Detroit Tigers He had an extraordinary 2024 season and the goal for next year cannot be other than surpassing what was achieved in the previous contest and to do so they are already looking for new talents, like the one signed this Wednesday, November 20.
The 27-year-old infielder, Jahmai Jones He has new equipment and it was precisely Detroit Tigers the one who signed this player for a salary of 810 thousand dollars as reported Evan Petzold del Detroit Free Press. Jones also received an invitation to spring training in 2025.
#Tigers sign Jahmai Jones, a right-handed hitting utility player, to minor league contract (worth $810,000 if in MLB) that includes invitation to spring training https://t.co/GG8NTS9rru
— Evan Petzold (@EvanPetzold) November 20, 2024
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The Roswell, Georgia native was originally drafted by Los Angeles Angels in the second round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft out of Wesleyan High School (Georgia).
Jahmai Jones’ pre-Detroit Tigers career
Jahmai Jones was acquired by Baltimore Orioles in exchange for right-hander Alex Cobb and cash considerations on February 2, 2021. He was released by that organization on June 3, 2022 and signed with Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent Minor Leagues on July 23, 2022. After being fired for Dodgers On July 1, 2023, he was hired by Milwaukee Brewers as a free agent for MiLB on July 3, 2023.
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Before reaching Detroit TigersJones spent most of 2024 with New York Yankeesalthough in a fairly limited role. He was claimed off waivers from Milwaukee in February, but had exhausted his option years and needed to remain on the roster. The Bronx team kept him for more than four months, but they only gave him 47 appearances in that period. He was removed from the roster in early August.
Detroit Tigers receives a player who has a poor batting line of .198/.257/.278/.535 (AVE/OBP/SLG/OPS), in his career in the Big Leagues, although in 137 plate appearances in four different seasons.
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However, in 2024, during his time in Triple A with New York Yankees He exhibited frequencies of .304/.390/.490/.880, this added to what he did in 2023 with Milwaukee left him with an offensive line of .276/.408/.471/.879 in 564 appearances at home plate in that level.
Despite their poor numbers in Big LeaguesJones is talented enough and young enough that an organization like Detroit Tigerswho managed to reach the Serie Divisional in 2024, bet on him, at least for the future.
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