Whatever your opinion on the Detroit Tigers moves at the trade deadline, picking up RHP Kyle Finnegan was a sound, low cost idea. While Finnegan isn’t anyone’s idea of a dominant late innings arm, he’s been a modestly successful reliever for four years running, and the Washington Nationals are not anyone’s idea of a great pitching development organization.
The Tigers front office can’t just expect miracles out of Chris Fetter and his staff, or the analytics department, so no one is expecting the 33-year-old right hander to suddenly emerge as a high end relief arm.