The Detroit Tigers' bullpen was a mess for large swaths of 2025, so it's no surprise that changes are afoot. In addition to all of Scott Harris's controversial trade deadline additions on the verge of departing, many other cogs are on the chopping block.
And that change has already begun. A handful of relievers have already been given their walking papers, with notable names like Jason Foley and Sean Guenther getting the boot.
The primary motivation was to protect some top prospects like Hao-Yu Lee and Thayron Liranzo from the Rule 5 Draft, but there might be a secondary motivation for the change — one that would involve forming a higher-octane bullpen in 2026.