Lakeland, Fla. — No cuts are easy for a manager, but this wasn’t the especially hard one for Tigers manager AJ Hinch. A tougher one is coming in a few days.
“When you add major-league pieces via trade and free agency, it starts shrinking the holes you have on the roster and opportunities you have for guys to make the team,” Hinch said Saturday morning. “There are everyday players from last year who are fighting to make the team.
“But it means that we are better because we have less holes to fill.”
Six players were reassigned Saturday and two others were informed they will not be breaking camp with the team.