The Tigers sold righty Alfredo Figaro's contract to the Orix Buffaloes of Japan, according to the team's Twitter feed.
Figaro, 26, has 31 2/3 big league innings to his name. This year in Triple-A, he posted a 4.14 ERA, 8.1 K/9, 2.8 BB/9, and 0.8 HR/9 in 124 innings. Baseball America ranked him 15th among Tigers prospects heading into the season, calling him a power arm with a back-end starter ceiling.
