3 trade targets for the Colorado Rockies from the Detroit Tigers

Today, we continue our series of trade targets for the Colorado Rockies from each and every MLB team off their 40-man roster in the American League Central with the Detroit Tigers.

The Detroit Tigers and the Colorado Rockies are teams that believe that they are in a similar spot right now. Both the Tigers and Rockies finished with records in the 70s (the Rockies with 74 wins and Detroit with 77) and both were nowhere close to contending teams in 2019 and 2020.

However, the Tigers have done something that the Colorado Rockies haven’t done in a few years and have yet to do this offseason: sign some big names from other teams in free agency. The Tigers have signed starting pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez and infielder Javier Báez to a combined $217 million.

That’s why the Tigers, even without further moves, could be a contender in the weak American League Central.

The Rockies, who play in arguably the toughest division in baseball (the NL West), have a team that is not in the playoff picture, especially since they have already lost Jon Gray and will lose Trevor Story when the lockout ends and another team signs him.

Currently, both teams have roughly the same needs heading into the season. Both teams, arguably, need a starting pitcher (the Tigers more than the Rockies), a middle infielder, an outfielder, and bullpen help.

That’s part of the reason why the Rockies and Tigers are not a match made in heaven for a trade right now. However, there are three players that the Rockies could be trade targets from the Tigers 40-man roster that could help them in 2022.