Detroit Tigers right-handed reliever Devin Sweet, an offseason waiver claim by president of baseball operations Scott Harris, faced live hitters in Wednesday’s workout for the first time in spring training.

He has an elite changeup.

Harris watched the live batting practice session from behind home plate. The hitters were impressed with Sweet, a non-roster invitee to camp.

“No one hit it,” said Kerry Carpenter, a left-handed hitter. “It was tough. That’s a good pitch.”

A busy offseason, which Sweet described as “a wild one,” led to his arrival in Lakeland, Florida, for big-league spring training. The 27-year-old bounced around four organizations from September through January, only to be removed from the Tigers’ 40-man roster less than two weeks before camp.

It started with the Seattle Mariners.

He was designated for assignment Aug. 31 and claimed off waivers Sept. 2 by the Oakland Athletics. He then was claimed off waivers Dec. 18 by the San Francisco Giants, finding out about the roster move on his flight home from the Dominican Republic, where he pitched in five games for Aguilas Cibaenas in winter ball.

Sweet began training at the Giants’ spring training complex in Scottsdale, Arizona.

“My daughter got sick one day, so I stayed home that day,” Sweet said. “I got called by the Giants saying I got claimed by the Tigers. We lived in Arizona at the time, so I had to figure out where we were going to be living now.”

The Tigers claimed Sweet off waivers Jan. 18, but on Jan. 29, the Tigers designated him for assignment to create room on the 40-man roster for top prospect Colt Keith, a second baseman who signed a long-term contract extension before his first MLB game.

Sweet was ready to travel to Lakeland to prepare for spring training, but he put the travel plans on hold after the Tigers removed him from the 40-man roster.

He needed to wait for the waiver process, again.