Detroit Tigers outfielder Akil Baddoo will miss the start of the regular season after undergoing surgery to repair a broken right hand. Baddoo had his hamate bone operated on Thursday, according to Tigers manager A.J.
The first week of spring training and the Detroit Tigers are already dealing with injuries. Outfielder Akil Baddoo underwent surgery on Thursday after suffering a hamate hook fracture in his right hand, reports Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press.
The Tigers announced that outfielder Akil Baddoo underwent surgery to address a hamate hook fracture in his right hand yesterday. The club didn’t provide a return-to-play timeline but such procedures usually require a shutdown period of four to eight weeks.
The Tigers announced that outfielder Akil Baddoo has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. Detroit designated him for assignment last week as the corresponding move for the Alex Cobb signing.
Alex Cobb’s signing pushed the 26-year-old outfielder off the roster. While there wasn’t any major news out from the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday at the Winter Meetings, there were plenty of small items to report as Scott Harris, GM Jeff Greenberg, and manager A.J.
With a bona fide ace in Tarik Skubal and a core of talented young hitters like Riley Greene, Kerry Carpenter and Parker Meadows in place, it seems clear that the time has come for the club to be aggressive in supplementing that impressive core.
The Seattle Mariners lost 15-1 on Tuesday and somehow Wednesday's game felt worse. The Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle 3-2 on Wednesday in extra innings off a walk-off double from pinch hitter Akil Baddoo.
Pinch hitter Akil Baddoo hit a walk-off double in the 10th inning as the host Detroit Tigers rallied for a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.
The Detroit Tigers will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in the first game of their three-game series as they wrap up the first half. The Tigers are winners of six of their last seven.
The Detroit Tigers will take on the Cincinnati Reds for a three-game series this weekend. The Tigers dropped two out of three to start the week and were outscored 19-15.
Matt Manning was also scratched from his Saturday start for the Mud Hens as he’ll presumably take Maeda’s spot. The rumor machine kicked into high gear this afternoon when it was reported that Matt Manning, Akil Baddoo, and Jace Jung had all been scratched from Saturday’s Toledo Mud Hens contest against the St.
The club appears bound for an arbitration hearing with Casey Mize. On Thursday, the Detroit Tigers agreed to salary terms for the 2024 baseball season with three players who were eligible for arbitration.