Detroit has 48 players on the 40 man roster. Just 7 are set to be FAs.
Josue Briceño, Max Anderson, Ben Malgeri, Andrew Sears, John Peck + Brett Callahan are R5 eligible.
Even if the Tigers aren’t in it, there’s a lot riding on the rest of ‘26 to see who should be part of ‘27.
Skubal to make Comerica Park return against division-leading White Sox.
Tigers official site
Players with value the Tigers could realistically trade elsewhere at the deadline:
Tarik Skubal
Gleyber Torres (if healthy)
Casey Mize
Jack Flaherty (if healthy)
Drew Anderson
Kyle Finnegan
Kenley Jansen
Jake Rogers
Will Vest
Spencer Torkelson
A lot of potential for a farm system overhaul with the draft also coming in under a month.
A majority of the guys listed are on expiring contracts. Only Vest and Torkelson have multiple years of control (excluding Anderson, Jansen, and Finnegan who have club options).
So the same guy who has made one trade in four years and has presided over a mediocre farm system especially outside of McGonigle is going to start another rebuild 4 years after his first failed try?
The 2026 Detroit Tigers:
With Gleyber Torres 23-20, 4.81 runs per game.
Without Gleyber Torres 7-24, 3.03 runs per game.
The Tigers have 1 or less hits through the first 4 innings in 18% of games this season (13 games).
MLB today proposed an overhauled domestic amateur-entry system that removes high school players from the draft, makes college players eligible after sophomore year, shortens the draft from 20 to 12 rounds, and cuts bonus pool from current $358.7M to $200M, sources tell ESPN.
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The one struggling player all 30 MLB teams should replace at the trade deadline.
Every MLB team has at least one player they should be eager to replace at the trade deadline, or perhaps even sooner.
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More than flaherty, but I don't think they get much for these players they might want to move, other than Skubal.
Josue Briceño, Max Anderson, Ben Malgeri, Andrew Sears, John Peck + Brett Callahan are R5 eligible.
Even if the Tigers aren’t in it, there’s a lot riding on the rest of ‘26 to see who should be part of ‘27.
Skubal to make Comerica Park return against division-leading White Sox.
Tigers official site
Players with value the Tigers could realistically trade elsewhere at the deadline:
Tarik Skubal
Gleyber Torres (if healthy)
Casey Mize
Jack Flaherty (if healthy)
Drew Anderson
Kyle Finnegan
Kenley Jansen
Jake Rogers
Will Vest
Spencer Torkelson
A lot of potential for a farm system overhaul with the draft also coming in under a month.
A majority of the guys listed are on expiring contracts. Only Vest and Torkelson have multiple years of control (excluding Anderson, Jansen, and Finnegan who have club options).
So the same guy who has made one trade in four years and has presided over a mediocre farm system especially outside of McGonigle is going to start another rebuild 4 years after his first failed try?
The 2026 Detroit Tigers:
With Gleyber Torres 23-20, 4.81 runs per game.
Without Gleyber Torres 7-24, 3.03 runs per game.
The Tigers have 1 or less hits through the first 4 innings in 18% of games this season (13 games).
MLB today proposed an overhauled domestic amateur-entry system that removes high school players from the draft, makes college players eligible after sophomore year, shortens the draft from 20 to 12 rounds, and cuts bonus pool from current $358.7M to $200M, sources tell ESPN.
The one struggling player all 30 MLB teams should replace at the trade deadline
The MLB trade deadline is rapidly approaching, and that day represents the last chance teams have to drastically change their rosters. While not every team will
Every MLB team has at least one player they should be eager to replace at the trade deadline, or perhaps even sooner.
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More than flaherty, but I don't think they get much for these players they might want to move, other than Skubal.



