P | Colorado Rockies
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 8" 300 lbs | Age: 26
Draft: 2021 | Rd. 14, No. 405, Detroit Tigers | Charleston Southern
MLB Pipeline Rank
Tigers: No. 30
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2025 4 1 2.74 20 1 1 23 33 1.26
Career Minors 21 15 3.40 187 5 14 243.1 281 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2025 20 4-1 2.74 23 33 1.26
Career Minors 187 21-15 3.40 243.1 281 1.21
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Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

SeasonTmLGLWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBSOWHIP
2021 3 Teams Minors 0 1 7.04 6 1 0 7.2 7 7 6 1 3 8 1.30
2021 FCL Tigers East FCL ROK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2021 Lakeland Flying Tigers A SE A 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0.75
2021 West Michigan Whitecaps A+ C A+ 0 1 20.25 2 1 0 2.2 5 6 6 1 2 4 2.63
2022 2 Teams Minors 3 1 3.67 49 0 5 54.0 46 28 22 6 18 62 1.19
2022 Lakeland Flying Tigers FSL A 1 0 2.19 9 0 4 12.1 9 3 3 1 4 16 1.05
2022 West Michigan Whitecaps MID A+ 2 1 4.10 40 0 1 41.2 37 25 19 5 14 46 1.22
2023 2 Teams Minors 2 4 3.49 42 1 3 56.2 64 29 22 6 18 56 1.45
2023 West Michigan Whitecaps MID A+ 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 8 0.60
2023 Erie SeaWolves EAS AA 2 4 3.83 37 1 2 51.2 62 29 22 6 17 48 1.53
2024 Erie SeaWolves EAS AA 6 7 3.68 43 1 3 58.2 42 29 24 2 27 76 1.18
2025 2 Teams Minors 10 2 2.44 47 2 3 66.1 48 20 18 4 22 79 1.06
2025 Erie SeaWolves EAS AA 6 1 2.28 27 1 2 43.1 29 13 11 2 12 46 0.95
2025 Toledo Mud Hens INT AAA 4 1 2.74 20 1 1 23.0 19 7 7 2 10 33 1.26
FCL Tigers FCL ROK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Toledo Mud Hens INT AAA 4 1 2.74 20 1 1 23.0 19 7 7 2 10 33 1.26
Erie SeaWolves EAS AA 14 12 3.34 107 3 7 153.2 133 71 57 10 56 170 1.23
West Michigan Whitecaps MID A+ 2 2 4.56 47 1 2 49.1 44 31 25 6 17 58 1.24
Lakeland Flying Tigers FSL A 1 0 1.65 12 0 4 16.1 11 4 3 1 5 18 0.98

Scouting Report

2025

Scouting grades: Fastball: 50 | Slider: 60 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 45 | Overall: 40

Petit was a two-time All-Big South First Team selection at Charleston Southern, including as a junior starter in 2021 when he posted a 2.79 ERA in 84 frames. The Tigers selected him in the 14th round that summer and signed him for $125,000, making him the first Charleston Southern player drafted in three years. Petit immediately moved into a relief role in the pros and has remained there since. He spent all of 2024 with Double-A Erie, finishing with a 3.68 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 76 strikeouts in 58 2/3 innings. His 31.1 percent K rate and 2.87 FIP were both 16th-best among 278 pitchers with at least 50 frames in the Minors’ second-highest level.

Standing at 6-foot-8, Petit would match Doug Fister for the tallest pitcher in Tigers history if he makes the big club. He doesn’t get big extension out of that frame, instead using his height to create a steep downward plane leading to a 50 percent ground-ball rate last season. There is some velocity here, touching 98 mph while sitting 94-96, and the Tigers have worked to generate a bit more heat from the righty. Petit’s 83-85 mph gyro slider is much better at generating swing-and-miss and chase low in the zone with strong depth, and his 86-89 mph changeup tunnels well enough off the fastball with just enough velocity separation.

Petit faced righties and lefties equally in 2024 and held the latter to a .179 average and .236 slugging percentage over 122 plate appearances. His walk rate creeped up, however, and he was left unprotected and unpicked in the Rule 5 Draft. Entering his age-25 season, the hulking hurler could still factor into A.J. Hinch’s bullpen plans with his split-proof arsenal.


Transactions

Team Date Transaction
12/10/2025 Colorado Rockies purchased contract of RHP RJ Petit in the Rule 5 Draft.
07/22/2025 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Toledo Mud Hens from Erie SeaWolves.
03/06/2025 activated RHP RJ Petit.
02/24/2025 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Detroit Tigers.
03/07/2024 Detroit Tigers Prospects activated RHP RJ Petit.
02/27/2024 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Detroit Tigers.
09/22/2023 Salt River Rafters activated RHP RJ Petit.
04/27/2023 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Erie SeaWolves from West Michigan Whitecaps.
04/27/2023 Erie SeaWolves activated RHP RJ Petit.
04/27/2023 Erie SeaWolves activated RHP RJ Petit.
03/08/2023 RHP RJ Petit roster status changed by Detroit Tigers.
03/08/2023 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Detroit Tigers.
06/13/2022 RHP RJ Petit assigned to West Michigan Whitecaps from Lakeland Flying Tigers.
06/13/2022 West Michigan Whitecaps activated RHP RJ Petit.
05/16/2022 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Lakeland Flying Tigers from West Michigan Whitecaps.
04/01/2022 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Detroit Tigers.
04/01/2022 RHP RJ Petit roster status changed by Detroit Tigers.
09/14/2021 RHP RJ Petit assigned to West Michigan Whitecaps from Lakeland Flying Tigers.
09/02/2021 RHP RJ Petit assigned to Lakeland Flying Tigers from FCL Tigers East.
08/30/2021 RHP RJ Petit assigned to FCL Tigers East.
07/23/2021 Detroit Tigers signed RHP RJ Petit.