Free Press' Anthony Fenech dissects Tigers free agency from Winter Meetings, Nicholas Castellanos trade talk, Rule 5 pick & more, Dec. 13, Las Vegas.
The Detroit Tigers entered Friday — the deadline to exchange salary numbers — with five arbitration-eligible players unsigned.
But by the end of the night, all but one — Michael Fulmer — were inked to deals. No contract handed out Friday was bigger than the trickiest one, Nicholas Castellanos.
According to multiple persons with knowledge of the situation, right fielder Nicholas Castellanos — whose salary calculation was considered difficult given the disparity between his offensive and defensive performance in 2018 — signed a one-year deal for $9.