They waited until the last minute, but in the end the Detroit Tigers declined to tender contracts to several of their veteran players at Friday evening’s 8:00 p.m. ET non-tender deadline. 3B Jeimer Candelario, UT Willi Castro, and INF Harold Castro joined RHP Kyle Funkhouser on their non-tender list.
The three Tigers’ veterans join RHP Kyle Funkhouser, RHP Miguel Diaz, C Michael Papierski, and utility man Brendan Davis as Scott Harris’ non-tenders.
Earlier in the day, the Tigers did announce that LHP Tyler Alexander had been tendered a one-year contract for $1.875 million. RHP Jose Cisnero, OF Austin Meadows, RHP Joe Jiménez, LHP Gregory Soto, and RHP Rony Garcia have all been tendered a contract.