Detroit — This is the time in a big-league season when weather turns comfortable and rosters become expandable.
It's September. And the games, for non-playoff teams like a certain bunch from Detroit, become as much dress rehearsals for next February's spring camp as regular-season closeouts.
The Tigers flashed lots of their showroom-fresh, 2018-model flesh at different positions Tuesday night at Comerica Park, to varying degrees of success, as they played their usual pesky game that didn't stop them from losing to the Astros, 5-4.
Among the musical-chairs arrangement chosen Tuesday by Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire was starting Niko Goodrum at shortstop and Ronny Rodriguez at first, which wasn't the first such time at either spot for either player.