Jon Heyman of the New York Post began stirring up the offseason pot on Thursday with a report claiming that the Tigers and star pitcher were $250M apart in extension talks. While no one doubts Heyman’s assertion that agent Scott Boras wants a contract in the $400-420M range, his claim that the Tigers offered less than Garret Crochet’s deal with the Red Sox at the beginning of the 2024-2025 offseason was met by skepticism.

No doubt the Tigers offer was very far apart from what Boras expects to land for the top pitcher in baseball’s services. Tigers’ president of baseball operations, Scott Harris, won’t talk about negotiations, but that’s never stopped the game’s most powerful agent from trying to game contract talks through the media. Crochet’s deal was six years, $170M. We’ll note that th

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