With the Detroit Tigers looking to cut payroll this winter, one name that has come up multiple times in trade rumors during the Winter Meetings is former Yankees reliever Justin Wilson, who was traded to Detroit last winter in exchange for young starting pitchers Luis Cessa and Chad Green.
MLB Trade Rumors projects Wilson to earn $2.7 million during his penultimate year of arbitration, so while he’s not especially cost prohibitive, Detroit does appear to have less expensive options in house to replace him.
The Yankees have been connected to free agent lefties Boone Logan, Mike Dunn, and Jerry Blevins in recent weeks, but Wilson is younger, cheaper, and arguably much better than any of that trio, so it might make sense for them to at least check Wilson’s price tag.