While teams, fans, and baseball writers look through the individual players that could help the Tigers, there is a structural issue in their roster that adds a layer of difficulty, but also opportunity. The Tigers currently have five if not six starting pitchers ranging from Tarik Skubal to young but talented arms like Reese Olson and Troy Melton, with Keider Montero in their back pocket. There isn’t much point bumping one of those pitchers from the rotation unless you’re making a real upgrade. The better path is to build up a little more depth at the Triple-A level and focus on adding bullpen talent and perhaps another arm with a more mixed use capacity.

If the Tigers are actually willing to spend the money to sign a pretty good starter, the decisions are more concrete. At that point you

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