Longtime Tigers Quad-A outfielder Akil Baddoo elected free agency on Oct. 14 to leave the organization after five seasons with Detroit. Baddoo, a Rule 5 steal from the Twins in 2020, was electric on the day of and in the days following his major league debut in April 2021 — he hit a home run in his first ever at-bat, a grand slam the next day, and his first walk-off the day after that.
But he burnt hot and very, very fast. After hitting .259 with .766 OPS in his rookie season, he hit .