{"id":728535,"date":"2026-06-11T00:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/728535\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T00:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:37:16","slug":"tigers-acquire-jacob-waguespack-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/728535\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Acquire Jacob Waguespack – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tigers have acquired right-hander Jacob Waguespack<\/a> from the Brewers for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Evan Woodbery of MLive Media Group<\/a> was among those to pass along the news. The righty was just signed to a minor league deal last month and won\u2019t immediately need a roster spot with the Tigers, unless his deal had some sort of opt-out or upward mobility clause.<\/p>\n

Waguespack, 32, began the season with the Brewers on a minor league deal. Milwaukee granted him his release in early May. After exploring his opportunities for a little over a week, they re-signed him to a new minor league deal.<\/p>\n

He has been having a good year on the whole, though with some important notes. He has tossed 21 2\/3 innings over 16 Triple-A appearances, allowing 1.66 earned runs per nine. He has received some help from a .238 batting average on balls in play and 73.2% strand rate. His 16.5% walk rate is very high but he has also punched out 36.3% of batters faced. He has 105 2\/3 innings of big league experience with the Blue Jays and Rays, posting a 5.11 ERA in that time. He struck out 18.9% of batters faced and gave out walks at a 10.1% clip.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have been working through a huge number of pitching injuries this year, with nine arms currently on the big league injured list. Tarik Skubal<\/a>, Justin Verlander<\/a>, Casey Mize<\/a> and Kenley Jansen<\/a> are all expected back soon, which could lead to some roster shuffling.<\/p>\n

As they sort things out in the coming days and weeks, Waguespack can give them some extra depth without taking up a roster spot, unless his minor league deal had some sort of contract provision that will lead to the Tigers adding him to their 40-man. If that is the case, Waguespack is out of options and will need to be added to the active roster.<\/p>\n

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