LAKELAND, Fla. -- Logan Kensing couldn't remember the last Opening Day roster he made. It was 2009, when he was a young reliever with the Marlins.
"A long freaking time ago," Kensing said.
Seven years and eight teams -- nine, if you count his two Mariners stints separately; 10, if you count his nine-game stint in 2011 with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League.
It was that second Mariners stint, including 19 games in Seattle last summer under manager Lloyd McClendon, that helped lead Kensing on this path that will put him in the Tigers' bullpen on Opening Day.