Jupiter, Fla. — As front offices take more of an analytical approach to building baseball teams, computers are helping to build pitchers.
In the newly acquired Paul Richan however, the Tigers now have a pitcher who builds computers.
Richan was among four former top-two round picks added by the Tigers organization in the hours and minutes leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. And while the returns for Shane Greene and Nick Castellanos were perceived as modest, this past week served as a peek of the vision the Tigers front office envisioned from the haul.