Detroit — This idea was kicked around last season. Then-manager Ron Gardenhire, seeing an athletic player like Willi Castro struggling to master some of the subtleties of playing middle infield, wondered if the Tigers should move him to the outfield.
Current manager AJ Hinch has taken it from idea to reality.
Castro, for the first time in his professional career, started in left field Saturday.
“Willi is fine,” Hinch said. “I think everybody else will be more nervous then he will be. He’s worked out there the last few days. He’s shagged balls out there his whole life.