MLB: Tigres Catcher refused to go to Minor Leagues and opts for free agency

The Detroit Tigers announced this Monday that the lanky receiver Grayson greiner was not claimed in the absolute waivers and has declined an outright Minor League assignment in favor of free agency. Greiner had the right to do so, as a player with more than three years of service in the Major Leagues.

MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz had projected a modest $ 800K raise for Greiner, but the Tigers have great depth at receiver and Greiner effectively didn’t bid on today’s play:

Detroit already acquired Tucker Barnhart on the first day of the offseason to serve as its starting catcher, and the Tigers also have Jake Rogers and Eric Haase on their roster of 40, not to mention the one taken in the second round of the 2020 Draft. , Dillon Dingler, who hit the 2021 Class A pitchers before battling for a promotion to Double-A.

Greiner, 29, and 1.98 meters tall, was the Tigers’ third-round pick in 2014, but hasn’t hit much in parts of four major league seasons. In 2021 he will be remembered more than anything for being hit in the face by a ball.

From 2018-21, Greiner received 477 plate appearances in the majors, but posted just a .201 / .274 / .309 batting line with a strikeout rate of 32.1%. He’s been slightly better at Triple-A, where he hit .233 / .314 / .347 in 388 plate appearances:

Behind the plate, Greiner has been slightly below average, but acceptable, in terms of framing and also boasts a hefty 31% career catch steal rate.

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You likely have a few opportunities to join a club like top-level depth with a little MLB experience. Detroit’s 40-man roster now stands at 38 players.

Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. BA in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and after a few days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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