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Could Tigers have pieces to trade for Lucroy?
- Updated: July 28, 2016
DETROIT — The Tigers aren’t expecting to do anything big by Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline at 4 p.m. ET, general manager Al Avila warned last week. That doesn’t mean they’re not going to shop.
When the Tigers sent a scout to last week’s Brewers-Pirates series in Pittsburgh, the belief was that Detroit’s front office was eyeing relievers on both sides. Turns out, the Tigers were watching more than Mark Melancon, Will Smith and Jeremy Jeffress. They also had an eye on catcher Jonathan Lucroy, potentially the most impactful position player on this year’s market. With just days to go before the Deadline, the reported interest — first noted by Ken Rosenthal of MLB Network and FOX Sports — adds a little bit of intrigue that Avila warned would be anything but.
It’s a long path from interest to an actual trade. Lucroy has a handful of other reported suitors, including the American League Central-leading Indians, the AL West-leading Rangers, the defending National League champion Mets and the AL East-contending Red Sox, and those teams have deeper farm systems than the Tigers.
In a sport of industry sources and well-timed leaks, it could well end up being little more than motivation to get more out of Cleveland, which lost Yan Gomes on July 18 to a separated right shoulder and is currently …
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