Player acquisition is at the forefront of everyone’s mind this time of year, and as GMs around the league are stirring, the Tigers have yet to make their first strike in free agency. All of Detroit fandom is doing their best to manifest a deal with Japanese superstar pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but Tigers boss Scott Harris has been rummaging around in a less glamorous tier of free agency.
They were first linked to Seth Lugo, who largely succeeded as a starter last season with the Padres despite spending his career up to that point as a reliever in New York.