While we’re unlikely to see the Detroit Tigers go on a big spending spree this offseason, especially with big-name free agents like Anthony Rendon, there are ways the team can lean into making improvements in 2020. One option is to make a run at MLB-ready players from foreign markets.
For example, it was announced on Friday morning that another major player from the Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball Organization with designs on an MLB career would be posted this offseason — Hiroshima Carp 2B Ryosuke Kikuchi.
Kikuchi is an 8-year veteran of NPB, earning regular playing time in 2013 and playing a full slate of games every year since.