MINNEAPOLIS – Will Vest had been the Tigers’ de facto closer and he was excelling in the role.

In his first 39 outings, he saved 15 games, blown three, and had a 2.14 ERA with 48 strikeouts in 42 innings for a Tigers team that had the best record in baseball.

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“I was pumped,” he said. “You have to have a good bullpen to win in October. We made a lot of pitching decisions, which is awesome, to bolster the whole pitching staff. And that’s going to be really good for us down the stretch.”

So now it’s a tandem. A two-headed monster. And it’s giving manager AJ Hinch what he loves best, quality options.

“I think that’s what’s great,” Vest said. “Skip is going to use us different. When Kyle first came over, he was throwing in certain pockets and I was throwing in

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