The Tigers introduced that catcher Tomás Nido cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. The veteran backstop has the suitable to say no the project in favor of free company, although the workforce didn’t present any indication that he’d try this.
Nido spent six weeks on Detroit’s massive league roster whereas Jake Rogers was down with a left indirect pressure. The 31-year-old backed up Dillon Dingler and was largely productive in a tiny pattern. Nido collected 12 hits in 10 video games, batting .343 within the course of. That got here in simply 35 at-bats, although, and Nido’s a lot greater MLB monitor document is that of a effectively below-average hitter. He has a lifetime .215/.249/.310 slash in almost 1000 massive league plate appearances. He was hitting .160 in six Triple-A video games earlier than the Tigers referred to as him up.
Groups clearly remained skeptical about Nido’s hitting means, this 12 months’s small-sample success however. He’s out of choices, so any workforce that claimed him would have wanted to hold him on the MLB roster themselves. The Tigers would certainly be blissful to retain him as non-roster depth in Toledo. Nido has a optimistic defensive repute and loads of higher minors expertise. Rogers and Dingler are the one catchers on the 40-man roster, so Nido would most likely be the primary one again up if both of the massive league catchers suffered a future damage.
