Saturday morning, the Tigers signed the right side of the Twins Opening Day infield.

 

Jonathan Schooop signed for $6.1 million. 

CJ Cron signed for $6.1 million.

I know these aren't blockbuster signings, but the Tigers will be better

But they never played for Gardy.

It was apparent for several months that Schoop would not be back with the Twins so I'm glad he found a job. Same for Cron, I guess, but I think the Twins should have tried to bring him back. 

Huh, so they'll be playing together again as the likely 1B-2B combo for Detroit. Not a bad pair of signings for them, and Cron could especially be a good deal if his thumb recovers. That's a solid way to spend $12M.

It's going to be tough for them to avoid 100 losses. I do suspect they'll keep it under 110 losses in 2020.

I think Tigers will be glad they signed those two.  Could be good...

I don't know why the Tigers are trying to "rebuild" with those two guys on one-year contracts, but I wish them well. 

 

At least when they play the Indians, White Sox, and Royals.

There is a good chance at least one will have a solid first half and get flipped for a prospect or two.

101 wins to 114 losses! Talk about going from the penthouse to the outhouse!!!!!

Solid moves for Detroit. Both are still good players and could turn into assets at the deadline.

Both did well for the Twins in 19 and I wish them all the best.

I don't know why the Tigers are trying to "rebuild" with those two guys on one-year contracts,

Didn't the Twins make similar moves while "rebuilding"?

Both are solid signings, but neither moves the needle much in creating a winning team.  It is unlikely either would block anyone, Caberra will now be a full time DH when healthy.  Detroit needed to move closer to 60 - 70 wins, but still needs a ton of pitching help.

It depends on where you are rebuilding from, I guess.  If you have a bunch of young guys and are biting the bullet while losing 100 games, I would think trying to add a couple of veterans on maybe two- or three-year deals to get stability would make sense (and those wouldn't be my guys).  I don't think the Twins last year were rebuilding at all the way the Tigers are now- they had a team they thought would be pretty good, and added two guys to fill gaps.

 

If the goal is to have these two guys around for a few months and flip them for younger players, why not just get younger players now?  I don't think either one is likely to be worth too much at the deadline to a playoff contender unless they absolutely catch fire.  Maybe they add stability, maybe they just take two spots away from seeing which younger guys can play.

 

This seems more like a pair of Logan Morrison signings to me.

If Cron was only gonna command $6.1, I’d have liked to have seen the Twins keep him around.