Surgery ends season for Tigers reliever Jason Foley
Detroit – Jason Foley’s season has ended before it ever had a chance to get started.
Manager AJ Hinch announced Tuesday that Foley, a stalwart in the Tigers’ bullpen that last three seasons, had season-ending shoulder surgery last week.
“As you would imagine, he’s frustrated with the result but determined to get back better than ever,” Hinch said.
Foley, 29, who pitched in 199 games covering 189.1 innings the last three years, leading the team with 28 saves last season, was expected to resume his leverage role again this season.
But he never got untracked this spring and was among the final cuts out of spring training. He made just five appearances at Triple-A Toledo and was virtually unhittable – 6.2 scoreless, one-hit innings with nine strikeouts and no walks.
And then he was shut down with the right shoulder strain.
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“Anytime you say the word season-ending, that’s tough on everybody, most notably the player,” Hinch said. “He worked really hard this winter to get himself in a position to have a successful season.
“Then the jolt of not having a good spring and getting sent out, then the injury. He’s going to want to forget 2025 and rightfully so.”
Foley was shut down almost exactly at the time the Tigers were ready to bring him back up. Relievers Beau Brieske and John Brebbia both had stints on the injured list after Foley went down.
“He was very much going to be part of building a successful season here,” Hinch said. “I feel for him. I love him as a competitor and I know he will attack his rehab.”
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