Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila and the rest of the team’s decision makers entered Spring Training with a number of players out of minor league options.
These included Steven Moya, Dixon Machado and Tyler Collins.
It was entirely conceivable that the Tigers could lose one, two or all three of the players if they were exposed to waivers.
Considering Detroit doesn’t have the best depth, it would have hurt the team to lose the trio.
Elsewhere, the Tigers had Daniel Stumpf in camp as a Rule 5 draft pick.