The Tigers signed right-hander Zack Godley to a minor league deal. The deal is worth $1.5 million and will be a non-roster invitee to Spring Training for an opportunity to compete for a rotation spot. He has a clause in his contract that he could opt out of his deal on March 23rd.
Godley’s career started with the Cubs as a tenth-round draft pick out of the University of Tennessee in 2013. (Former Tiger Steve Searcy, the 3rd round pick in 1985, is an alumnus and has an award named after him in Knoxville so there is your random fact of the day) and was traded on December 9th, 2014 with Jefferson Mejia for Miguel Montero.