Overview
- Urquidy disclosed at a Wednesday press conference in Mexico that Detroit informed him it would not exercise the 2026 club option ahead of Thursday’s deadline.
- There is no buyout attached to the declined option, so the 30-year-old immediately enters free agency.
- Signed in March for $1 million while rehabbing from a second Tommy John surgery, Urquidy’s deal included a 2026 option with up to $3 million in start-based incentives.
- He returned in September for two relief appearances and posted a 7.71 ERA with three walks and three strikeouts across 2⅓ innings.
- In a separate move, the Tigers declined Paul Sewald’s $10 million mutual option and will pay a $1 million buyout.