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Will the Detroit Tigers' one-year deal with pitcher Tyson Ross pay off?

Who will start for the Detroit Tigers in 2019 after their offseason acquisitions Ryan Ford and Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

The Detroit Tigers agreed to a one-year deal with right-handed pitcher Tyson Ross at this week’s Winter Meetings with the hope that Ross could be a mid-season trade candidate if he bounces back to his 2013 All-Star form.

It’s generally accepted in baseball that there’s no such thing as a bad one-year contract for a pitcher, but that’s not always true. Free Press sports writer Ryan Ford takes a look at four good one-year deals for pitchers and four bad one-year deals last season:

The good

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