The Tigers don’t have a preference.
Starting pitching or relief pitching, they just need more pitching.
“I think it’s important either way,” general manager Al Avila said this week. “Right now, a starter, a reliever, I would put them on par for the importance of it. We’re looking at both areas as hard as we can.”
The Tigers likely will land another starting pitcher in free agency this winter, plus more than one relief pitcher — especially with the non-tenders of right-handers Al Alburquerque and Neftali Feliz on Wednesday. But how cheap and how quickly remains to be seen.