The mold has just about set on the 2019 season, meaning the trade market will be heating up again in the next few weeks. The Detroit Tigers figure to be on the selling side of midsummer transactions again. Their most valuable asset is obviously southpaw Matt Boyd. He has been a force to be reckoned with this year, already eclipsing his 2018 WAR total in just 16 starts (he made 31 last year) while striking out batters at a career-high rate and walking them at a career low rate.
Cost-controlled and under contract until 2022, it’s obvious why Boyd has been attracting attention from the front offices of contending clubs — including the Milwaukee Brewers.