Ryan Kreidler #5

Ryan Michael Kreidler (pronounced CRIED-ler)...X: @RyanKreidler...Instagram: @ryankreidler...fiancée, Gigi...2016 graduate of Davis (CA) High School...attended UCLA from 2017-19, where he was teammates with Matt McLain (Reds), Garrett Mitchell (Brewers) and Michael Toglia (Rockies) during junior year...hobbies are playing basketball and listening and discovering hip-hop music...participated in 2026 TwinsFest at Target Field.

2025

Made Detroit’s Opening Day roster for the second time in his career...was the team’s Opening Day starter in center field on March 27 at Los Angeles-NL, going 1-for-2...Hit safely in three of his first five games with the Tigers (March 27-April 2), but had just one hit in his final 12 games (April 4-20)...Drew two walks, stole a base and scored a run on April 17 vs. Kansas City...Hit .105 (4-for-38) with four walks, two stolen bases and five runs scored in 17 total games with Detroit...optioned to Toledo on April 21...Hit .251 (71-for-283) with 25 doubles, four triples, four home runs, 37 RBI, 50 walks, 13 stolen bases and 44 runs scored over his 84 games with the Mud Hens...Recalled by Detroit on July 28 and was active for that night’s game vs. Arizona, but did not appear in the game and was optioned back to Toledo after the game...Appeared in his final game with Toledo on Aug. 21 at Rochester, going 1-for-5 with an RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored...Designated for assignment on Aug. 22...ranked tied for fifth among all Tigers Minor League players in doubles and tied for seventh in triples when he was claimed...Claimed by Pittsburgh on Aug. 24...DFA’d by Pirates on Oct. 13 and claimed off waivers by Minnesota on Oct. 15.

2024

Played in 35 games with the Tigers, batting .119/.200/.169 with a homer and two RBI...also appeared in 48 games with Triple A Toledo, hitting .200/.320/.335 with four doubles, two triples, five homers and 14 RBI...Made his season debut for the Tigers on June 11 vs. Washington, starting at shortstop and going 0-for-2 with a run scored and a walk...Had a pair of hits and two runs scored on June 13 vs. Washington...marked his fifth career multi-hit contest (last, April 4, 2023 at Houston)...scored multiple times for the third time in his career (last, Sept. 19, 2022 at Baltimore)...Notched his first career multi-stolen base game on June 25 vs. Philadelphia...Launched a two-run blast in the fifth inning on July 2 at Minnesota for his second career homer and first since Sept. 7, 2022 at Los Angeles (AL).

2023

Limited to 49 games with Triple A Toledo in 2023 after missing much of the season due to injury...also played in 11 games with the Tigers... Made an Opening Day roster at the Major League level for the first time in his career... Recorded a multi-hit game on April 4 at Houston, going 2x4 with a run scored... Sidelined from April 28-Aug. 2 with a left knee contusion.

2022

Saw the first Major League action of his career in 2022, playing in 26 games with the Tigers....Belted a pair of solo homers as part of a 3x3 game on April 6 vs. Rochester... Sidelined from April 27-May 27 with a right hand fracture....On the injured list from June 26-July 29 with a left thigh strain....Made his Major League debut on Sept. 2 vs. Kansas City, starting at third base and going 0x2 with two runs scored and two walks...joined Riley Greene as Tigers rookies this season to have two-or-more runs scored and two-or-more walks in their debut...prior to 2022, the only other Tigers rookie to do so was Birdie Tebbetts on Sept. 16, 1936... Recorded the first two hits of his Major League career on September 3 vs. Kansas City...also drove in his first run with a sacrifice fly... Hit the first home run of his big league career in the ninth inning on Sept. 7 at Los Angeles (AL),a go-ahead solo homer...went back-to-back with Kerry Carpenter, marking the first time Tigers rookies have homered in consecutive plate appearances since July 31, 2015 at Baltimore when James McCann and Jefry Marte did so....Drove in a season-high three runs on Sept. 19 at Baltimore... Appeared in center field on Sept. 29 vs. Kansas City, marking the first time in his professional career he has played a game in the outfield... Ranked as the No. 9 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season.

2021

Spent most of the 2021 season with Double-A Erie, before a late season promotion to Triple-A Toledo...Named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...Ranked fifth in Double-A Northeast with 67 runs scored...Went a perfect 4x4 with a run scored May 23 vs. Binghamton...Finished the month of August hitting .323/.405/.521 with seven doubles, four home runs and 10 RBI in 26 games between Erie and Toledo... Appeared in three games with Salt River in the Arizona Fall League and went 2-for-10 with a run scored.

2020

Worked out remotely during the 2020 season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Began his professional career in 2019, playing in 60 games with Single A Connecticut...Finished a home run shy of the cycle on July 6 vs. Vermont, going 4x6 with a double, a triple and a RBI...Hit .299/.380/.471 with six doubles, three triples, one home run and 11 RBI in 23 games during July.