Overview
- Bleacher Report’s Joel Reuter predicts the Tigers will sign right-hander Michael King, a former Padres starter who posted a 3.44 ERA over 15 starts in 2025, with Detroit Free Press reporting the club has shown interest if his health holds.
- Just Baseball’s Ryan Finkelstein forecasts Detroit landing Bo Bichette on an eight-year, $208 million deal, a move that could require him to shift from shortstop given top prospect Kevin McGonigle’s expected readiness.
- FanSided reports Detroit is listening on Tarik Skubal and views an immediate extension as unlikely, with organizational caution influenced by the underperforming Javy Báez contract.
- Skubal enters his final team-controlled year with agent Scott Boras, raising expectations he could reach free agency even as the Tigers seek rotation help and lineup impact after an ALDS exit.
- With the Winter Meetings opening in Orlando, a thin starter market shaped by Dylan Cease’s $210 million deal may elevate pitching prices, leaving King’s contract size uncertain due to injury history.