Detroit Tigers minor league players

Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Detroit Tigers system.

Wynton Bernard

Wynton Bernard
Detroit Tigers – No. 63
Center fielder
Born: September 24, 1990 San Diego, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Wynton Allen Bernard (born September 24, 1990) is an American professional baseball center fielder in the Detroit Tigers organization.

Bernard was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 35th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft out of Niagara University.^[1] Before the 2014 season, he signed a minor league deal with the Detroit Tigers.^[2] Playing for the West Michigan Whitecaps in 2014, he broke the teams single season hit record with 164.^[3] He was added to the Tigers 40-man roster on October 31, 2014.

His brother, Walter Bernard, played in the National Football League. Bernard and his family appeared in the TV game show Family Feud in 2011.^[4]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Beau Burrows

Beau Burrows
Detroit Tigers
Pitcher
Born: September 18, 1996 Weatherford, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Beau Burrows (born September 18, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. He attended Weatherford High School in Weatherford, Texas.^[5][6] He was selected by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 2015 MLB draft.^[7][8][9]

Mike Gerber

Mike Gerber
Detroit Tigers – No. 75
Outfielder
Born: July 8, 1992 Naperville, Illinois
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Michael J. Gerber (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Detroit Tigers organization.

Gerber was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 40th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois. He did not sign and attended the Creighton University to play college baseball. He was then drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 15th round of the 2014 MLB Draft.^[10] He made his professional debut with the Connecticut Tigers and also played with the West Michigan Whitecaps. Gerber spent 2015 with West Michigan and played in the Arizona Fall League after the season.^[11][12]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Creighton Blue Jays bio

Grayson Greiner

Grayson Greiner
Detroit Tigers
Catcher
Born: October 11, 1992 Columbia, South Carolina
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Grayson James Greiner (born October 11, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.

Greiner played college baseball for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks from 2012 to 2014. He played in 179 games during his career, hitting .278/.358/.435 with 18 home runs.

Greiner was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.^[13][14] He signed with the Tigers and made his professional debut with the West Michigan Whitecaps.^[15] He played in 26 games before a broken hamate bone in his left wrist ended his season. He hit .322/.394/.444 with two home runs.^[16]

• Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• South Caroina Gamecocks bio

Joe Jiménez

Joe Jiménez
Detroit Tigers
Pitcher
Born: January 17, 1995 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Joe Alexander Jiménez (born January 17, 1995) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.

Jiménez signed with the Detroit Tigers as an undrafted free agent out of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy in June 2013. He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Tigers. He spent 2014 with the Connecticut Tigers and started 2015 with the West Michigan Whitecaps.^[17][18] During the 2015 season, Jiménez went 5–1 with a 1.47 ERA, a 0.791 WHIP and 17 saves in 40 appearances for West Michigan, and was named the Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Year.^[19]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Austin Kubitza

Austin Kubitza
Detroit Tigers
Pitcher
Born: November 16, 1991 Colleyville, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Austin Michael Kubitza (born November 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.

Kubitza attended Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas.^[20] He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the seventh round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He did not sign and played college baseball at Rice University from 2011 to 2013.^[21][22] In 2011, he was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Houston College Classic.^[23] In three years, he went 20–14 with a 2.34 earned run average (ERA) and 309 strikeouts in 289 innings.

Kubitza was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the fourth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.^[24] He signed with the Tigers and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Tigers and also played for the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Pitching for the West Michigan Whitecaps in 2014, Kubitza was named the Tigers Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 10–2 with a 2.34 ERA.^[25][26]

His brother, Kyle Kubitza, plays in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization.^[27]

• Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Rice Owls bio

Jairo Labourt

Jairo Labourt
Detroit Tigers – No. 53
Pitcher
Born: March 7, 1994 Azua, Azua, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left Throws: Left

Jairo Snaider Labourt (born March 7, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.

Labourt was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent for $350,000 in August 2011.^[28] He made 12 starts for the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays in 2011, and posted a 0–4 record with a 2.23 earned run average in 36¹⁄₃ innings.^[29] Labourt played the 2012 season with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays and went 0–3 with a 3.79 ERA over 12 starts totalling 38 innings.^[29] Continuing his rise through the minor league system, he played all of 2013 with the Bluefield Blue Jays and earned his first professional win, finishing the season with a 2–2 record and an impressive 1.92 ERA over 51²⁄₃ innings.^[29] Labourt began the 2014 season with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, where he struggled in his 6 appearances (3 starts) and pitched to a 6.43 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 14 innings.^[29] He was then reassigned to the Low-A Vancouver Canadians and made 15 starts for the team, posting a 5–3 record with a 1.77 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 71¹⁄₃ innings.^[29] His 1.77 ERA was the lowest mark in the Northwest League, earning him the 2014 ERA title.^[30] On October 1, Labourt was named the number 3 prospect in the Northwest League by Baseball America.^[31]

On July 30, 2015, Labourt was traded to the Detroit Tigers along with Daniel Norris and Matt Boyd in exchange for David Price.^[32] Labourt was assigned to the Dunedin Blue Jays prior to the trade. The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.^[33]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Montreal Robertson

Montreal Robertson
Detroit Tigers – No. 40
Pitcher
Born: June 19, 1990 McGehee, Arkansas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Montreal D. Robertson (born June 19, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization

Robertson was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 29th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft out of Coahoma Community College.^[34] The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.^[33]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Christin Stewart

Christin Stewart
Detroit Tigers
Left fielder
Born: December 10, 1993 Lawrenceville, Georgia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Christin Stewart is an American professional baseball left fielder in the Detroit Tigers organization. He played college baseball for the University of Tennessee. The Tigers drafted him in the 34th overall in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. Baseball America wrote that he has a "physical frame and produces above-average bat speed (that) combined with the natural leverage in his swing, translates into plus raw power".^[35]

Stewart is 6 feet tall and weights 205 pounds. He attended Providence Christian Academy in Lilburn, Georgia, where he hit 69 home runs throughout his high school baseball career, including 26 as a junior, which was a Georgia state single-season record. During three seasons at the University of Tennessee, Stewart batted .319 with a .962 OPS during three seasons in Tennessee. During the 2015 season, he batted .311, hit 15 home runs and 47 RBIs in 50 games during his junior year in 2015. Stewart was selected by Detroit with the compensatory pick they received after losing Max Scherzer as a free agent during the previous off-season. He was the second player drafted by Tigers in the first round of the draft, after Beau Burrows.^[35] Stewart signed with the Tigers.^[36]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Full Triple-A to Rookie rosters

Triple-A

Toledo Mud Hens roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 18 Ruben Alaniz -- Chad Bell 48 Matt Boyd * 16 Drake Britton 11 Jeff Ferrell * 26 Preston Guilmet 47 Logan Kensing 35 Dustin Molleken 43 Daniel Norris * 39 Bobby Parnell 54 Bruce Rondón * 20 Warwick Saupold 37 Josh Turley 32 Thad Weber		Catchers 13 Miguel Gonzalez  7 Humberto Quintero Infielders  3 Argenis Díaz 28 Thomas Field 17 Chad Huffman  6 Dixon Machado * 31 Casey McGehee Outfielders 36 Wynton Bernard * -- Tyler Collins * 14 Cameron Maybin #* 44 Steven Moya * 22 Nate Schierholtz 24 Jordany Valdespin		Manager -- Lloyd McClendon Coaches 10 Leon Durham (hitting) -- Jeff Pico (pitching) 30 Basilio Cabrera (third base) 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated May 3, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

Double-A

Erie SeaWolves roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 19 Lendy Castillo 43 Tommy Collier -- Michael Crotta 18 Matt Crouse -- Anthony Fernandez 27 Santiago Garrido 31 Lucas Harrell 44 Gabe Hemmer 15 Myles Jaye 45 Confesor Lara 28 Joe Mantiply 33 Cory Riordan -- Montreal Robertson 17 Brennan Smith 30 Kurt Spomer -- José Valdez *  3 Paul Voelker -- Kevin Ziomek		Catchers  7 Austin Green 41 John Hicks Infielders 32 Tyler Bortnick  1 Harold Castro 22 Kody Eaves 25 Dominic Ficociello 24 Alberto González 55 Dean Green 21 Corey Jones -- JaCoby Jones ‡ 12 Gustavo Nunez Outfielders 10 Connor Harrell 14 Jason Krizan  8 Jeff McVaney		Manager 13 Lance Parrish Coaches 20 Willie Blair (pitching) 40 Phil Clark (hitting) 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated May 4, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

Class A-Advanced

Lakeland Flying Tigers roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 15 Tyler Alexander 35 Johan Belisario 45 Endrys Briceno 59 Edgar De La Rosa –– Tyler Ford 31 Blaine Hardy # 27 Joe Jiménez 47 Jairo Labourt 14 A.J. Ladwig 34 Artie Lewicki 44 Daniel Norris # 37 Willy Paredes 30 Adam Ravenelle –– Zac Reininger 19 Gage Smith –– Slade Smith 30 Jeff Thompson 60 Adenson Verastegui 17 Alex Wilson #		Catchers  8 Grayson Greiner 28 Kade Scivicque Infielders 25 Wade Hinkle  9 Joey Pankake 10 Curt Powell 12 Jared Reaves 18 Zach Shepherd  1 A.J. Simcox Outfielders 13 Mike Gerber  7 Ross Kivett  4 Cameron Maybin # 20 Christin Stewart 32 Ben Verlander		Manager 24 Dave Huppert Coaches 40 Jorge Cordova (pitching) 53 Nelson Santovenia (hitting) 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated April 10, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

Class A

West Michigan Whitecaps roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 35 Sandy Baez 19 Toller Boardman 34 Beau Burrows 22 Matt Hall 26 Eudis Idrogo 18 Josh Laxer 14 Jonathan Maciel –– Dominic Moreno 39 Gerson Moreno 33 Fernando Perez 20 Jake Shull –– Drew Smith 28 Jordan Smith 15 Trent Szkutnik –– Trey Teakell –– Spencer Turnbull 31 Spenser Watkins		Catchers 13 Arvicent Perez  9 Shane Zeile Infielders 16 Will Allen 24 Steven Fuentes 10 David Gonzalez 30 Josh Lester 11 Will Maddox  5 Brett Pirtle Outfielders 27 Jose Azocar 25 Rashad Brown 23 Cam Gibson 21 Derek Hill –– Ismael Salgado		Manager 17 Andrew Graham Coaches  7 Edgar Alfonzo (hitting) 37 Mark Johnson (pitching) 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated April 7, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

Class A-Short Season

Connecticut Tigers roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 40 Ryan Castellanos 58 Oswaldo Castillo 27 Taylor Hicks 49 Jose Lopez 27 Ryan Milton 31 Michael Vinson		Catchers 57 Franklin Navarro 39 Tyler Servais Infielders 22 Tanner Donnels 17 Keaton Jones 28 Jose Zambrano Outfielders 48 Joey Havrilak		Manager 20 Mike Rabelo Coaches -- Mike Hessman (hitting) -- Ace Adams (pitching) 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated April 4, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

Rookie

Gulf Coast Tigers East roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 54 Dean Aldridge -- Anthony Castro 48 Emanuel Chavez 21 Francisco German  7 Alfred Gutierrez 45 Eduardo Jimenez 50 Alec Kisena 37 Carlos Lara 31 Victor Mueses 27 Gregory Soto		Catchers 13 Mario Sanjur  9 Andres Sthormes Infielders 49 Adrian Alfaro 33 Giancarlo Brugnoni  8 Junnell Ledezma  1 Anthony Pereira 56 Blaise Salter Outfielders 34 Cole Bauml 53 Cesar Gonzalez  3 Felix G. Santana 57 Ignacio Valdez		Manager 43 Basilio Cabrera Coaches 12 Nick Avila (pitching) -- German Geigel (hitting) -- Josman Robles (assistant hitting) 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated April 4, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

Gulf Coast Tigers West roster roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers None specified		Catchers None specified Infielders None specified Outfielders None specified		Manager Coaches 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated April 22, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

Foreign Rookie

Dominican Summer League Tigers roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 59 Yei Almonte 25 Jose Appleton 45 Jorge Baez 68 Franchi Batista 36 Rusbell Cabrera -- Bairon De La Rosa 44 Enrique De Pena 35 Julio Guante 64 Xavier Javier 30 Malvin Martinez 33 Stanley Martinez -- Melvin Morel -- Dionis Munoz 71 Noel Ovalles 53 Diosfer Romero 73 Felix Viloria		Catchers 51 Moises Nunez 31 Bryan Tejeda Infielders 48 Randel Alcantara 38 Isrrael De La Cruz -- Alexis Garcia 50 Hector Martinez 24 Jorge Ynirio Outfielders 52 Julio Martinez 66 Sauris Mejia 56 Jeffrei Melo 60 Allan Santos 61 Ariel Serrano		Manager -- Rafael Martinez Coaches -- Ramon Zapata (hitting) -- José Parra (pitching) 7-day disabled list * On Detroit Tigers 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated December 3, 2015 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Detroit Tigers minor league players

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