DETROIT -- The Tigers could be headed to their first arbitration hearing since 2001, though they took care of a trio of potential cases Friday. Detroit reached agreements on one-year deals with pitchers Matthew Boyd, Daniel Norris and Blaine Hardy.
That leaves right fielder Nicholas Castellanos and right-hander Michael Fulmer as arbitration-eligible players without deals, as the two sides prepared to exchange salary proposals at Friday's deadline. The Tigers have not been part of the trend of "file-and-trial" teams that end negotiations once numbers are exchanged, but this could be the year that changes.