Candelario banking on bouncing back strong after stint at Camp Cano

Jeimer Candelario led the Tigers in strikeouts in 2018 with 160. (Photo11: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)

Lakeland, Fla. — When the season ended last year, the Tigers had one specific offseason request for third baseman Jeimer Candelario.

Go home and rest your body, and your mind.

Candelario, despite a persistent and at times debilitating soreness in his left wrist, played in a career-most 144 games and had 619 plate appearances last season. The Tigers asked him not to play winter ball, which is akin to asking a priest not to preach.

There had been only one offseason since 2013 that he hadn’t supplemented his regular season by playing in either the Dominican Winter League or the Arizona Fall…