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Tigers and MLB 2019-2020 Free Agents Rule 5 Offseason Calendar Winter Meetings

The rest of the Tigers and MLB offseason into the 2020 season.

December 2, 2019: Clubs must tender contract offers to players on their rosters who are not under contract for the 2020 season, or they will become free agents. James McCann was non-tendered at this time a year ago. Possible non-tenders for the Tigers this year could include Daniel Stumpf, Blaine Hardy, John Hicks, and Drew VerHagen, who are all eligible for arbitration. The club may attempt to reach agreement on a contract for these players before heading down the arbitration path.

December 9-12, 2019: Winter Meetings in San Diego, Calif.

December 12, 2019: The Rule 5 draft will take place on the final day of the Winter Meetings. The Tigers have the first pick, provided that they have an open spot on their 40-man roster.

January 10, 2020: Clubs and arbitration-eligible players must exchange salary figures. Matt Boyd, Daniel Norris, Michael Fulmer, Buck Farmer, Blaine Hardy, Drew VerHagen, JaCoby Jones, John Hicks, and Daniel Stumpf are eligible for arbitration, if they are tendered a contract before the Winter Meetings.

January 21, 2020: Hall of Fame voting results will be announced by the BBWAA.

February 1- 20, 2020: Arbitration hearings will be held for those eligible players who do not come to terms with their clubs before their hearing date.

mid-February, 2020: Pitchers and catchers report to spring training.

February 21, 2020: Spring training games begin with the Tigers hosting Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla. The Tigers? entire 2020 spring training schedule is here.

March 26, 2020: The regular season begins! The Tigers open with a three-game series at Cleveland.

March 30, 2020: Opening Day! The Tigers? home opener is against the Kansas City Royals.

June TBD, 2020: Amateur player draft. The Tigers have the first overall selection.
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/the-saturday-survey-58/
THE SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

The Saturday Survey offers another way for readers to weigh in on a relevant topic. So here is a poll to gauge the pulse of our baseball-lovin? peeps.

As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons ( 4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don?t forget to come back later and view the results!

The Hot Stove season is here! But for the Tigers, will it be lukewarm or cold? What do you think the team will do in order to strengthen their roster?

1. Sign 1-2 free agents to one-year low 7-figure contracts.

2. Trade current Tigers in order to fill some holes.

3. Focus on signing journeymen to minor league contracts with the hope of making the team.

4. Wait and scour the waiver wire.

5. Some combo of #2, #3 and #4.

6. Nothing.

7. Something else.

Vote.
 
Lefty reliever Blaine Hardy has begun to attract interest on the free agent market, per MLB.com?s Jason Beck (via Twitter). Beck names the Twins as one team that has shown interest, though multiple organizations appear to be in on the ex-Tiger.
Hardy, 33 in mid-March, was drafted by the Royals, but spent the entirety of his MLB career with the Tigers. After Detroit signed him to a minor league deal following the 2012 season, Hardy would make his major-league debut during the 2014 season, pitching to a 2.54 ERA across 38 appearances.
Outside the 70 appearances he made in 2015, Hardy has been up-and-down most seasons, making between 21 and 39 appearances in the majors every year from 2016 to 2019.
In all, he amassed 233 appearances across 6 seasons with the Tigers (13 starts in 2018) with a 3.73 ERA/4.11 FIP and pretty even splits between lefties and righties.
MLBTR
 
Tigers Introduce Pitching Analytics to Player Development.

The Detroit Tigers are a rebuilding team with a plethora of promising pitching prospects. As of a few weeks ago, they also have a director of pitching development and strategies, and a coordinator of player development analytics. Each is a new position within the organization, and both are a step in the right direction. Dan Hubbs was hired to fill the first of those roles, Jordan Wergiles the last.

Who are Hubbs and Wergiles, and what will be their primary responsibilities? I asked those questions to Al Avila during the recently completed GM Meetings.

?Dan came from the University of Southern California, where he was the head baseball coach,? answered Avila. ?Before that he was the pitching coach there for 12 years. He comes with a good knowledge of the technology that?s being used now. He understands the analytics that can help a pitcher get better. Basically, his challenge is to set up our pitching system.?

Addressing Wergiles ? a recent Wake Forest University graduate who?d been interning for the Tigers ? Avila spoke of the organization?s attempts to keep up with an ever-changing game.

?There are obviously some things that your average instructor, or pitching coach? those guys aren?t analysts,? said the GM. ?Those guys don?t work with numbers. They work with human beings, so it?s more of, ?Hey, here is what the numbers are telling us about this pitcher.? [Wergiles] can be deciphering that to the coaches, so that they can make those adjustments with the pitchers.?

Requests to speak to Wergiles and Hubbs about their new roles were declined by the Tigers.

Avila name-checked another of his new hires ? several have been announced ? when asked to elaborate on the ramping up of his team?s analytical efforts.

?It?s a full-blown situation where you?re working with strength and conditioning, you?re working with trainers, you?re working with biomechanics,? said Avila. [Director of performance science] Georgia Giblin has got all the gadgets to put on the players, to test them for fatigue and whatnot. Then there is the video and what the numbers from Rapsodo are saying. It?s a pretty involved process. We?ll have all these people working as a unit, with Dan Hubbs in charge.?

That?s on the pitching side. The Tigers have also brought on board a new director of player development whose responsibilities will skew heavily to the offensive side of the ball. Kenny Graham spent the last four years as Milwaukee?s minor league hitting coordinator.

?It?s the same as what led to our pitching changes,? Avila explained. ?Kenny?s expertise is in hitting. He?ll set up our hitting systems, just like Dan Hubbs will be challenged with the pitching. Kenny?s first order of business is going to be hitting, and from there it will spread out to the other areas of player development. We?ll have a system for basically everything.?

Fangraphs
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/dario-agrazal-traded-to-tigers-for-cash
Tigers land RHP Agrazal from Pirates for cash.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/1...-acquire-rhp-dario-agrazal-pittsburgh-pirates
Detroit Tigers acquire RHP Dario Agrazal from Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Tigers have acquired the rookie pitcher for cash considerations.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...roit-tigers-acquire-dario-agrazal/4299730002/
With Drew VerHagen heading to Japan, Tigers purchase RHP Dario Agrazal.
Detnews

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/tigers-drew-verhagen-japan-nippon-ham-fighters-npb.html
Drew VerHagen To Sign With Japan?s Nippon Ham Fighters.
MLBTR

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/pirates-trade-dario-agrazal-tigers.html
Tigers Acquire Dario Agrazal.
MLBTR

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...dario-agrazal-drew-verhagen-japan/4303865002/
Detroit Tigers make 40-man roster flip with trade; Drew VerHagen to Japan.
Freep
 
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1B Dominic Smith and a top 50 prospect from Mets for Matt Boyd.


Smith blocked @ 1B by stud Pete Alonzo.
 
https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/11/28/20985660/detroit-tigers-podcast-alex-avila-dario-agrazal
Bless You Boys Tigers Blog Podcast 64: Minor moves and a Thanksgiving mailbag. 70 minutes.
The BYB staff talks baseball from a Tigers? perspective.

There are a few minor bits of news to discuss as we reach Thanksgiving, but our listeners/readers responded to the call with plenty of good questions, so we dive right into our mailbag in this episode. Hopefully we have a few good answers.

Topics range from the Rule 5 draft and available free agents, to recent Tigers history, Comerica Park?s dimensions, and much more. Thanks to BYB?s community for reading our work, listening to the podcasts, and always participating in smart, lively discussion on the site. You help keep us all as sane as possible as we wait for a Tigers turnaround.

On behalf of the whole staff, we wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!
 
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