The Tigers signed first baseman/outfielder Bligh Madris to a brand new minor league contract, in keeping with Madris’ MLB.com profile web page. Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press studies that the deal contains an invite to the Tigers’ large 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 stage, hitting .269/.324/.358 over 75 plate appearances. This enjoying time got here whereas Spencer Torkelson was figuring issues out in Triple-A, as Madris ended up enjoying virtually each 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 over the past three seasons. His Triple-A numbers (.254/.346/.447 in 1603 PA) are far more stable, and the Tigers clearly appear to worth Madris as a depth piece inside their farm system. Madris has a minor league possibility remaining so he may once more be spending most of 2025 in Toledo, and something greater than spot obligation on the lively roster may very well be tough to attain, since Detroit is that if something overloaded with left-handed hitters.