{"id":104933,"date":"2025-07-28T19:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=104933"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:56:57","slug":"tigers-looking-add-eugenio-suarez-asap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/28\/tigers-looking-add-eugenio-suarez-asap\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: Tigers Looking to Add Eugenio Su\u00e1rez ASAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Detroit Tigers are looking to add Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star third baseman <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suareeu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eugenio Su\u00e1rez<\/a> as soon as possible. Reports have been that the asking price for Su\u00e1rez is rich, but the Tigers seem willing to dip into their luxurious prospect pool. For what it&#8217;s worth, the Diamondbacks are in Detroit right now for a three-game set against the Tigers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104822\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-104822\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26710644-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26710644-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26710644-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26710644-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26710644-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26710644-2048x1410.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jul 25, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suareeu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eugenio Suarez<\/a> (28) fields a ground ball against Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/phamth01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Pham<\/a> (not pictured) during the fourth inning at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What Does A Potential Eugenio Su\u00e1rez Trade Look Like?<\/h2>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/23\/reds-might-target-reunion-eugenio-suarez\/\" target=\"_self\">Su\u00e1rez<\/a> would be a rental for the time being, he is one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/26\/report-phillies-have-inquired-eugenio-suarez\/\" target=\"_self\">coveted pieces<\/a> currently on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/28\/diamondbacks-eugenio-suarez-future-remains-unclear\/\" target=\"_self\">trade block<\/a>. Given what the Diamondbacks are asking for in exchange for Su\u00e1rez, I crafted my mock trade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tigers receive<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Eugenio Su\u00e1rez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diamondbacks receive<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=bricen003jos&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josue Brice\u00f1o<\/a> (Tigers #4 prospect)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/meltotr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Troy Melton<\/a> (Tigers #6 prospect)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maddety01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ty Madden<\/a> (Tigers #13 prospect)<\/p>\n<p>The Diamondbacks have stressed how they want MLB-ready players in exchange for Su\u00e1rez, but given the lack of depth within their farm system, this trade makes a ton of sense for them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Detroit Tigers, one of the strong suitors for Diamondbacks All Star 3B Eugenio Suarez, would love to finalize a deal before Suarez leaves town Wednesday. The DBacks are in Detroit for 3-game series.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1949885982532391194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Breaking Down a Potential Return<\/h3>\n<p>Josue Brice\u00f1o is a 20-year-old 1B\/C who has been good during his time in High-A and Double-A. The Diamondbacks don&#8217;t have any potential top prospects currently capable of playing first base, so this would solve an immediate need for them. While he has struggled during the early portion of his Double-A career, he is still very young and could be in the MLB within the next three to four years. He is batting .237 in 11 games with six RBI, posting a .333 OBP and .629 OPS. While the OPS is lower than expected, one should pay more attention to the on-base percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Melton could be considered an MLB-ready prospect to some teams, as he looked fairly decent in his MLB debut last week against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Although Melton did give up some &#8220;hard contact&#8221; in his start, he was still able to showcase his strikeout ability, punching out seven Pirates through five innings. That is the scouting report on Melton, a pitcher who can generate a ton of swing-and-miss given his pitch arsenal, but someone who can lose control of command, which leads to home runs.<\/p>\n<p>Ty Madden has been dealing with a rotator cuff injury this season, but he has still shown tremendous promise during his short MLB stint last year. The 25-year-old posted a 4.30 ERA through 25 innings, striking out 17 and walking eight. While those numbers don&#8217;t look great on paper, Madden is still young and would have a better opportunity to showcase his talent in Arizona. He has a fastball, slider, and changeup mix that all grade out at 50, making those his three best pitches.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word<\/h3>\n<p>We may never know how any of these three prospects turn out, but given the current direction of the Diamondbacks, paired with the eagerness of the Tigers, this is a deal that should make sense for both parties. The Tigers get one of the best bats in MLB, adding more depth to their lineup, while the Diamondbacks retool a prospect pool that currently has just three prospects within the top 100.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Detroit Tigers are looking to add Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star third baseman Eugenio Su\u00e1rez as soon as possible. Reports have been that the asking price for Su\u00e1rez is rich, but the Tigers seem willing to dip into their luxurious prospect pool. For what it&#8217;s worth, the Diamondbacks are in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5547,"featured_media":103374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,29,1071,35],"tags":[761,29083,49,29082,4876],"class_list":["post-104933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tigers","category-diamondbacks","category-mlb","category-news","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-josue-briceno","tag-trade-deadline","tag-troy-melton","tag-ty-madden"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104974,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104933\/revisions\/104974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}