The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the Tigers have acquired lefty Aaron Fultz who was designated for assignment from the Indians four days ago.

Fultz had an awful spring ending with an 11.88 ERA, 16 hits and 3 walks over 8.1 innings of work. This prompted the Indians to DFA him even though they had already picked up his 1.5M option for the 2008 season. Fultz had a strong start to 2007 then struggled after getting injured:

“He was a guy who, prior to the injury, pitched effectively for us,” Shapiro said. “He never really got back to that form after [the injury]. I’m sure he’s a guy who can still help someone in the big leagues, but our desire was to take that spot in the bullpen and use that spot as an area where we try to get better.”

Details of the contract are not available, that I can find, but it appears to be a minor-league contract. Low risk, high reward type of deal as far as I can tell. I’m sure that the Indians didn’t expect that team to be the Detroit Tigers. Fultz could add another lefty to the Tigers pen, behind Seay, if he can return to form.