Garrett Hill

With the Tigers dealing with a number of pitching injuries in 2022, Hill made his MLB debut and turned in eight starts and nine relief appearances. The righty logged a decent 4.03 ERA and 1.36 WHIP with 40 strikeouts across 60.1 innings. By the end of the year, he was working in a long-relief role, and that's where Hill could end up in 2023 with Spencer Turnbull returning to the rotation after missing last year following Tommy John surgery. Detroit also has Eduardo Rodriguez, Matt Manning, Beau Brieske, Alex Faedo and Tyler Alexander in the mix to pick up starts. Beyond Rodriguez, no one in that group is too well established at the MLB level, so there is a chance for Hill to work his way into the rotation. He'll likely need to miss more bats to have a significant fantasy impact. Despite recording a 5.97 K/9 in the majors, Hill posted an 11.13 K/9 across 37.2 innings at the Triple-A level, so perhaps the strikeout upside is there. For now, he'll enter his age-27 season with a degree of uncertainty surrounding his role, and he'll be on the fringes of fantasy relevancy for now.