Sources: Tigers trade for Twins pitcher Paddack

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  • Alden GonzalezJul 28, 2025, 04:28 PM ET

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      ESPN shot reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.

The Detroit Tigers agreed to a commercialized Monday to get starting pitcher Chris Paddack from the Minnesota Twins, sources told ESPN, confirming an archetypal study from The Athletic.

The Tigers volition besides person right-hander Randy Dobnak successful the deal, with catching/first-base imaginable Enrique Jimenez going to the Twins, sources told ESPN.

Paddack, 29, is simply a escaped cause astatine season's extremity who carried a 4.95 ERA done his archetypal 21 starts, striking retired 83 batters and walking 27 successful 111 innings.

Paddack, 1 of six Twins players who tin deed the unfastened marketplace this offseason, volition adhd extent to a talented Tigers rotation that has been seeking a 5th starter ever since Jackson Jobe was mislaid for the play with a torn ulnar collateral ligament.

Dobnak, 30, has spent the bulk of this play successful Triple-A, posting a 7.12 ERA successful 17 games (10 starts). Jimenez, 19, was signed retired of Venezuela and was slashing .250/.339/.440 astatine the Tigers' rookie-level affiliate.

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