Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda will remain in the bullpen in the immediate future, but he hopes to earn his way back ...

Maeda features one of the game’s best split-fingered pitches. He limited hitters to a .182 average with that pitch last season, getting swings-and-misses at a 35% clip. His slider, which he ...

Maeda has started 172 of 219 games in his MLB career, spanning a total of 978⅔ innings. He owns a 4.23 ERA in 891 innings as a starter and a 3.49 ERA in 87⅔ innings as a reliever.

The Detroit Tigers officially signed Kenta Maeda to a two-year, $24 million contract. He will earn $14 million in 2024 and $10 million in 2025.

The Detroit Tigers, led by Scott Harris, signed Kenta Maeda to a two-year, $24 million contract, paying $14 million in 2024 and $10 million in 2025.

Hinch evaluated Maeda's performance in 2024 before Wednesday's game. "My evaluation of Kenta has been he's trying to find all of his pitches on the same day against the same opponent," Hinch said.

Kenta Maeda, now 35, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers out of Japan in 2016. Since 2020, he has pitched for the Minnesota Twins in the AL Central.

Maeda, who will turn 33 on April 11, went 6-1 with a 2.70 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 66 2/3 innings over 11 starts last year after arriving in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

That's how Twins fans have come to know Kenta Maeda, who came to the Twins from the Dodgers just before the pandemic delayed and shortened the 2020 season. Maeda made an impression in his first ...

Right-hander Kenta Maeda struck out eight and surrendered just one hit in five innings as the Minnesota Twins blanked the host Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on Tuesday night.

In 2016, when Maeda was a full-time starter, he earned $7.25 million in incentives, according to Spotrac. That number fell to $4.25 million in 2017 and then $3 million in 2018, before rebounding ...