 8, 2015). "Detroit Tigers select power-hitting outfielder Christin Stewart with 34th pick in draft". MLive.com. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ↑ "MSU's Cam Gibson, first-round pick Christin Stewart among eight picks signed by Detroit Tigers". MLive.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
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