Detroit Tigers fans haven’t seen many minor league free agents make impacts with the team in recent seasons.
Just last year, Detroit’s notable minor league free agents, Casey McGehee, Bobby Parnell, Logan Kensing and Dustin Molleken, didn’t exactly light the world on fire.
While minor league signings generally don’t provide significant impacts, they can often provide value as a bench bat or an extra relief arm.
If anything, minor league free agent signings give teams more depth to potentially rely on over the course of a season.