{"id":608353,"date":"2026-03-05T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608353\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:20:35","slug":"detroit-tigers-prospect-josue-briceno-undergoes-right-wrist-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608353\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers prospect Josue Brice\u00f1o undergoes right wrist surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAKELAND, FL \u2013\u00a0Detroit Tigers<\/a> prospect Josue Brice\u00f1o<\/a> will miss time while recovering from right wrist surgery.<\/p>\n

Brice\u00f1o \u2013\u00a0the Tigers’ consensus No. 4 prospect \u2013 underwent surgery Wednesday, March 4, in Philadelphia, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation. The 21-year-old catcher\/first baseman ranks as the No. 40 prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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By Thursday, Brice\u00f1o had already returned to Lakeland, home of the Tigers’ spring training complex.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Tigers first baseman Josue Brice\u00f1o practices during spring training at TigerTown in Lakeland, Florida, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

The surgery repaired a tendon in Brice\u00f1o’s right wrist, which is his throwing hand.<\/p>\n

There isn’t an exact timetable for his return.<\/p>\n

Brice\u00f1o reported the wrist injury after hitting Feb. 28 in a spring training game, and by March 1, the Tigers canceled his travel plans to the Dominican Republic for the two-game exhibition series in Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n

In six spring games, Brice\u00f1o hit .167 (2-for-12) with zero walks and one strikeout across 13 plate appearances. He logged 11 innings at first base and six innings at catcher, along with an appearance at designated hitter.<\/p>\n

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Once healthy, Brice\u00f1o \u2013 a left-handed hitter \u2013\u00a0seems ticketed for a return to Double-A Erie in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Brice\u00f1o hit .232 with five home runs, 25 walks and 47 strikeouts in 45 games at the Double-A level, following an early July promotion from High-A West Michigan. For the SeaWolves, he started 27 games at catcher, 10 at first base and eight at designated hitter.<\/p>\n

Back in 2024, he became the first Triple Crown winner in the 32-year history of the Arizona Fall League<\/a>, hitting .433 with 10 home runs and 27 RBIs in 25 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions.<\/p>\n

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Brice\u00f1o must prove he can hit for both contact and power against upper-level pitching in 2026, all while improving defensively behind the plate to avoid a full-time move to first base, where there will be increased expectations for his offense.<\/p>\n

But first, Brice\u00f1o needs to get healthy after wrist surgery.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Tigers\u00a0signed Brice\u00f1o to an $800,000 bonus out of Venezuela as part of the 2022 international signing period.<\/p>\n

Contact Evan Petzold at\u00a0epetzold@freepress.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow him\u00a0@EvanPetzold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Josue Brice\u00f1o injury news as Tigers prospect undergoes wrist surgery<\/a><\/p>\n