Happy Wednesday, everyone. Hope you’re all having a good week, and if you like to count down to things, well, we’re only about a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting, so we should soon be seeing some ugly Spring Training caps to make fun of! An annual rite of passage.
Some trade and free agency news below, as Alex Bregman once again signs somewhere other than Detroit, but at least this time it’s in a different league, and Nolan Arenado finally got the trade he was gunning for all last offseason.
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We’ll also look at a former Tiger who is on the Hall of Fame ballot, and some strong words about Tarik Skubal we were too polite to share outside our group chat that Jim Bowden said for us.
Let’s get right into it!
Detroit Tigers News
The Tigers are a file-and-trial organization, which means if they file, they go to a salary arbitration hearing and don’t settle. Last week, the Tigers filed at $19 million, while Skubal and his agent, Scott Boras, filed at $32 million. Keep in mind just two years ago Juan Soto broke the record when he and the Yankees agreed to a $31 million salary in his final year of arbitration. That came right after Soto finished sixth in the NL MVP voting.
You’re telling me that in his final year of arbitration-eligibility, Skubal shouldn’t earn more than Soto did? How do the Tigers rationalize their filing number? Compare it to David Price’s arbitration figure from 11 years ago — $19.75 million — which was even more than the Tigers’ offer to Skubal. The next year, Price landed a long-term deal in free agency with the Red Sox worth $31 million a year.
This one is worth opening on the X website.
Some of the Tigers caught a Red Wings game together.
Four games you won’t be able to watch without subscribing to yet another streaming service.
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A sad loss for the Pirates.
This is genuinely so sweet.
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