Tigers Triple-A report: Sawyer Gipson-Long activated off IL; Wenceel Perez sizzling
Minneapolis — Sawyer Gipson-Long, at last, is off the medical report and back in the competition. The Tigers on Monday activated the 28-year-old right-hander off the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo where he is expected to work his way into the Mud Hens’ rotation. Gipson-Long, whom the Tigers acquired from the Twins for Michael Fulmer on Aug.
2, 2022, was unable to compete this spring because of a left oblique strain. He made a strong four-start debut with the Tigers at the end of the 2023 season, posting a 2. 70 ERA with 20 strikeouts and eight walks in 20 innings.
But he’s labored through an assortment of injuries since, including Tommy John surgery and hip surgery that cost him all of 2024 and most of last season. He threw 39 pitches (25 strikes) in a 1. 2-inning rehab stint at Low-A Lakeland.
The Lakeland defenders made a couple of errors behind him which led to four unearned runs and padded his pitch count. He allowed two hits and struck out two. Triple-A report One of manager AJ Hinch ’s hardest conversations this spring was the morning he told outfielder Wenceel Perez that he’d be starting the season at Triple-A Toledo .
“Wenceel is a good player,” Hinch said last month. “He’s one of my favorites because he’s such a good versatile player. His energy is through the roof and the switch-hitting component.