DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have re-signed veteran right-hander Tanner Rainey to a minor-league contract.

He’ll be invited to spring training in February as a non-roster player.

Rainey, who turns 33 on Christmas Day, was called up to provide depth in the final week of the season after Charlie Morton was designated for assignment . He pitched in two regular-season games and accompanied the team through the playoffs as a taxi squad player.

Rainey has pitched in parts of eight big-league seasons, most notably with the Washington Nationals from 2019 to 2024. He won a World Series ring in 2019 as a rookie, pitching four times in the Fall Classic against A.J. Hinch’s Houston Astros.

Rainey had an excellent sophomore campaign in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, but since then has battled

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