<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-tigers-surprising-aggressiveness-alex-bregman-pursuit');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Tigers show surprising aggressiveness in Alex Bregman pursuit');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MLB-rumors-Tigers-show-surprising-aggressiveness-in-Alex-Bregman-pursuit.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Tigers show surprising aggressiveness in Alex Bregman pursuit</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T18:49:44-08:00">December 23rd, 6:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T18:49:44-08:00">December 23rd, 6:49pm</time><address><a>Tristin McKinstry</a>Tristin McKinstry is an experienced sports writer who got his start back in 2014. He is an Associate Editor with ClutchPoints and is one of the staff's NHL experts. Tristin has worked professionally with The Inquisitr and GIVEMESPORT in the past, and his work has also been featured on Last Word On Sports, XFL News Hub, and USFL News Hub. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Communications at Southern New Hampshire University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Tigers have had a relatively quiet offseason. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-riley-greene-truth-bomb-detroits-return-playoffs">The Tigers surprisingly made the playoffs</a> in 2024 after an incredible second-half run. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-alex-cobb-considered-retirement-before-15-million-detroit-contract">Detroit’s only move to this point is signing Alex Cobb</a> to a one-year contract. They have been connected to star free agent Alex Bregman, though. And a recent report may give fans hope that a deal is possible.</p><p>WEEI reporter Rob Bradford wrote about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-walker-buehler-agrees-21-million-contract-boston">the Boston Red Sox signing Walker Buehler</a> on Monday. He went in-depth on how the move affects some other decisions the team must make. Bradford noted that Boston <a href="https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/red-sox/what-walker-buehler-signing-means-for-the-red-sox" rel="noopener">remains in search of</a> a right-handed bat. And he dropped a nugget regarding Bregman and the Tigers.</p><p>“(The Red Sox) are still in need of a right-handed bat, with Teoscar Hernandez remaining on their radar. Alex Bregman also continues to be a target, with Detroit seemingly representing the club most aggressively trying to sign the infielder,” Brandford wrote on Monday.</p><h2><b>Alex Bregman could be a fantastic fit for Tigers</b></h2><p>The Tigers could certainly use an impact bat. Detroit made the playoffs thanks to clutch performances from Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter over the course of the season. Rookie Colt Keith also had some promising performances. However, the team needs a more consistent bat in the middle of the lineup.</p><p>Bregman has seen his offense decline over the last few seasons. But he remains one of the best offensive options on the open market. He has hit at least 20 home runs in each of the last three seasons. Moreover, he drove in more than 90 runs in the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons.</p><p>This is a bit of a surprising development, though. Not that the Tigers are interested in the veteran infielder. The surprise is the reported aggressiveness they are showing in their pursuit. Bregman reportedly desires a $200 million contract, but Detroit is reportedly hesitant to go that high.</p><p>Still, his fit with the Tigers makes a lot of sense. Detroit has a need for a third baseman. He is the sort of right-handed, consistent impact bat they need. And he has a relationship with former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch, who currently leads the Tigers dugout. It will certainly be interesting to see if Detroit and Bregman can work out a contract in the coming weeks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Tigers show surprising aggressiveness in Alex Bregman pursuit

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-tigers-guardians-interested-in-veteran-cardinals-starters');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Tigers, Guardians interested in veteran Cardinals starters');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tigers-Guardians-interested-in-veteran-Cardinals-starters.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Tigers, Guardians interested in veteran Cardinals starters</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-20T22:28:35-08:00">December 20th, 10:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-20T22:28:35-08:00">December 20th, 10:28pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Guardians</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St. Louis Cardinals brass has made it clear all offseason long that their goal is to get younger entering the 2025 season, as they believe as though their veteran core has plateaued and that a soft reset is in order to get the proud franchise back to its usual level. To that end, the Cardinals have been making their veteran players <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-cardinals-surprising-nolan-arenado-sonny-gray-trade-stance">available on the trade market</a> — including two starting pitchers in Erick Fedde and Steven Matz.</p><p>While Fedde and Matz are far from the flashiest starting pitchers to add to rotation, they should still command some interest on the trade market as veterans that won’t cost much in terms of salary as well as prospect capital. In fact, two playoff teams in 2024, the Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers, have <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidt-nolan-arenado-yankees-rumors?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share" rel="noopener">reportedly expressed trade interest</a> in the two Cardinals starters, as per MLB.com.</p><p>The Guardians and Tigers managed to make it to the postseason in 2024 despite operating on a shoestring budget relative to other contending teams. Last season, the Tigers ranked 26th in payroll while the Guardians ranked 23rd — all while combining for 178 wins.</p><p>Thus, their interest in both Fedde and Matz is understandable. The former, in particular, has managed to revive his career upon his MLB return in 2024, and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-cardinals-agree-tommy-edman-erick-fedde-michael-kopech-led-3-team-trade">Cardinals brought him in via trade</a> in their attempt to fight for a playoff spot. He is only making $7.5 million in 2025, and he should be well worth the price for both of the AL Central teams that have expressed interest.</p><p>Matz, however, is a bigger question mark. He only pitched 44.1 innings in 2024, tallying a 5.08 ERA in the process. And to top it all off, he’s set to <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/16106/steven-matz" rel="noopener">make $12.5 million</a> in 2025 — making it more difficult for the Cardinals to trade him away. But the silver lining is that he’s in the final year of his deal, so acquiring him wouldn’t require too much of a financial commitment moving forward.</p><h2><b>Cardinals expected to be sellers on the trade market this offseason</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nolan-Arenado-on-Sept.-25-2024-2.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In addition to the availability of those two aforementioned starting pitchers, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-nolan-arenado-trade-situation-complicated">Cardinals have also made it no secret</a> that they would prefer to find a new home for Nolan Arenado in 2025 — shedding his huge salary in the process while opening up more playing time for their younger players.</p><p>The Cardinals, however, would not want to take on additional salary in any Arenado trade, as evidenced by their reported decision to decline an offer from the New York Yankees that would have sent Arenado to the Bronx in exchange for Marcus Stroman, who has two years left on his contract.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Tigers, Guardians interested in veteran Cardinals starters

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/tigers-news-alex-cobb-considered-retirement-before-15-million-detroit-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'Alex Cobb considered retirement before surprising $15 million Detroit contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Cobb-considered-retirement-before-surprising-15-million-Detroit-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>Alex Cobb considered retirement before surprising $15 million Detroit contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T15:24:38-08:00">December 16th, 3:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T15:24:38-08:00">December 16th, 3:24pm</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Alex Cobb is only a year removed from an All-Star season with the San Francisco Giants, but the new Detroit Tigers pitcher admits that he considered retirement.</p><p>That is, before the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-detroit-agrees-deal-giants-guardians-pitcher-alex-cobb">Tigers gave him a $15 million contract</a>.</p><p>2024 was a rough year for Cobb, who threw a grand total of 16.1 total innings <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-guardians-will-regret-alex-cobb-trade">for the Cleveland Guardians</a> as he battled shoulder, back and hip injuries. He left Game 1 of the 2024 ALCS in the third inning with an acute lower back strain.</p><p>It was enough for him to <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2024/12/16/detroit-tigers-rhp-alex-cobb-a-bit-surprised-by-free-agent-offers/76959325007/" rel="noopener">consider calling it a career</a>.</p><p>“Honestly, that was heavy on my mind after my last start,” Cobb told the Detroit Free Press. “I had to come out with another nagging issue. I definitely thought, after a year of battling, I didn’t know if there would be much interest. Early on, when teams were calling, I was a bit surprised by the interest.”</p><p>The Tigers won the biding, signing him to a one-year deal that includes additional million-dollar-bonuses if Cobb hits 140 and 150 innings.</p><p>Now 37, Cobb said he’s ready to get back to work.</p><p>“You get yourself back in the gym, you start working out and throwing again,” Cobb added, “and you convince yourself you can not only do this but do it at a very successful level where I expect to be. Everything feels great right now.”</p><h2><b>Alex Cobb adds a veteran presence to the Tigers’ rotation</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tarik-Skubal-Tigers.jpg"><figcaption>Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Tigers were aggressive in Cobb’s pursuit because they <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2024/12/13/detroit-tigers-alex-cobb-signing-2025-season/76945862007/" rel="noopener">wanted a veteran presence</a> to bolster a rotation already anchored by reigning American League <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-with-special-reaction-to-al-cy-young-victory">Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal</a>.</p><p>“We had exit interviews with our players after the season,” President of Baseball Operations Scott Harris told the Free Press. “It’s a very common theme that we need to continue to add veteran presences to this team.</p><p>“We wanted to find someone with the pure stuff and experience and track record that could make our pitching staff better, but also be that type of positive clubhouse presence.”</p><p>But Harris brought Cobb in for more than just a veteran presence. He added that he sees “another gear” that Cobb can still reach and that the pitcher is “open-minded about making adjustments.”</p><p>On the other end, Cobb appreciated the Tigers’ pitching development, pointing to how <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-tigers-interested-jack-flaherty-reunion-dodgers-trade">Jack Flaherty resurrected his career</a> in his lone partial season in Detroit.</p><p>“I think we all saw — Flaherty had a couple of struggling years in the previous years, and then obviously figured something out here last year and was very impressive throughout the regular season and the postseason,” Cobb said. “I think every team pitches you on that idea.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Alex Cobb considered retirement before surprising $15 million Detroit contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-tigers-attempting-bolster-bullpen-all-star-closer');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Tigers attempting to bolster bullpen with All-Star closer');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MLB-rumors-Tigers-attempting-to-bolster-bullpen-with-All-Star-closer.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Tigers attempting to bolster bullpen with All-Star closer</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-13T09:13:15-08:00">December 13th, 9:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-13T09:13:47-08:00">December 13th, 9:13am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Tigers are rumored to be looking at strengthening their bullpen this offseason. Detroit <a href="https://x.com/AriA1exander/status/1867261964365283743" rel="noopener">is interested in signing</a> right-handed reliever Kirby Yates, per KPRC TV in Houston. Yates last played for the Texas Rangers.</p><p>Yates is coming off of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rangers-news-kirby-yates-agree-to-1-year-deal">an incredible season in Texas</a>. The closer racked up 33 saves with an ERA of 1.17 and a WHIP of 0.83. He finished the 2024 season as an All-Star selection for the Rangers.</p><p>Yates also made the All-Star game when he was throwing for the San Diego Padres in 2019. The reliever also led the National League in saves that year.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rangers-3-early-free-agent-targets-2024-mlb-offseason">Rangers finished the 2024 campaign</a> with a disappointing 78-84 record. Texas won the World Series in 2023. Detroit was able to fare better, with an 86-76 mark and a trip to the American League playoffs.</p><h2>Tigers are also hoping to make a run in 2025</h2><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-with-special-reaction-to-al-cy-young-victory">Tigers had so much promise in 2024</a>. Detroit made the postseason after winning 86 games, but lost in the Division Series to the Cleveland Guardians. This is after Detroit opened a 2-1 lead in that ALDS series.</p><p>Yates would certainly help the team’s bullpen, but Detroit will have to beat out several other teams for his services. Yates is a veteran who has played for several teams, including the Rangers, Padres and New York Yankees. He has a lifetime ERA in the big leagues of 3.17. Yates also has a career 26-21 record in MLB.</p><p>Detroit may be looking to help its offense too in free agency. Baseball agent Scott Boras says his client Alex Bregman <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/news/scott-boras-says-alex-bregman-has-interest-in-joining-detroit-tigers" rel="noopener">is interested</a> in the Tigers, per Sports Illlustrated. The former Astros slugger is also considering the Yankees and Boston Red Sox, as well as signing again with Houston.</p><p>Time will tell how the Tigers re-shape their roster before the 2025 season begins. Tigers fans certainly have some reasons to be excited this offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Tigers attempting to bolster bullpen with All-Star closer

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-guardians-tigers-legend-rocky-colavito-dies-91');   ga('set', 'title', 'Guardians, Tigers legend Rocky Colavito dies at 91');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/File-photo-of-Rocky-Colavito.jpg"></figure><h1>Guardians, Tigers legend Rocky Colavito dies at 91</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-10T18:47:09-08:00">December 10th, 6:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-10T18:47:09-08:00">December 10th, 6:47pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Guardians</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Legendary power hitter and one-time American League home run king Rocky Colavito has passed away on Tuesday at 91 years old. As a six-time All-Star, Colavito has built a career as the muscle for the Cleveland Guardians (then-Indians) and other AL teams in the 1950s and the 1960s, including after Cleveland GM Frank “Trader” Lane traded him in the prime of his career to the Detroit Tigers after his 42-homer season in 1959.</p><p>“Cleveland Indians legend Rocky Colavito has died at the age of 91,” <a href="https://x.com/twithersAP/status/1866657431427879236" rel="noopener">reported</a> by Associated Press sports reporter Tom Withers.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Guardians also <a href="https://x.com/CleGuardians/status/1866656647902531984" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> celebrating Colavito’s career achievements.</p><p>“The Cleveland Guardians are deeply saddened by the loss of Rocky Colavito. Beloved by fans, Rocky spent eight of his fourteen MLB seasons with Cleveland. He represented the club in three All-Star Games while finishing top-5 in MVP voting on three occasions,” per the Guardians’ official account on X, formerly Twitter.</p><h2><b>Guardians icon Rocky Colavito, 1933-2024</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/File-photo-of-Rocky-Colavito-1.jpg"><figcaption>© UPI, Detroit Free Press via Imagn Content Services, LLC</figcaption></figure><p>From 1956 to 1966, Rocky Colavito racked up 358 homers for the Guardians/Indians and Tigers, hitting at least 20 home runs in that span. Likewise, the only other players to rack up more homers in the same stretch are legends <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/updating-and-ranking-the-50-greatest-mlb-players-of-all-time">Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays.</a></p><p>In all, Colavito has hit 374 homers, putting him 81st on the all-time leaderboard. He sits ahead of Gil Hodges, and behind Carlton Fisk, Jeff Kent, Norm Cash, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/angels-news-ron-washington-mike-trout-mlb-players">Mike Trout</a>, per <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5874958/2024/12/10/rocky-colavito-cleveland-obituary/" rel="noopener">a report</a> from The Athletic.</p><p>Additionally, he is one of 16 players since the beginning of the 20th century to hit four home-runs in a game.</p><p>During his time with Cleveland, Colavito became one of four players in team history to own several 40-homer seasons, joining <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-manny-ramirez-statement-cleveland-hall-of-fame">Manny Ramirez</a>, Jim Thorne, and Albert Belle.</p><p>He was also the first player to own that distinction in back-to-back seasons, in 1958-1959, and he ranks 12th in team history with 190 homers all in all. Likewise, he is tied for 12th in OPS and slugging percentage.</p><p>However, Rocky Colavito spent much of his prime with the Tigers, where he racked up 45 homers, 140 RBIs, and 113 walks. Finally, Colavito finished his 14-year career with 1,730 hits, 1,159 RBIs, and an .848 OPS.</p><p>During his retirement, he entered broadcasting and coached the Indians and Royals. In 2006, Colavito entered the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-cc-sabathia-reaction-cleveland-hall-of-fame">Cleveland Hall of Fame</a> in 2006.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians, Tigers legend Rocky Colavito dies at 91

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Baseball executives are no strangers to responding to trade and free agency rumors. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-detroit-president-eye-opening-kenta-maeda-message">Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris</a> just had the pleasure of doing it on live television, immediately after hearing said rumor.</p><p>The hilarious incident happened Monday night when Harris joined the MLB Network crew for a <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1866257705318457646" rel="noopener">live interview</a> during the Winter Meetings. The broadcast shared a social media post from MLB Network’s Jon Morosi that said the Tigers were “<a href="https://x.com/jonmorosi/status/1866254859584082054" rel="noopener">showing interest</a>” in first base <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-paul-goldschmidt-out-free-agency">free agent Paul Goldschmidt</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tigers' President of Baseball Ops Scott Harris reacts to a report of Detroit's interest in Paul Goldschmidt live on-air 😅</p><p>📺 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLBTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLBTonight</a> presented by <a href="https://twitter.com/CohnReznick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CohnReznick</a> <a href="https://t.co/U4A3wvzS85">pic.twitter.com/U4A3wvzS85</a></p><p>— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1866257705318457646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Harris smiled briefly when asked for his reaction, then shook his head.</p><p>“Oh man, if I gotta respond to every tweet, we’re gonna be up here all night,” he said as the other members at the table shared in a laugh.</p><p>Despite his age, the 37-year-old Goldschmidt could be a smart pick-up for the Tigers, who are looking for help at first base. Just two years removed from winning the National League MVP award, Goldschmidt hit 22 home runs last year, though his offensive numbers overall took a dip.</p><p>He’s still a seven-time All-Star and five-time Silver Slugger, and Detroit could get him on a discount based on last season, in which he hit for a 98 OPS+.</p><p>Goldschmidt just finished the five-year, $130 million contract he had with the St. Louis Cardinals, which earned him $26 million last year alone. Spotrac projects his <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/market-value/_/id/9144/paul-goldschmidt" rel="noopener">market value</a> to be around $12.3 million, which is more than reasonable for a Tigers team that seems intent on contending in 2025.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-detroit-agrees-deal-giants-guardians-pitcher-alex-cobb">Detroit signed Alex Cobb</a> to a one-year deal on Monday. Reports have also linked the Tigers to Walker Buehler, Ha-Seong Kim and ex-Tiger Jack Flaherty. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-tigers-interest-walker-buehler-christian-walker-catch">Tigers are also interested in Christian Walker</a> to play first base. That would make Goldschmidt a solid backup if Walker goes elsewhere. Morosi reported on Tuesday that the New York Yankees are “in dialogue with Walker’s reps.’</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tigers president’s hilarious on-air reaction to Paul Goldschmidt rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/tigers-news-detroit-agrees-deal-giants-guardians-pitcher-alex-cobb');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tigers agree to 1-year deal with ex-Giants, Guardians pitcher');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tigers-news-Detroit-agrees-to-one-year-deal-with-ex-Giants-Guardians-pitcher.jpg"></figure><h1>Tigers agree to 1-year deal with ex-Giants, Guardians pitcher</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-09T13:44:21-08:00">December 9th, 1:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-09T13:44:21-08:00">December 9th, 1:44pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-aj-hinch-perfect-response-beating-astros-playoffs">Tigers surprised the MLB world</a> with a run to the postseason in 2024. But while they have Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal in the rotation, Detroit wanted to add some extra firepower behind him.</p><p>The Tigers <a href="https://x.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1866221414631514344" rel="noopener">have signed</a> Alex Cobb to a one-year contract, via Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The financial details of the contract are not yet known.</p><p>Cobb spent the 2024 season with the Cleveland Guardians, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-cleveland-alex-cobb-injury-move">only made it into three games</a> as he suffered a setback from his shoulder surgery. Once he returned, Cobb put up a 2-1 record with a 2.76 ERA and a 10/3 K/BB ratio. One of his starts saw the right-hander take a perfect game into the seventh inning.</p><p>Healthy for the 2023 season, Cobb earned his first All-Star nomination and ended his year making 28 appearances for the San Francisco Giants. He put up a 7-7 record with a 3.87 ERA and a 131/37 K/BB ratio. The Tigers are hoping he can put together another All-Star season and prove to be a consistent force in the rotation.</p><p>Detroit finished the 2024 campaign ranked fourth in the league with their 3.61 ERA. Their .233 batting average against ranked fifth while their 416 walks were the second-fewest in the league. Skubal will get all the headlines, but young pitchers such as Casey Mize, Reese Olson and Jackson Jobe are all poised to make an impact.</p><p>Now, Alex Cobb has joined their ranks. Despite his 2024 season being marred by injuries, the righty still found a way to put up good numbers when called upon. Now fully ready to compete, he is hoping to prove himself with the Tigers.</p><p>In the past, a one-year deal with Detroit put you in a position to be dealt at the deadline. Now, the narrative has changed. Cobb will be counted on from the jump and will be a key piece of the Tigers’ pitching plans in 2025.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tigers agree to 1-year deal with ex-Giants, Guardians pitcher

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-tigers-interest-walker-buehler-christian-walker-catch');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Tigers’ interest in Walker Buehler, Christian Walker comes with catch');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MLB-rumors-Tigers-interest-in-Walker-Buehler-Christian-Walker-comes-with-catch.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Tigers’ interest in Walker Buehler, Christian Walker comes with catch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-09T13:00:03-08:00">December 9th, 1:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-09T15:48:42-08:00">December 9th, 3:48pm</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After making the 2024 MLB Postseason despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-tigers-interested-jack-flaherty-reunion-dodgers-trade">trading Jack Flaherty</a> at the deadline, the Detroit Tigers are riding some momentum into the offseason. That momentum could mean Detroit ends up being a bigger factor than usual in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-tigers-interested-in-ha-seong-kim-ahead-of-mlb-winter-meetings">free-agent market</a>, as one Tigers reporter connected the team to both Christian Walker and Walker Buehler.</p><p>But for Walker, <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2024/12/09/detroit-tigers-could-land-starting-pitcher-at-mlb-winter-meetings/76804119007/" rel="noopener">there’s a catch</a>, as Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press explained.</p><p>“Another player to watch is first baseman Christian Walker, a 33-year-old whom the Tigers have kicked the tires on, but they might not be willing to get aggressive in pursuit of Walker if big-market teams are involved in the bidding,” he wrote on Monday. “It’s also a long shot because Walker costs a draft pick for signing since he declined the qualifying offer.”</p><p>After consecutive 30-plus-home-run seasons for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Walker took a small step back in 2024, though he still hit 26 homers with an .803 OPS.</p><p>It’s probably unrealistic to think a big-market team wouldn’t at least be involved in the bidding, particularly after the New York Yankees, who are desperate for a first baseman, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-new-york-2025-world-series-odds-after-massive-juan-soto-signing">missed out on Juan Soto</a>. If Soto’s new team, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-pete-alonso-new-york-return-free-agency">New York Mets, do not bring back Pete Alonso</a>, they could be a fit for Walker as well.</p><h2><b>The Tigers could eye Walker Buehler as a bounce-back candidate</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Walker-Buehler-Dodgers.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-yankees-walker-buehler-mutual-interest">pitcher Buehler</a> could be a great buy-low candidate on the free-agent market. With two All-Star appearances and a career 3.27 ERA to his name, the 2024 World Series champion hasn’t pitched a full season in the majors since 2021. The Tigers have a history of signing starting pitchers on the cusp of a comeback, including Michael Lorenzen in 2023 and Flaherty last year.</p><p>The hiccup with Buehler is that, as Petzold explained, he may be looking for a two-year deal.</p><p>“The reason why Buehler could be a two-year candidate (rather than one year) is because of the expensive pitching market, which saw 33-year-old left-hander Matthew Boyd — who threw 39⅔ innings last season in return from his second elbow surgery — sign a two-year, $29 million contract with the Chicago Cubs,” he wrote.</p><p>Buehler endured multiple IL stints in 2024 and was never able to find his old form during the regular season.</p><p>He returned for the playoffs, however, and after a bad first start against the San Diego Padres in the Division Series, he did not allow an earned run the rest of October. He was also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-walker-buehler-channeled-inner-clayton-kershaw-world-series-game-5">on the mound in the bottom of the ninth</a> as the Dodgers wrapped up their championship against the Yankees.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Tigers’ interest in Walker Buehler, Christian Walker comes with catch

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-tigers-interested-in-ha-seong-kim-ahead-of-mlb-winter-meetings');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Tigers interested in Ha-Seong Kim ahead of MLB Winter Meetings');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tigers-interested-in-Ha-Seong-Kim-ahead-of-MLB-Winter-Meetings.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Tigers interested in Ha-Seong Kim ahead of MLB Winter Meetings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-08T17:35:10-08:00">December 8th, 5:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-08T17:35:10-08:00">December 8th, 5:35pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-guardians-acknowledge-tigers-season-6-word-message">Detroit Tigers are coming off a feel-good run</a> in the 2024 MLB season. Although they were not able to go much deeper in the postseason, having been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-tigers-most-blame-alds-loss-guardians">eliminated in the American League Divisional Series round</a> by the Cleveland Guardians, that was still the first time that the Tigers played beyond the regular season since 2014.</p><p>Detroit can build on that newfound momentum with some moves in the offseason. One name that is <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/detroit-tigers-interested-in-ha-seong-kim-also-tyler/id1674627945?i=1000678945841" rel="noopener">being linked</a> to Detroit of late is free agent infielder Ha-Seong Kim. The Tigers are said to be <a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/tigers-interested-in-ha-seong-kim.html" rel="noopener">keeping an eye on the South Korean star</a>, who just turned 29 years old last October.</p><p>“The Tigers have shown interest in infielder Ha-Seong Kim, as related by the Detroit Free Press’ Evan Petzold in a recent appearance on the Days Of Roar podcast,” wrote Mark Polishuk of MLB Trade Rumors.”</p><p>As noted as well by Polishuk, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-giants-willy-adames-agree-historic-182-million-contract">Padres’ divisional rival, the San Francisco Giants, could potentially be out</a> of the running for Kim, considering that they just made a splash in the free-agent market to bolster their infield.</p><p>“The Blue Jays, Giants, and Kim’s former team the Padres have all been publicly connected to Kim this offseason, though it is fair to guess that San Francisco may be out of the running after signing Willy Adames,” added Polishuk.</p><p>There is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-ha-seong-kim-injury-admission">some concern about Kim’s health</a> going into the 2025 season as he had surgery on his shoulder last September, but he is still expected to see action in the next campaign.</p><h2><b>Ha-Seong Kim could be  an upgrade for the Tigers’ infield </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/San-Diego-Padres-shortstop-Ha-Seong-Kim-7-looks-on-during-warm-ups.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Kim, who declined his end of a mutual option worth $7 million for the 2025 MLB season with the Padres, is coming off a down season. He hit .233/.330/.370 with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs across 121 games and 470 plate appearances in the 2024 campaign with the Padres in which he also posted a 96 OPS+. In the two seasons prior, he had a batting line of 256/.338.391 and 106 OPS+ through 151 games.</p><p>However, Kim still seems like a worthy target for the Tigers, who have struggled to generate consistent offense from the shortstop position. In the 2024 season, Detroit was <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=0%2Cts&amp;rost=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=0&amp;season1=2024&amp;season=2024&amp;type=8&amp;month=38&amp;sortcol=12&amp;sortdir=default&amp;pagenum=1" rel="noopener">last in the big leagues with just a .190 shortstop batting average</a>. Moreover, the Tigers are also dead last in that position in terms of OBP (.237), wOBA (.242) and wRC+ (55), per FanGraphs. Javier Baez, who played the most games in 2024 among Detroit shortstops, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=6&amp;rost=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=0&amp;season1=2024&amp;season=2024&amp;type=8&amp;month=38&amp;sortcol=12&amp;sortdir=default" rel="noopener">only went .184/.221/.294 during the entire campaign</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Tigers interested in Ha-Seong Kim ahead of MLB Winter Meetings

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-tigers-interested-jack-flaherty-reunion-dodgers-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Tigers interested in Jack Flaherty reunion after Dodgers trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tigers-interested-in-Jack-Flaherty-reunion-after-Dodgers-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Tigers interested in Jack Flaherty reunion after Dodgers trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-07T16:43:17-08:00">December 7th, 4:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-07T16:43:17-08:00">December 7th, 4:43pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. A die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic, Brayden further channels his baseball enthusiasm through his podcast, where he delves into the latest in sports with engaging commentary. He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School. His commitment to sports journalism is evident in his diverse experiences with ContraCosta.news and his dedication to delivering compelling and insightful content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Tigers are reportedly considering a reunion with right-hander Jack Flaherty, who spent the first half of the 2024 season with the team <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-jack-flahertys-special-reaction-la-tigers-trade">before being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. The Tigers <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5976834/2024/12/07/mlb-free-agency-orioles-mets/" rel="noopener">have expressed “some interest”</a> in bringing Flaherty back as part of their offseason plans.</p><p>Flaherty joined the Tigers on a one-year deal before the 2024 season, hoping to rebuild his value. He delivered a strong first half, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-los-angeles-jack-flaherty-tigers-trade">which prompted the Tigers to trade him to the Dodgers at the deadline.</a> Flaherty then played a significant role in helping Los Angeles secure a World Series title. Now a free agent, Flaherty has positioned himself for a substantial payday, with some analysts projecting a deal in the range of $100 million.</p><p>Detroit’s interest in Flaherty aligns with their need for starting pitching as they aim to build on their 2024 postseason run. The Tigers reached the ALDS last season and are looking to strengthen their rotation to take the next step. Pairing Flaherty with ace Tarik Skubal would provide a formidable one-two punch at the top of the rotation.</p><h2><b>Could the Tigers bring back Jack Flaherty?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jack-Flaherty.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Flaherty’s market value has risen significantly due to his performance in 2024. In 30 starts split between Detroit and Los Angeles, he posted a <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/news/ex-detroit-tigers-star-jack-flaherty-predicted-to-sign-100-million-deal-with-giants" rel="noopener">3.78 ERA</a> and logged 168 strikeouts over 180 innings. His strong second half with the Dodgers solidified his reputation as a dependable starter, though his prior injury history could give teams pause.</p><p>While Flaherty’s return would undoubtedly bolster Detroit’s rotation, the team has also explored other options. The Athletic’s Cody Stavenhagen notes that the Tigers are targeting “high-upside” arms available on shorter-term deals. This strategy would allow Detroit to balance risk while maintaining financial flexibility.</p><p>Names like Walker Buehler, Andrew Heaney, and Michael Soroka have been floated as potential fits for the Tigers. Buehler, in particular, is seen as a high-risk, high-reward option due to his recent struggles but undeniable talent. Soroka offers upside as a younger arm who has battled injuries, while Heaney represents a more stable, veteran presence.</p><p>Flaherty’s strong showing in 2024 has set him apart as one of the best remaining starters in free agency. His lack of a qualifying offer makes him even more appealing, as teams won’t have to forfeit draft picks to sign him. However, his projected price tag and contract length could pose challenges for a Tigers front office reportedly focused on shorter-term investments.</p><p>As Detroit evaluates its options, Flaherty’s familiarity with the organization and proven success could make him an ideal candidate for a return. Whether the Tigers are willing to meet his market demands or pivot to other options remains to be seen, but their interest in Flaherty underscores their commitment to building a competitive roster for 2025.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Tigers interested in Jack Flaherty reunion after Dodgers trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb-rumors-red-sox-tigers-join-alex-bregman-free-agency-sweepstakes');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Red Sox, Tigers join Alex Bregman free agency sweepstakes');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-21-24-Bregman-featured.jpeg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Red Sox, Tigers join Alex Bregman free agency sweepstakes</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-21T18:29:46-08:00">November 21st, 6:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-21T18:46:35-08:00">November 21st, 6:46pm</time><address><a>David Korn</a>David Korn is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints. He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Alex Bregman is expected to be one of the most popular names in free agency this offseason. Two teams have reportedly entered the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-phillies-giants-seen-viable-alex-bregman-destinations">sweepstakes to sign Bregman</a>.</p><p>The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox are <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/21/sports/tigers-could-reunite-alex-bregman-with-ex-astros-manager-a-j-hinch/" rel="noopener">both interested</a> in Bregman according to MLB insider Jon Heyman of the New York Post.</p><p>“The Tigers are interested in star free-agent 3B Alex Bregman, which would give him a chance to reunite with manager A.J. Hinch from their Houston days — and yes, the incumbent Astros are in with an offer. Ultimately, Bregman might be pricey for Detroit,” Heyman wrote. “The Red Sox inquired and could be a fit for Bregman if they move Rafael Devers to first.”</p><p>Last season, Bregman slashed .260/.315/.453 while hitting 26 home runs and the first Gold Glove award of his career. Throughout his career, Bregman has been named an All-Star twice, won a Silver Slugger, and played a key role in the Astros’ World Series victories in 2017 and 2022.</p><p>Bregman, who is represented by super agent Scott Boras, is reportedly seeking a deal similar to San Diego Padres third baseman <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-alex-bregman-targeting-manny-machado-350-million-contract">Manny Machado’s 11-year, $350 million contract</a>.</p><h2><b>Does Alex Bregman make sense for the Detroit Tigers or Boston Red Sox?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-21-24-bregman-image.jpeg"><figcaption>© Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While the Tigers seem like a great fit for Bregman based on their current roster and Bregman’s relationship with current Tigers manager and former Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch, he may be asking for too high of a salary.</p><p>The Tigers primarily used a platoon of Matt Vierling and Zach McKinstry at third base, both of whom can play multiple other positions. If the Tigers are able to scrape together enough money to offer Bregman a competitive deal, it would be difficult to fin a better fit anywhere else in baseball. Bregman would not only provide Gold Glove-caliber defense at a premium position and a consistent bat in the middle of the order, be he would be a valued veteran presence on one of the youngest teams in the Major Leagues as a two-time World Series champion.</p><p>Bregman does not fit into the Red Sox roster as cleanly as the Tigers, as Heyman notes. But, if current third baseman Rafael Devers moves to third base and the Red Sox trade current first baseman Triston Casas, Bregman could slide into his natural position. Another potential option would be for Bregman to move to second base, where the Red Sox are currently looking for an upgrade.</p><p>At the GM meetings, Boras said that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-alex-bregman-willing-make-move-after-surgery">Bregman would consider potentially moving to second base</a>. If that is indeed the case, then that could be a way for the Red Sox to work Bregman into their current roster without having to change anyone else’s position or trade anyone.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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Derek was previously a fantasy football expert at DK and SB Nation, and he has been featured at FanSided, USA Today, NBC Sports, The New York Post, and others.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal has taken home <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-al-cy-young-award-historic-season">the AL Cy Young crown</a>. He received 30 first-place votes, and becomes the fifth Tigers player to win the award.</p><p>Skubal led the league in wins with 18, a 2,39 ERA, and 228 strikeouts, completing the pitching Triple-Crown on his 28th birthday.</p><p>“It’s pretty special,” Skubal said Wednesday on MLB Network, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press.</p><p>“All the hard work, all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes, moments like this make it extremely worth it. To have the support system that I have and the people that are right behind me, it means a lot to have those guys in my corner.” </p><p>Skubal was a huge part of the Tigers’ run to the postseason, despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-regret-game-5-loss-guardians">falling to the Cleveland Guardians</a> in the ALDS.</p><h2><b>Can Tarik Skubal do it again next season for Tigers?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tarik-Skubal_ee53ac.jpg"><figcaption>Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“How special is that, to be able to celebrate a Cy Young and me turning 28?” Skubal said Wednesday on a conference call. “I know age isn’t a good thing in this game, but it was special, no doubt.”</p><p>The Tigers will look to return to playoff contention in the 2025 season, after finishing 86-76, the franchise’s first winning season in seven years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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