Vest becoming saves option in Detroit
Apr 28 2025
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Tigers
NEWS: RHP Will Vest is earning his way into closer consideration for the Tigers.
IMPACT: High
BHQ SPIN:. Vest converted Detroit’s only save opportunity over the weekend and now has 3 saves on the season, which is already a career high for the 29-year-old. He has experienced some good luck so far this season (12 H%, 100 S%), but there has been some improvement in his skills that back up the results. Vest has increased his K% to 36% and his swinging strike rate complies with this data (20.4%). He is also keeping the ball on the ground at a high rate (56 GB%) and all of this is factoring into a very good 2.62 xERA. Right now he is part of a committee with Tommy Kahnle, who has the highest leverage index (1.07...
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