Tampa, Florida – Offsetting news Monday that the Tigers had lost pitching coach Chris Fetter to COVID protocol, manager AJ Hinch revealed that first baseman Renato Nunez has decided to stick with the Tigers rather than pursue work with another club.
Nunez, a right-handed hitting first baseman who next week turns 27, did not make the north-bound Tigers roster and, per his contract, could have opted out of the minor-league deal he signed with Detroit in February.
Nunez has power the Tigers desperately seek but ran into a fatal numbers game when Hinch decided to carry five outfielders on the 26-man Opening Day roster.