At about 7:11 p.m. next Wednesday, the Tigers will tell Commissioner Rob Manfred that they’re putting a heavy part of their baseball future in the hands, and bat, of Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson.
Stuff can happen inside of seven days. But the parties want each other and the money issues are close to being resolved, if not essentially locked up, with something approaching, or just north of, $8 million destined for Torkelson and his slot ceiling of $8.4 million. Scott Boras is Torkelson’s agent and the Tigers and Boras are old dance partners who have a relationship.