Detroit – Gage Workman could return to the organization of Detroit Tigers after a brief detour of rule 5 in Chicago.
The Cubs appointed the worker for assignment on Wednesday after signing the veteran field player Nicky Lopez.
The Cubs selected Tigers workman last December in the draft of Rule 5, which allows teams to poach unprotected players from other organizations.
The warning: the choices of rule 5 must remain on the active list of their new team throughout the season or be offered to their original club.
Workman will now make exemptions and can be claimed by any other team, subject to the same conditions of rule 5. If he does not receive, Cubs must offer it to tigers for $ 50,000 – half the cost of acquisition. Tigers would almost certainly accept, especially since they would not be required to place it on their active list and could send it to minor leagues.
Workman, 25, was selected by the Tigers in the fourth round of the 2020 sorcegist of the state of Arizona, where he was a teammate with the overall choice n ° 1 Spencer Torkelson.
He spent nearly three complete seasons with Double-A Erie, but has never been promoted triple-a by the Tigers. He came out of a strong season during which he posted an OPS of .843 with 18 circuits and 30 bases stolen in 556 plaques appearances.
Striker left, the worker is mainly a stallion and a third basic player, but played everywhere on the field. Cubs imagined him as a super-utility player.
During his month with the Cubs, Workman saw a limited action, going 3 for 14 with six stick withdrawals in nine games.
If he returns to the tigers, he would probably present himself to Triple-A Toledo, who left for a start of 6-16 and could use a boost for his attack in difficulty.
Workman was one of the two players that the tigers lost in last December draft. The receiver Liam Hicks, the other, remains with the Miami Marlins and recently recorded a four -stroke match against Philadelphia.
