The Detroit Tigers, as rebuilding teams typically do, have stockpiled a collection of minor league free agents. While most of them will have little to no impact in 2018, a handful of them will be counted on to contribute on the diamond. It’s even possible that one of them will step their game up and become the team’s next star (J.D. Martinez was a minor league signing by the Tigers back in 2014).
The best way to ensure that someone will step up and be a success is to take a chance on as many guys as reasonably possible.