Scott Harris and Jeff Greenberg aren’t wasting time. The offseason has just begun, and they’ve already targeted a bat in trade. On Saturday, the Tigers traded relief prospect Blake Holub to the Milwaukee Brewers for veteran OF/1B Mark Canha.
The Brewers held an $11.5 million option on Canha for 2024 which they presumably weren’t ever planning on exercising, but it would’ve cost them $2 million to buy out the option. Now they’re free and clear with some payroll space opened up, while the Tigers got the right-handed bat they needed to add with minimal commitment in terms of payroll and term length.