LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers had a familiar face in the lobby Friday morning when Jarrod Saltalamacchia walked into the Tigertown headquarters with team medical director Kevin Rand and headed upstairs to the offices. The switch-hitting veteran, Detroit's backup catcher in 2015, has joined the club on a Minor League contract with a non-roster invite to big-league camp.
The Tigers already have a surplus of veteran catchers in camp with non-roster invites Derek Norris and Brayan Pena. One of the veterans will likely team up with Grayson Greiner at Triple-A Toledo, giving the Tigers options should James McCann or John Hicks be injured.