Detroit − Tigers president Scott Harris said on Saturday, the day he announced that he traded lefty reliever Gregory Soto to the Phillies, that he was close to signing another left-handed reliever, albeit it on a minor-league deal.
That lefty reliever, as it turns out, is 32-year-old Chasen Shreve. A one-year deal with an invitation to spring training was agreed to Monday, as first reported by Robert Murray of Fansided Sports. Shreve can earn up to $2 million if he pitches in the big leagues.
Shreve, who has pitched in parts of nine big-league seasons, broke in the with the Braves in 2014 and then spent four seasons with the Yankees.