DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have signed right-handed pitcher and former San Francisco Giants prospect Cole Waites to a minor-league deal. The news was reported on Thursday by Ari Alexander of WHDH in Boston. Waites, 27, missed the entire 2024 season and much of 2025 after undergoing his second Tommy John surgery.

James Ryan is named in the second row after serving a suspension following a red card in Ireland's November defeat by South Africa, while there are two front-row changes as Tadhg Furlong and Ronan Kelleher replace Thomas Clarkson and Dan Sheehan at tight-head prop and hooker.

Jackson Jobe last pitched for the Detroit Tigers on May 28, then underwent surgery June 16 to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney will look to get back to the peak of the college football world with some critical additions to the Tigers this offseason.

Clemson Looking to Bounce Back after Two Difficult Losses “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Those famous words from Charles Dickens sums up the last two outings for Clemson’s men’s basketball team who dropped two close quad 1 games to Alabama and BYU.