DETROIT -- The list of potential destinations for Tigers slugger J.D. Martinez keeps growing as the Winter Meetings near. So, too, does the potential motivation for Detroit to trade him.
As Tigers officials measure the ramifications of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, they've held discussions with the Phillies on a potential deal for Martinez, according to MLB Network insider and MLB.com columnist Jon Paul Morosi. Those talks have not progressed beyond the initial stages, but they reinforce what others around the industry are saying: Of all the Tigers veterans available to trade, Martinez is the most likely to go.