ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Detroit Tigers lost a big right-handed arm in Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft. RJ Petit was selected by the Colorado Rockies with the first overall pick of the draft, which marks the conclusion of MLB’s annual winter meetings. The Tigers had elected to leave Petit unprotected, and the rebuilding Rockies jumped on him.

The Detroit Tigers are the subject of many offseason MLB rumors in free agency and trades at the Winter Meetings in Orlando this week.

Detroit Tigers right-handed reliever Matt Seelinger – and his famous "knuckle puck" pitch – will report to spring training as a non-roster invitee.

The Tigers, for the third year in a row, opted not to make a pick in the Major League Rule 5 draft. They were quite active, though, in the Triple-A portion of the draft, selecting four right-handed pitchers: Luke Taggert from the Rockies, Jan Caraballo from the Giants, John Stankiewicz from the Twins and Yandy Gomez from the Angels.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gabe Ribas, whose tenure as the Detroit Tigers’ director of pitching spanned two front offices, has been hired as assistant pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies. Ribas, 45, joined the Tigers in 2021 and remained on staff after the arrival of president Scott Harris the following year.

If the Detroit Tigers can't extend Tarik Skubal, then only two options remain before free agency: trade him or keep him. Here are five mock trades.

Coming off a 119-loss season, the Colorado Rockies selected Detroit Tigers right-hander RJ Petit with the first pick of the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday. A total of 13 players were selected in the major league phase of the draft,

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Detroit Tigers left-hander Gregory Soto has signed a one-year, $7.75 million deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Soto, who turns 31 in February, was signed by the Tigers out of the Dominican Republic and pitched in the big leagues from 2019-2022.

The Arizona Diamondbacks round out their Rule 5 Draft selections.