When the Detroit Tigers took a flyer on Niko Goodrum last offseason, it was expected that he would be something like Andrew Romine was for the previous few years: a guy who could take the field at various positions while contributing minimally to the offense. Instead, what the Tigers received was a rookie who would become a regular player, and, subsequently, one of the more fun storylines of an otherwise dismal 2018 season.
After getting his cup of coffee with the Minnesota Twins towards the end of the 2017 season, Goodrum signed with the Tigers in free agency that November.