Michael Bruce Fiers (/ˈfaɪərs/; born June 15, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics.

[3] In January 2008, Fiers fell asleep while driving on the Florida Turnpike, crashed into a guard rail, and was ejected through the windshield of the car.

[9] With his next pitch, Fiers proceeded to hit Reed Johnson (pinch hitter who was completing Stanton's plate appearance) on one of his hands when he attempted to paint the inside corner.

On July 30, 2015, the Brewers traded Fiers and Carlos Gómez to the Houston Astros for Brett Phillips, Domingo Santana, Josh Hader, and Adrian Houser.

[14] On September 14, 2017, Fiers was suspended five games for throwing a pitch aimed at the head of Luis Valbuena.

The Astros won the 2017 World Series, giving Fiers his first career championship ring.

[17] Fiers went through extended spring training due to a back injury, and was not on the Tigers 2018 opening day roster.

He joined the team on April 8 and won his Tiger debut with six scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox.

On August 14, Fiers earned his first win with the A's, surrendering two runs and striking out five over six innings against the Seattle Mariners.

[25] On May 7, 2019, Fiers threw a no-hitter at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against the Cincinnati Reds, striking out six and walking two.

On June 29, 2022, Fiers had his contract purchased by the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

[33] In November 2019, Fiers revealed to journalists Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic that in 2017 the Astros used a video camera in center field to steal signs from opposing teams.

[34] Some baseball commentators, including analyst Jessica Mendoza and Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, have criticized Fiers for coming forward publicly and only revealing the scandal once he was playing for a divisional rival, while many others in the baseball community defended him.

He also experiments with a cutter in the mid 80's for some extra movement to induce ground balls or surprise hitters.

Despite having relatively low velocity, his command, the movement of his pitches (particularly his slow, looping curveball) all make him quite capable of racking up strikeouts.