The offseason has been underway for five weeks already, and there has been near radio silence from the Detroit Tigers. This is the way Scott Harris likes it, and with good reason. On the other hand, the lack of rumors and signs of interest in the free agent market means that the few which have emerged may be getting more weight than they deserve. We have no idea if the Tigers are really serious about a trade for St. Louis Cardinals third baseman, Nolan Arenado, but the notion hasn’t gone away.
Just in the past week, Tigers’ beat writers Evan Petzold of the Free Press and Cody Stavenhagen of the Athletic have treated the rumor seriously on their respective podcasts.