As the Detroit Tigers continue to rebuild, sorting through prospects, fans are wondering what kind of a splash the club will make in the free agent market during the off season to add some bona fide major league talent that pushes the team toward contender status. The bottom line is that the club should have the revenues to make some significant moves, although there won’t be much in terms of payroll savings to clear the way. To add talent, they will need to increase payroll.
The 2021- 22 off season won’t have the kind of payroll savings that the team saw the previous winter, when some $ 50 million in player salaries came off the books, led by the departure of free agent Jordan Zimmermann.