With the MLB Winter Meetings underway, the Detroit Tigers are unlikely to make any significant signings. Instead, the strategy will be to again sign low-risk, high-reward players who are not too flashy but could be in for a solid 2019 season if everything goes right. Righthander Tyson Ross, who is headed to Detroit on a one-year contract worth $5.75 million, fits this mold perfectly.
Ross is 31 years old and just a couple years removed from thoracic outlet surgery, which he had in October 2016. For those two reasons alone, expectations for his performance in 2019 should be severely limited.