Port St. Lucie, Fla. — You look at it one way and the odds again seemed stacked against Jim Adduci starting the season on the Tigers’ 25-man roster.
He turns 33 in May, he plays outfield and first base and the Tigers are in a rebuilding phase. With first-year starters at third base (Jeimer Candelario) and second base (Dixon Machado), one of the utility spots likely will go to an infielder (Alexi Amarista, Niko Goodrum or Ronny Rodriguez).
In the outfield, the Tigers have invested the first pick of the Rule 5 draft on young Victor Reyes and they are two years deep into the development of JaCoby Jones.