97.1 was only quoting tweets from Lynn Henning. He has been the one predicting the last week that Nathan had a good chance of being cut before opening dayFWIW, it was rumored today that the Tigers have considered cutting Nathan when they break camp if he's not pitching well enough.
https://twitter.com/DTigersFanss/status/580097191982817280
Of course, it was per 97.1 so its fairly like that was just made up, but who knows.