Tsung-Che Cheng traded to Tigers from Red Sox

DETROIT — The Tigers opened their offseason dealings on Friday with a minor trade, acquiring middle infielder Tsung-Che Cheng from the Red Sox for cash considerations.

It’s the kind of smaller, on-the-margins addition that has become a regular part of offseason transactions under president of baseball operations Scott Harris and general manager Jeff Greenberg, usually around the time when…