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Henning: Tigers face intriguing options with Nick Castellanos

There is a kind of three-act play being staged at Comerica Park with respect to Nick Castellanos and his future with the Detroit Tigers.

It is moving toward a denouement, as they say in theater land, with either a trade, next year’s free agency, or that delectable baseball intricacy known as the Qualifying Offer combining for some Detroit baseball dramatics.

The stage narrative goes something like this:

Act I

Castellanos arrives in 2014 at Comerica Park as a 22-year-old regular third baseman and hitting prodigy. He bats .259 and .255 in his first two seasons, then climbs to .