The past is present: Maybin grateful, fired up for third stint with Tigers

Lakeland, Fla. — Don’t get it twisted. Cameron Maybin is thrilled to be back for a third stint with the Tigers.

“That’s something I thought about: Who’s ever done that?” he said Sunday, a day ahead of the team’s first full-squad workout on Monday. “Has anybody ever had three? That means a lot to me. … I take it as a compliment that they want me back for a third time.”

That aside, though, he still has a bad taste in his mouth over his free-agent experience this winter.

Tigers outfielder Cameron Maybin, left, talks with quality control coach Josh Paul at a volunteer workout.“It was frustrating,” he said. “I’m by no means a Hall-of-Famer, but I do feel I’ve shown in my career some intestinal…