DETROIT -- Christmas came early to the Detroit Tigers clubhouse before their final road trip of the season.
There was Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and....a very unhappy looking Joe Jimenez serving as reindeer.
Tigers rookies -- and there are a lot of them right now -- were dressed up as Santa's sleigh as part of an annual rookie hazing ritual.
Pitcher Warwick Saupold shared a photo on Monday.
Last road trip of the year. So that means rookie dress up. pic.twitter.com/0TVkdsfcxx
-- Warwick Saupold (@Wazr30) September 25, 2017
Chad Bell served as Santa Claus, with Daniel Stumpf leading the sleigh as Rudolph.