The Tigers have designated right-hander John Brebbia for project, based on a number of Detroit beat writers. Proper-hander Tyler Owens was referred to as up from Triple-A Toledo within the corresponding transfer.
Brebbia signed a one-year, $2.75MM free agent contract with the Tigers in February, incomes $2.25MM in 2025 with a $500K buyout of a $4MM membership possibility for the 2026 season. It appeared like an honest funding in a veteran who has been a reasonably dependable bullpen arm for many of his profession, and Brebbia’s shakier ends in 2024 (a 5.86 ERA in 55 1/3 innings) could possibly be partially ascribed to Brebbia spending most of his season with an infamously unhealthy White Sox workforce.
Sadly for Brebbia, his struggles continued into 2025. The righty has a 7.71 ERA over 18 2/3 innings for Detroit, with an 11.8% stroll charge that’s far past the profession 7.3BB% Brebbia had posted heading into the season. Past the inflated stroll charge, Brebbia has additionally run into some unhealthy luck for the second straight season, within the type of a .339 BABIP and a really low 56.6% strand charge. Brebbia’s 4.32 SIERA is rather more flattering than his real-world ERA, and akin to how his 3.29 SIERA in 2024 was far decrease than his 5.86 ERA.
He additionally spent simply shy of three weeks on the injured listing attributable to a triceps pressure, and that IL stint seems to have thrown Brebbia’s season off-kilter. The reliever had a glowing 1.00 ERA in 9 innings (eight appearances) previous to his IL stint, however he has been torched for a 13.97 ERA in 9 2/3 innings and 11 appearances since his return to the mound. Issues actually notably went south for Brebbia in his final two outings, as he has allowed six runs over 1 1/3 innings within the final two days.
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