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Tigers re-signed 1B/OF Bligh Madris to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
Madris appeared in 21 games at the big league level for the Tigers during the 2024 season, slashing .269/.324/.358 with a homer, five RBI and a 20/6 K/BB ratio across 75 plate appearances. He’ll get an opportunity during spring training to compete for a bench spot on the club’s Opening Day roster.
Tigers sent INF/OF Bligh Madris, LHP Bryan Sammons and OF Ryan Vilade outright to Triple-A Toledo.
All three have the option to elect free agency and will presumably do so in the coming days after being removed from Detroit’s 40-man roster at the outset of the offseason. Both Madris and Vilade are merely emergency position player depth while Sammons made six relief appearances last year as a 29-year-old rookie.
Bligh Madris, who wasn’t part of the Tigers’ taxi squad for the ALDS, has joined the team in advance of Game 5.
Madris might be the addition if the Tigers opt to take Kerry Carpenter off the roster because of his hamstring injury. That’d be awfully costly, though, since Carpenter would be ineligible for the ALCS if he’s pulled from the roster prior to Game 5.
Bligh Madris went 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored in the Tigers’ 6-5 win over the Royals on Saturday.
Madris knocked a base hit in the fourth inning, then doubled in the sixth before scoring on a single by Andy Ibáñez. Madris later came up in a big spot in the ninth, taking Hunter Harvey deep for a solo homer to bring the Tigers within a run before their comeback victory.
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