Mud Hens reliever headed to big leagues with Red Sox after trade

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Detroit Tigers' Trey Wingenter during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP

DETROIT -- It may have been a minor-league trade, but Trey Wingenter is headed straight to the big leagues.

Wingenter, a 30-year-old right-handed reliever, was assigned to the Boston Red Sox major-league club on Tuesday, three days after he was acquired in a trade with the Detroit Tigers.

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