MIAMI -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia still collects pay from the Marlins after they released him last April in the middle of a three-year contract. Wearing a Tigers jersey in his first return to Marlins Park since the move, he was owning them.
With a caught stealing of Dee Gordon and a two-run home run off Jose Fernandez, ex-teammates both, Saltalamacchia won't soon forget his Tigers debut or his Miami return. Both happened in the early innings Wednesday, turning their reunion bittersweet.
The Tigers signed Saltalamacchia over the offseason for $508,000, just over the veteran Major League minimum, to back up starting catcher James McCann.