The Tigers announced this afternoon that right-hander Freddy Pacheco had a UCL procedure yesterday. While the club didn’t provide further specifics, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free-Press writes that he underwent Tommy John surgery.
It’s a brutal development for a pitcher trying to establish himself at the major league level. Pacheco, 25, has yet to make his MLB debut. Originally a Cardinals prospect, he was added to St. Louis’ 40-man roster over the 2021-22 offseason. Detroit grabbed him off waivers in Spring Training but placed him on the 60-day injured list within two weeks.
Pacheco will spend the entire 2023 campaign on the IL. The injured list disappears over the offseason, so the Tigers will either have to reinstate him onto the 40-man roster or put him on waivers in November. With the likelihood that he’ll miss the majority of the ’24 campaign as well, the latter option is possible.
Last season, Pacheco split the season between the top two minor league levels. The reliever combined for a 3.05 ERA with a huge 33.6% strikeout rate over 62 innings. Baseball America ranked him 23rd among St. Louis prospects last winter, calling him a potential middle innings arm.
poor Freddy, hopefully he can reach the majors next year or at some point in the future
Beamers got bad luck too……
Such luck….so MANY big bats and top pitchers waiting to be signed this off-season…..Yes…this is an example of SARCASM, sometimes know as views of the precipice….
Gonna take a couple miracles for 24 or even 25 to be even half way watchable…..gonna…gonna stink……
Can no one.look this stuff up?
Nothing coming down the pike……nothing. could.of.seen that last year……
You’d figure someone who gets paid.like that, someone who is into it as a professional…would at least know what the weekend casual drunk knows……
Sh.t
Hire me, the Superfife, you can afford the bar tab….
Sit Baez. Bat him 8th.
Bat Tork 9th…..how many time does he have to look at that first pitch strike before.he swings at it?
I know.he won’t swing at it….I am pretty sure the professional on the otherside of.the field who has noticed what I noticed in between shots and chasers……why?
Because he knows.the Superfife personally…..not.because he is trained to see the obvious like everyone else.here in this damn bar..WE KNOW IT……WHY DOESN’T HINCH?
Trade Hinch. You might actually get something for him.
Trade Beamer.to.the Mets already…..
Sign the pitching coach.
Trade everyone.
There are not many FAs worth signing coming up….next year is probably already doomed…..25 doesn’t look much better.andnthe Guardians are going to be kicking apples by 25……
Wow! What happened Tiger fans?
I like Chris Illich but doggone it……
Hire,.me,.the Superfife…I have a sneaky suspicion my bar bill is going up, up, up and I need a higher paying job….and since it is all Chris’ fault…….
OWN UP, DUDE….
Schoop should.have been played to max given every opportunity, then traded or…..cut. yep. He’s a good guy and I’m mean.
I was a good.guy once…when I worked for Chrysler de Mexico…..but then Willie showed up.and I forgot to.go.to work for like 2 weeks…….but that won’t happen with the Tigers.
U crazy
Yep. Tigers would need to give Harris, or any competent GM, 7-8 years to build a good organization. There may be some AA and A players with some promise, but not nearly enough good prospects in the system. It was always gonna take a ton of time after the Avila years. Al destroyed the franchise. I figure ‘26 or ‘27 at the earliest for the team to be competitive.Dark days for Tiger fans.
He is a real interesting arm. Hopefully they can hang onto him somehow.
Wasn’t he once the fight doctor?
Before this surgery, he was projected as a long reliever. Please tell me they have someone with more upside that needs a 40 man roster spot. He will likely be 26-27 before he is able to be a rookie in the ML. Just cut him.
I agree with Fife that they should have, from the start of the season, been playing Schoop full time at 2B to see what he has left, Because of how they have used him, he has no trade value, now. As long as Baez bats higher than 7th, this team will go nowhere. Maton is hitting .167 against right handed pitchers, what should be his strong suit, and Hinch is batting him 4th and 5th!!! I am getting so tired of all the players platooning. Either send Maton to the minors, or play him everyday to see if he can get a rhythm going. Stop wasting ABs on Nevin, and Ibanez. Call up Parker Meadows and Henry-Malloy. This team needs BATS!!
Schoop hasn’t had any trade value since roughly this time last year. They supposedly tried hard to move him at the trade deadline last year and there were no takers.
Every one on the team was bad last year so they fired the hitting coaches. Of course during a bad year, he had no value. In ’21, he was great. It would have been nice to actually give him an opportunity to show which was reality. If he had returned to hitting for average and displayed some power, like in ’21, there would be teams interested. Sitting him on the bench has prevented that possibility from happening.
Even at his best in MiLB, Freddie Pachero is mediocre. He’s not what the Tigers need.