As expected the Detroit Tigers tendered a contract to all of their non-tender candidates before Wednesday’s deadline. Around the league there were plenty of notable players released, but it wasn’t quite the frenzy of cuts some had predicted as teams look to trim payroll this offseason.
The Tigers didn’t really have any reason to let a player go. Their current payroll is one of the lowest in the league, and of their non-tender—seriously, can we invent a better term for this process—candidates, only Matthew Boyd is likely to earn over $5 million in 2021.