The Detroit Tigers desperately need bats who can contribute in 2020 (and beyond). Their offense was the worst in the majors last season by multiple metrics and it often felt like the team had hit rock bottom despite bright performances on the mound from Matthew Boyd, Spencer Turnbull, and Shane Greene. There aren’t many in-house reinforcements coming down the pipe on the offensive side of things — the early focus of Detroit’s rebuild has been to grow their pitching corps within and then build a lineup around them.
The Rule 5 draft, set to take place on Thursday, rarely yields immediate contributors.