Free agent pitcher Jose Urena will play the 2021 MLB season with the Detroit Tigers. Urena agreed to a one-year deal with the Tigers that will see him earn $3.5 million next year.
The Tigers confirmed the deal on Thursday via their official social media.
According to Tigers general manager Al Avila, the team made Urena one of their primary targets in free agency due to his leadership and experience playing at a high level.
“Jose has a great ability to navigate a lineup and limit damage, while keeping his team in the game, which is exactly the stability we’re looking for heading into the 2021 season,” Avila added.
Urena is coming off a rough 2020 campaign, in which he had COVID-19 to start the season and then had to be shut down after just five games due to a broken forearm. He went 0-3, posting 5.40 ERA and striking out 15.
In previous years, however, Jose Urena was a major contributor in the Miami Marlins’ rotation. He made his MLB debut with the franchise in 2015 and went on to make 142 appearances in the majors with 98 starts and 18 finishes.
Urena’s career stats include a 32-46 record, 4.60 ERA, and 406 strikeouts.
