Dunedin, Fla. — If Tigers general manager Al Avila is mulling giving Tucker Barnhart a contract extension — as a tweet from MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi intimated Thursday — it’s news to him. Happy news, for sure, but it’s the first he’s heard about it.
“No, no discussions about that,” Barnhart said back in Lakeland Thursday morning. “But I love it here, I do. I love AJ (Hinch, manager). I love this group of guys. For me, it's a great situation. It's clear to me they value what I bring to the table.