Resurfaced Isaac Paredes clip encapsulates Tigers' fans feelings after weekend vs. Detroit

The Tigers' old friend Isaac Paredes was back in Detroit this weekend for their four-game series against the Astros.

Paredes has seen his old team a lot since he was traded from the Tigers to the Rays for Austin Meadows in April 2022, and he seems to take every game against them as a revenge game. Through 29 career contests against Detroit, he's hitting .293 with a .901 OPS, five home runs, and 18 RBI.

This latest series was no different. He went 6-for-15 at the plate with a homer and five RBI while not striking out a single time. The Tigers avoided a sweep with a win in the second game, but that was the only positive for Detroit.

An old clip resurfaced on Tigers Twitter after Sunday's loss. In the second game of a Rays-Blue Jays doubleheader in early July, Paredes hit a three-run homer in the fifth to put the Rays up 9-1. After congratulating Paredes in the dugout, a player or a coach could be heard saying, "Hey, the Tigers are f—ing idiots."

Yeah, Tigers fans are kinda feeling that right about now too.

Isaac Paredes' huge weekend against the Tigers was a painful reminder of what we've lost

This isn't even Scott Harris hate (this time); the Paredes-Meadows swap was made by Al Avila. Even if Meadows wasn't out of the game by now — he left during the 2023 season battling anxiety issues and was non-tendered that November — it already looked like a bad deal in 2022. Meadows was hitting .250 with a .675 OPS before he went onto the IL with vertigo on June 15. He battled a host of other physical and mental issues and did not return to the team that year.

Paredes, meanwhile, has put together a solid major league career since the Tigers shipped him off. This year, he's third on Houston's bWAR leaderboard behind Yordan Alvarez (3.6) and Jeremy Peña and Christian Walker (tied at 2.0).

Tigers fans have occasionally dreamed up trades that might get Paredes back in Detroit. He was dealt to the Cubs at the 2024 trade deadline, and then he was part of the Kyle Tucker trade to the Astros.

To be fair, the Tigers had no idea they would go on the run they did after the trade deadline in 2024. But getting him that offseason, with a few years of team control left and a history of mashing against the Tigers? That could've been a difference maker, but alas.

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