The international free agency period opened on Thursday, leading to a wave of signings across the league. The Tigers, who made their biggest IFA splash last season, when they signed No. 4 prospect Cris Rodriguez to a minor league deal with a $3,197,500 bonus — the largest the franchise had ever doled out to an IFA player — and were connected to four in Baseball America's top 100 ranking.
They ended up signing all of them, three of whom got bonuses over $1 million: catcher Manuel Bolivar with a $2.3 million bonus, shortstop Oscar Tineo with a $1.