The Detroit Tigers purchased the contract of right-handed starting pitcher Scot Drucker from the independend Grand Prairie AirHogs and assigned him to the SeaWolves.
Grand Prairie, a member of the 10-team American Association of Independent Professional Baseball league, is managed by former SeaWolves hitting instructor Pete Incaviglia.
Drucker, 26, a native of Miami, was 8-3 with a 2.41 ERA in 15 starts for Grand Prairie this season. He had 57 strikeouts and 20 walks in 93 1/3 innings. He limited opponents to a .224 batting average, and his ERA ranked second in the league.
Drucker was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 2004 draft and pitched in their organization for three years.