MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JULY 27: Jonathan Schoop #7 of the Detroit Tigers throws against the Minnesota Twins on July 27, 2021 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images)
Instead of the Detroit Tigers trading Jonathan Schoop, they extended him
There was a segment of the fan base that wanted Jonathan Schoop gone, no matter the cost. Their reasoning was fairly sound—they felt a player on a one-year deal would not be a part of the next Detroit Tigers contender.
The market for rentals had shifted back a bit this summer. No, it wasn’t Daniel Norris, Matthew Boyd, and Jairo LaBourt for David Price in 2015, but we did see Toronto give up a hefty price tag for Twins starter Jose Berrios this summer.