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Anyone who watched the Tigers’ late-season run knows that the team was pulling athletic twentysomethings out of the crowd and getting ten good innings from them. In the playoffs, Beau Brieske and Will Vest seemed to pass Jason Foley in the pecking order, though sussing out Hinch’s preferences on any day takes some work. Maeda was effective when used in shorter stints late in the year, and you have Brenan Hanifee, Ty Madden, and the aforementioned Montero as options. Picking up an inexpensive Tommy Kahnle gives Hinch one more option in a pen that might have seven plus relievers.
