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Detroit Tigers should take a flier on Wily Peralta

By Ben Rosener

MILWAUKEE, WI - MAY 14: Wily Peralta #38 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches in the first inning against the New York Mets at Miller Park on May 14, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Players are wearing pink to celebrate Mother's Day weekend and support breast cancer awareness. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WI - MAY 14: Wily Peralta #38 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches in the first inning against the New York Mets at Miller Park on May 14, 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Players are wearing pink to celebrate Mother's Day weekend and support breast cancer awareness. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – SEPTEMBER 30: Buck Farmer #45 of the Detroit Tigers listens to Rich Dubee pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers and Bryan Holaday #50 of the Detroit Tigers after Farmer walked in a run for the Minnesota Twins in the first inning during of their baseball game on September 30, 2017, at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(Photo by Andy King/Getty Images) /

Detroit Tigers fans could see the team make some veteran additions this offseason. If the team adds in the rotation, Wily Peralta is worth a look.

Detroit Tigers starting pitchers saw plenty of action in 2017, with 11 different hurlers taking the mound as a starter.

The group included the since-traded Justin Verlander, Anibal Sanchez and a number of pitchers who may be better suited in the bullpen.

Sanchez, who per Spotrac has a $16 million option on his contract for next season, can be bought out for $5 million this offseason.

If the Tigers buy him out and move struggling starters like Drew VerHagen and Buck Farmer to the bullpen, the team will need rotation reinforcements.

After all, that would leave Michael Fulmer, Daniel Norris, Matthew Boyd and Jordan Zimmermann as the only established rotation options.

Considering teams often need more than five starters in a season, it would behoove Detroit to add another option for the rotation.

One potential fit could be Wily Peralta.

According to a tweet from the Milwaukee Brewers’ official player development Twitter account, Peralta and four other players hit the free agent market.

MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy also tweeted about Peralta’s time with the Brewers wrapping up while quoting the tweet from Milwaukee’s official player development Twitter account.

Peralta is a right-handed starter and veteran of 132 games (120 starts) spread across 704.2 Major League innings.

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