At no point this season did anyone seriously expect left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez to opt into the remaining three years and $49 million left on the five year pact signed in the 2021-2022 offseason. And with not even the hint of a rumor of re-negotiating the deal during the season, after a very strange and disconnected situation at the 2023 trade deadline between player and organization, it seemed unlikely that Rodriguez would be staying in Detroit. And then, on Friday evening, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reported that the Tigers and Rodriguez’s agent, Gene Mato, are engaged in talks about restructuring the contract.
Detroit Tigers and Eduardo Rodriguez engaged in contract restructuring talks, per report
