"Tigers fans are always looking ahead, even when a non-issue becomes — for some — an issue

Nick Castellanos, for example.

Now that Tigers bosses have dusted off their hands and pronounced Miguel Cabrera the new full-time third baseman, people have asked what the team plans to do with its top position prospect, Castellanos, who is a confirmed third baseman, and who will probably be delivered to Comerica Park by Opening Day 2014.

"We're not looking to trade him," Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers president and general manager, said of Castellanos at last week's Prince Fielder unveiling at Comerica Park.

"He'll fit in great, eventually, with this lineup.""