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Predicting every MLB team’s biggest signing next winter

By Brad Weiss

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Chris Sale #41 of the Boston Red Sox in action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 30, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 11-0. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: Chris Sale #41 of the Boston Red Sox in action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 30, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 11-0. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – JUNE 20: starting pitcher Michael Wacha #52 of the St. Louis Cardinals speaks with the Cardinals team trainer before being removed from the game due to injury in the fourth inning during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on June 20, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies won 4-3. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – JUNE 20: starting pitcher Michael Wacha #52 of the St. Louis Cardinals speaks with the Cardinals team trainer before being removed from the game due to injury in the fourth inning during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on June 20, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies won 4-3. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

Detroit Tigers: RHP Michael Wacha

The Detroit Tigers have fallen on hard times, and in 2019, they will try to take a serious step forward in the second year with Ron Gardenhire as the team’s manager. The Tigers won only 64 games in Gardy’s first game back on the bench, as the entire AL Central outside of the Cleveland Indians finished under .500.

The Tigers will go into the 2019 season with a different look to the rotation, as they added arms like Tyson Ross and Matt Moore. That should help them improve a bit over last season, but in 2020, they may target one of the better right-handed starting pitchers in the free agent class in Michael Wacha.

Wacha is a pitcher who is just entering his prime, and will be only 28 for the 2020 season. Detroit has some talented guys down on the farm in right-handers Casey Mize and Matt Manning, so it would make sense to add a veteran to  the top of the rotation, and Wacha has pitched in big games before.

Detroit has one of the better farm systems in baseball, and with a grizzled veteran manager in Gardenhire, they should be much improved in 2019. They are looking at a two-year window where they could spend some cash, and bring up some young studs, so look for the Tigers to get back on track in the next year or so.

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