2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[Graterol]

5 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

Not interested in Kim.

He adds nothing to the team we don't already have.

Bregman adds.

Bichette adds.

Tucker adds.

Just my 2 cents.

Kim adds everything this team is lacking. Acceptable SS defense. RH bat. Relatively cheap contract. He is the best fit in FA.

[Graterol]

I know others have suggested it, but I wonder what Carpenter would fetch in a trade. Given his defense and big platoon split, he really hurts roster construction.

Also, what do we do with Jung, Lee, and Anderson? I don’t mind Anderson in the Ibanez role, but all 3 are not good enough to start but too good to give away. Jung especially needs a change of scenery I think.

[chasfh]

46 minutes ago, Graterol said:

I know others have suggested it, but I wonder what Carpenter would fetch in a trade. Given his defense and big platoon split, he really hurts roster construction.

Also, what do we do with Jung, Lee, and Anderson? I don’t mind Anderson in the Ibanez role, but all 3 are not good enough to start but too good to give away. Jung especially needs a change of scenery I think.

Given his defense and big platoon split, I don't think he'd bring back as much as we'd like. But I'm willing to give Harris a chance to show us what Carpenter could bring back.

[Archie]

4 hours ago, Graterol said:

I know others have suggested it, but I wonder what Carpenter would fetch in a trade. Given his defense and big platoon split, he really hurts roster construction.

Also, what do we do with Jung, Lee, and Anderson? I don’t mind Anderson in the Ibanez role, but all 3 are not good enough to start but too good to give away. Jung especially needs a change of scenery I think.

I don't know how much he would bring in a trade but I think he would do fine against LH pitchers if Hinch played him regular instead of benching him all the time.  He has shown some good results against LHP so its another bad managerial decision.  He isn't a gold glove fielder but his defense is sufficient too.  They need his bat in the lineup since he is the only player on the team that opposing managers fear at the plate.

[papalawrence]

4 hours ago, Graterol said:

I know others have suggested it, but I wonder what Carpenter would fetch in a trade. Given his defense and big platoon split, he really hurts roster construction.

Also, what do we do with Jung, Lee, and Anderson? I don’t mind Anderson in the Ibanez role, but all 3 are not good enough to start but too good to give away. Jung especially needs a change of scenery I think.

He just turned down a 16 mil contract. Probably looking for 2/32 or more. Lifetime ops .701 and ops+ 97. He is an upgrade over Sweeney. I just don't think he moves the needle much

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, papalawrence said:

He just turned down a 16 mil contract. Probably looking for 2/32 or more. Lifetime ops .701 and ops+ 97. He is an upgrade over Sweeney. I just don't think he moves the needle much

For what it's worth, Kim is projected for 2.4 WAR on FanGraphs.  The only Tigers with higher projections are Greene 3.3 and Dingler 2.8