{"id":321917,"date":"2025-12-03T03:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/321917\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T03:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:50:51","slug":"tigers-interested-in-re-signing-kyle-finnegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/321917\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Interested In Re-Signing Kyle Finnegan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right-hander Kyle Finnegan<\/a> was quick to say after the season that he enjoyed his time in Detroit after coming over in a deadline deal with the Nationals and that he\u2019d be open to a return<\/a>. Tigers GM Jeff Greenberg tells Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press<\/a> that the interest is mutual, citing Finnegan\u2019s open-mindedness to the adjustments the Tigers suggested as well as his strong results and his \u201cimpact\u201d in the clubhouse.<\/p>\n

A year ago at this time, Finnegan was coming off a brutal finish to his 2024 season and was actually non-tendered by the Nats. Petzold reports that the Tigers had interest in him last offseason, but Finnegan opted to return to Washington<\/a> on a lesser guarantee ($6MM) than his projected arbitration price \u2014 particularly when factoring in some deferred money. Finnegan bounced back with a solid first four months in D.C., but it was the trade to the Tigers that really seemed to elevate his status. New coaching and a much heavier slate of data tailored to his strengths and weaknesses coaxed a new level of performance out of Finnegan. He\u2019s always thrown hard but never missed bats like one might expect from someone sitting 97 mph with his heater.<\/p>\n

The Tigers had Finnegan throw his splitter at career-high rates and slightly raised the horizontal release point on both his four-seamer and splitter. He rattled off 18 innings with a 1.50 ERA, 34.8% strikeout rate and 6.1% walk rate. Finnegan didn\u2019t miss many bats in the postseason but was clearly one of A.J. Hinch\u2019s most trusted relievers both in the regular season and in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Detroit\u2019s bullpen is in dire need of upgrades. Will Vest<\/a>, Tyler Holton<\/a>, Brant Hurter<\/a> and Brenan Hanifee<\/a> all posted quality earned run averages, but Holton and Hanifee both logged well below-average strikeout rates. Neither Hanifee nor Hurter was used regularly in high-leverage spots. Meanwhile, veteran relievers Rafael Montero<\/a>, Tommy Kahnle<\/a> and Paul Sewald<\/a> all hit free agency alongside Finnegan.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have been linked<\/a> to both Devin Williams<\/a> and Ryan Helsley<\/a> thus far in the offseason, though their interest in Helsley was reportedly as a starting pitcher<\/a> and he\u2019s since signed on as the Orioles\u2019 new closer. President of baseball operations Scott Harris has spoken openly about a desire to improve the lineup\u2019s contact rate, but Greenberg has publicly stated that pitching is the top priority<\/a> early in the offseason. The Tigers are looking around the rotation market even after Jack Flaherty<\/a> exercised his 2026 player option to return, and the GM has been frank in stating that he and Harris \u201ccertainly\u201d need to add some quality relief arms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right-hander Kyle Finnegan was quick to say after the season that he enjoyed his time in Detroit after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,9633,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-321917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-kyle-finnegan","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}