2. Detroit Tigers
Overall Grade: B+
LF – J.D. Martinez
CF – Rajai Davis
RF – Yoenis Cespedes
With the loss of Austin Jackson last year the Tigers were worried about their speed in center field. They fixed that with going out and getting speedster Anthony Gose. He’s had a spectacular spring so far and he will be able to platoon with Rajai Davis who is not the day-to-day player the Tigers need in CF.
J.D. Martinez was one of the break through players of the year last year and one of Dave Dombrowski’s greatest finds. He has had the spring that will lead Tiger fans to believe that he is the real deal. He will be the wild card in how good this outfield is.
Yoenis Cespedes adds the arm and bat this outfield needed to lift the Tigers and is a huge upgrade in a position player from Torii Hunter.