The Detroit Tigers currently own the best record in baseball as they enter play tonight 40-21. Today Jeff Passan released his early 2025 MLB trade deadline preview. The name to watch for Detroit is Bo Bichette from the Toronto Blue Jays. Bichette is a free agent following this season which may make the return less than normal. The Tigers currently have Trey Sweeney as their shortstop with Javier Baez currently finding success at third base and the outfield. Bichette this season in 59 games is hitting .277 with a .754 OPS. He has 17 doubles, seven home runs, 32 RBI, 26 runs scored, four stolen bases, and 16 walks. It’ll be interesting if he’s available with the Blue Jays potentially in the playoff race as they sit in second place in the American League East. If they falter Bichette would be a nice fit with Detroit.
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Sweeney in 55 games is hitting .229 with a .605 OPS. He has three doubles, a triple, four home runs, 21 RBI, 24 runs scored, two stolen bases, and 14 walks. Baez in eight games is hitting .250 with a .586 OPS. He has. a double, an RBI, a four runs scored, and a walk. McKinstry in six games is hitting .250 with a 1.141 OPS. He has two triples, a home run, two RBI, three runs scored, and a walk.
Bo Bichette
Bichette has played in 668 career games hitting .277 with a .754 OPS. He has 163 doubles, seven triples, 100 home runs, 375 RBI, 386 runs scored, 60 stolen bases, and 163 walks. Bichette is a two-time All-Star and finished as high as 11th in MVP voting which came in 2022. He would be a nice key established bat to add to the Tigers lineup as they look to make a deep run in the 2025 Postseason.
