Quincy

Nieporte

Nieporte batted .270/.331/.536 with 31 home runs across 518 plate appearances last season for Double-A Erie and will likely open the 2023 campaign at Triple-A Toledo. The 28-year-old first baseman split the 2021 campaign between the Schaumburg Boomers of the independent Frontier League and High Point Rockers of the independent Atlantic League.

Nieporte split the 2021 campaign between the Schaumburg Boomers of the independent Frontier League and High Point Rockers of the independent Atlantic League, slashing a robust .331/.381/.575 with 17 homers and three steals across 328 plate appearances. The 27-year-old first baseman, who spent a few years in the Phillies’ system earlier in his career, will get a shot in the Tigers’ minor-league system this year.