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Detroit Tigers claim left-handed reliever Bailey Horn off waivers from Boston Red Sox
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Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris has made his first waiver claim of the 2024-25 offseason.
The Tigers claimed left-handed reliever Bailey Horn off waivers from the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, adding him to the 40-man roster. The 26-year-old still has two minor league options remaining.
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Horn made his MLB debut in late June 2024.
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The Tigers designated for assignment right-handed reliever Wilmer Flores to create room for Horn on the 40-man roster, which remains at 40 players.
Flores, a 23-year-old former top prospect who hasn't made his MLB debut, registered an 8.53 ERA with 24 walks and 23 strikeouts across 25⅓ innings in 16 games with Triple-A Toledo in 2024, also suffering from a right shoulder injury.
He could return to the Tigers on a minor league contract, but he has lost his spot on the 40-man roster, replaced by Horn.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Bailey Horn (78) pitches against the Texas Rangers during the seventh inning at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 13, 2024
In the 2024 season, Horn posted a 6.50 ERA with 10 walks (11.4% walk rate) and 13 strikeouts (14.8% strikeout rate) across 18 innings in 18 relief appearances for the Red Sox. He surrendered five of his 13 earned runs in one game. Aside from that, he had a 4.32 ERA in his other 17 outings.
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Horn is a power lefty, but he struggles to throw pitches within the strike zone.
He threw four pitch types in his 18 MLB games: sweeper (60.1% of the time), four-seam fastball (23.8%), cutter (9.9%) and curveball (6.3%). his fastball averaged 95 mph, but his sweeper had a below-average 20.5% whiff rate.
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Most of Horn's 2024 was spent at the Triple-A level, in which he posted a 4.54 ERA with 24 walks and 50 strikeouts across 39⅔ innings in 30 games.
He has walked 12.7% of batters in his four seasons in the minor leagues, with a 29% strikeout rate. At the Triple-A level, Horn has a career 4.56 ERA with a 12.9% walk rate and a 26.7% strikeout rate.
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Joining the Tigers, Horn has entered his fourth organization since the White Sox selected him in the fifth round, at No. 142 overall, in the 2020 draft out of Auburn. He has played in the minor leagues for the White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Red Sox.
Now he's in the minors with the Tigers.
But he's also a member of the 40-man roster.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers claim LHP Bailey Horn off waivers from Boston
