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Dustin Peterson almost got 'decapitated.' Here's how it brought him to the Detroit Tigers.

Free Press Sports Writer Anthony Fenech breaks down the Detroit Tigers’ win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

Dustin Peterson, the Tigers' new outfielder, was sitting by his locker in Comerica Park.

“I know a little bit about your background,” I said. “I know you were a high draft pick. Big bonus.”

I paused. “But how’d you end up here?”

“I’ve battled through a bunch of injuries,” Peterson said. “I had surgery on my wrist and I was in a team bus accident where I was almost decapitated.