The major Detroit Tigers news of the past week was the two-year extension signed by Jonathan Schoop. The move felt bigger than the actual scale of the two-year, $15M pact. Indeed, it’s widely being taken as a sign that the club will finally pursue some serious free agent help and lay the foundation for an emerging pool pool of young talent to carry them back to the postseason.
We’ll see how clear a sign of Chris Ilitch’s imminent largesse this turns out to be, but for now, retaining Schoop at low cost, low commitment, papers over part of the organizational weakness in the infield with a quality veteran player in his prime.