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Detroit Tigers: 3 goals for the second half of the 2022 season

By Matthew Scheidel

DETROIT, MI - JULY 02: Manager A.J. Hinch #14 of the Detroit Tigers looks on from the dugout during the game against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park on July 2, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers defeated the Royals 4-3. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - JULY 02: Manager A.J. Hinch #14 of the Detroit Tigers looks on from the dugout during the game against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park on July 2, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers defeated the Royals 4-3. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /
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2. Figure out who is part of the team’s long term plans

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – APRIL 27: Akil Baddoo #60 of the Detroit Tigers looks on during an at-bat against the Minnesota Twins in the third inning of the game at Target Field on April 27, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins defeated the Tigers 5-0. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) /

This might be the most important goal for the second half. The Detroit Tigers will have some tough (and some not-so-tough) decisions to make as far as player personnel for the 2023 season and beyond. The second half of the 2022 season will be paramount for quite a few players on this roster.

Jeimer Candelario is first guy that comes to mind. Some fans were clamoring for the team to give him an extension in the offseason after posting a 3.8 bWAR last season and leading the American League in doubles. Now, there’s a pretty good chance he gets non-tendered this offseason regardless of how he performs in the second half of 2022.

Jonathan Schoop has a player option that he will almost certainly accept after the season he’s had, but the Tigers could still choose to move on from him and eat the $7.5 million that he’s owed. There was talk of extending Tucker Barnhart before the season as well, but that also seems highly unlikely now.

That’s not to mention some of the younger, more inexperienced players on the roster. Riley Greene obviously isn’t going anywhere. Akil Baddoo still needs to prove that last year wasn’t a fluke, as we mentioned in the previous slide. Eric Haase is still in the middle of a nice hot streak, but can he keep it up?

Then there’s bench players like the Castros, Victor Reyes, and Kody Clemens, and guys that have been flipped between Toledo and Detroit like Derek Hill and Daz Cameron. How long will this organization continue to rely on them as actual big league reinforcements, or even starters in some cases?

There is probably going to be some major roster overhaul this offseason. Whoever the GM ends up being (fingers crossed it’s not Al Avila) will have a lot of work ahead of them.

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