Tigers begin the roster shuffle; Bonine elects free agency

He is a decent pitcher when he uses the knuckball, some organization will get a steal, good luck Eddie.

The guy isn’t getting any younger and he’s probably already near his ceiling. It’s not absurd to think he could be a #5 somewhere or at least long relief, but I really don’t view this as a loss. Our organization probably could use his spot to at least try some of the other talent and see if they have a higher potential to contribute. Someone like Grangier (not hung up on the name here…insert any AA or AAA starter) might do as well as Bonine and may even be better. It either allows us to sign / trade for a better player or promote from within to see what we’ve got.

Good luck Eddie.

Nobody deals on the weekend. It will have to be Friday afternoon….and early.

He’s still on the 40 man roster. His agent has to file with the league office. Technicality.

Bobby Seay is on the 60 day DL, but he won’t be activated to the roster since he will be a free agent.

Miner was activated and put back on the roster on Nov 2nd. I’m not sure why he, and not Zumaya were activated, but there is now room to activate Zumaya, which I believe they must do in the next couple of days. I would think that Zach is a non tender candidate. He made $ 950 K, is eligible for arbitration and should not get much of a raise, if any. He and Brad Thomas would be non tender candidates.

The Tigers will not be putting players on the roster to protect them in the Rule 5 draft if there’s a good chance that they’ll just have to take them off later when they sign a free agent or make a trade. If they’re planning on replacing a departing free agent on the roster with another free agent, they’ll just hold the spot open. In the Rule 5 draft, if a player is taken, the club that chooses them has to keep them on the 25 man roster all season long. If a player has to be taken off the 40 man roster, they just have to clear waivers, and another club can pick them up, put them on their 40 man roster, and stash them in the minors until they’re ready for showtime.

I don’t think the Tigers will add more players to the roster from outside the organization than the number that they’ll lose to free agency. But they’ll take one player off the roster for each young guy that they want to protect. The list of possible additions includes Iorg, Gustavo Nunez, Brayan Villareal, Duane Below, and I would add Zach Simons and Charlie Furbush. Simons is the only reliever in the bunch and should be protected, but apparently someone in the organization doesn’t like him.