Sometimes in baseball, the right move doesn’t need a pitch deck, a scouting summit, or a 10-paragraph explanation from a front office press release. Sometimes it’s just right there, staring you in the face, daring you to overthink it.
For the Detroit Tigers, that move is bringing back Kyle Finnegan.
After Detroit pried him loose from the Washington Nationals at the 2025 trade deadline, Finnegan didn’t just wear the uniform — he changed inside it. New pitch usage. Different leverage situations. A broader role beyond just the ninth inning.