Jon ConahanWed, November 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM UTC·2 min readTigers should avoid veteran and give Hao-Yu Lee a chance at MLB level originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Detroit Tigers will need to add a few different things during the offseason, and one of them will be a right-handed-hitting infielder.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhile it seems unlikely that Detroit will go out and spend with the best of them around Major League Baseball, that doesn’t mean the Tigers can’t be in the mix for some proven veterans, even if they aren’t the best players in baseball.
Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press recently named Ramon Urias, who played games for the Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros a year ago, as someone who could make sense in Detroit.
“Urías, a six-year MLB veteran, is a defense-first player who specializes in third base but also plays second base, shortstop and first base. He hit .241 with 11 home runs, 27 walks and 88 strikeouts in 112 games for the Baltimore Orioles (77 games) and Astros (35 games) last season, performing better against left-handed pitchers.
“From 2023-25, Urías hit .263 with a .734 OPS against lefties, compared to .249 with a .692 OPS against righties. The Tigers would benefit from a right-handed hitting infielder who performs against lefties (only if prospect Hao-Yu Lee begins the season in Triple-A Toledo or shortstop Javier Báez plays center field against lefties), making Urías' fit dependent on the roster configuration,” he wrote.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt’s not the worst idea to give someone like Urias an opportunity to play, but the Tigers might benefit more from giving prospect Hao-Yu Lee a chance at the highest level.
Lee proved in Triple-A Toledo a season ago that he can do a lot of good on both sides of the baseball, so the youngster will eventually need an opportunity to show that at the major league level.
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