The big guy has returned to the Detroit Tigers.
RJ Petit, a 6-foot-8 right-handed pitcher, has been sent back to the Tigers by way of Rule 5 draft rules.
The Colorado Rockies took Petit from the Tigers with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 Rule 5 draft. But he missed the 2026 MLB season after he had Tommy John surgery with an internal brace.
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“We had a sense,” Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg told the Free Press in 2025 about losing Petit to the Rockies.
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