DETROIT -- The Tigers will have a changing of the guard at catcher, a little sooner than expected. Detroit did not tender a contract to James McCann, making the longtime Tiger a free agent after four-plus seasons behind the plate at Comerica Park.
The team also non-tendered reliever Alex Wilson, ending his Tigers tenure after four seasons in Detroit's bullpen.
Friday marked the deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players. The Tigers' six other arbitration-eligibles -- Nicholas Castellanos, Shane Greene, Michael Fulmer, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Norris and Blaine Hardy -- were all retained.