# Potential targets if the Tigers go shopping at the trade deadline
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Needs and questions tbd yet
1. A right-handed hitter with thump for the infield’s left side.
2. Back-end bullpen arms ― preferably hard-throwing, strikeout aces.
3. Starting pitching, especially after Jackson Jobe on Wednesday was formally lost for the year because of elbow surgery.
What isn’t known yet by Harris:
How many teams with players/pitchers the Tigers would be happy to add will, in fact, be sellers ahead of the 6 p.m., July 31 trade deadline?
Also, how might injured players now on the shelf ― Matt Vierling, particularly ― affect the Tigers’ appetite if those players return and play well as the next seven weeks evolve?
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A third, co-equal question before any trade is made: What can the Tigers offer any MLB team in the mood to talk with Detroit?
Thoughts center on three players:
Jace Jung, who is either a third baseman or second baseman and who now is playing at Triple-A Toledo three years after he was a first-round Tigers pick.
Hao-Yu Lee, who plays the same positions at Toledo and who, like Jung, is viewed as a potential hitter a re-stocking or rebuilding MLB team might seriously consider as it looks to the future.
Max Anderson, a second baseman at Double-A Erie who is hitting the ball with fiery regularity two years after he was a Tigers second-round pick.
The Tigers also have enough young pitching (Jaden Hamm, Troy Melton, as well as a parcel of farm relievers) to theoretically include in any of next month’s possible swaps.
What is a near-absolute is that the Tigers will not be dealing any of their franchise farm stars: Max Clark, Kevin McGonigle, Josue Briceño, or Bryce Rainer (now gone for the season with a dislocated shoulder). Harris would, properly, never say never, but those are four people he is planning on helping sustain the Tigers for years to come.
Targets
Bo Bichette, 27, shortstop, Blue Jays, .275/.320/.425/.745, eight homers : Bichette is on his way to free agency this autumn and has relatively mild numbers in 2025
Eugenio Suarez, 33, third base, Diamondbacks, .224/.298/.498/.796, 18 home runs:
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, 30, shortstop/third base, Pirates, .299/.345/.380/.725, one home run:
Jordan Westburg, 26, 3B/2B, Orioles, .221/.275/.421/.696, five home runs: No, not likely. Westburg made the All-Star team last year. He has been hurt
Bullpen
Aroldis Chapman, 37, left-handed closer, Red Sox, 1.65 ERA, .091 WHIP, 37 strikeouts in 27.1 innings:
Jake Bird, 29, right-handed reliever, Rockies, 1.41 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 50 strikeouts in 38.1 innings:
Seth Halvorsen, 25, right-handed reliever, Rockies, 4.73 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 25 strikeouts in 26.2 innings: Halvorsen has a 100-mph fastball and a dangerous split and, well, now you know why the Tigers and pitching guru Chris Fetter would love bear-hugging this guy
David Bednar, 30, right-handed reliever, Pirates, 3.74 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 31 strikeouts in 21.2 innings: Definitely, this man strikes Tigers students as a man Harris-Hinch and Co. would be pursuing.
Kyle Finnegan, 33, right-handed closer, Nationals, 2.25 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 21 strikeouts and eight walks in 24 innings
Starters
Sonny Gray, Chris Bassitt, Andrew Heaney, Nick Martinez, E Cabrera, Merrill Kelly, Zack Little,
