Free agent reliever Andrew Chafin has signed a minor league deal to go to spring training with the Detroit Tigers, the team that traded the left-hander to Texas last summer.
Kenta Maeda threw two innings in the Tigers' Grapefruit League opener, striking out four batters and validating an offseason of change.
The Detroit Tigers have canceled their first home spring training game since 2016 because of rain forecast to continue throughout the day.
Tarik Skubal has four baseball cards in his locker: two from Jake Rogers, one from an unknown fan and one from a correctional officer in Maryland.
Left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin has a chance to win a job in the Detroit Tigers' bullpen but it won’t be handed to him this spring. Manager A.J. Hinch said he was thrilled to have Chafin back on the squad for a third time.
The Detroit Tigers have made several huge moves this offseason, but the collective upgrades to their bullpen could prove to have the biggest impact of any of their acquisitions. On Monday afternoon, the Tigers raised some eyebrows across baseball when they brought back left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin.
The Detroit Tigers' timeline to compete moved up rapidly thanks to an unprecedented finish to the 2024 regular season. They got hot in the second half, erasing a double-digit deficit in the standings despite trading as many veterans as possible ahead of the deadline.