The lack of baseball games has put an understandable crunch on the amount of baseball news available to the public. Like a kinked hose, the flow of information is reduced to a trickle with the occasional splash of interesting particulars regarding some oft-ignored corner of the sport. Earlier this week Tigers fans were treated to a report from Baseball America’s Ben Badler that the team is expected to sign Cristian Santana, a shortstop from the Dominican Republic, when international free agency begins this summer.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about a link between the Tigers and Santana, but the report flew mostly under the radar when it initially came to light.