Tigers made significant offer to Alex Bregman

Alex Bregman is headed to Boston on a three-year deal that comes with a massive $40MM average annual value (albeit with deferrals).

The two-time All-Star was also known to have multiple six-year offers on the table, one of which was from the Astros.

The Tigers also proposed a six-year offer, as first reported by Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free-Press .

Petzold initially reported that Detroits offer was for narrowly above $170MM and included an opt-out clause after the second season.

It had some amount of deferred money.

USA Todays Bob Nightengale specified it as a $171.5MM offer.

Detroits offer came with an approximate $28.58MM average annual value, before accounting for deferrals.

Bregman obviously fared much better on an annual basis on the agreement with Boston.

It seems as if Detroit offered the highest overall guarantee.

The Astros had a six-year, $156MM offer on the table for most of the winter.

While they reportedly bumped that towards the end of the process, they didnt seem optimistic about getting a deal done.

Indeed, it doesnt seem that Houston was even in the running by the end.

Nightengale reports that the Cubs, Tigers and Red Sox were the finalists.

As with Boston, Chicago only seemed interested on a short-term deal.

However, they werent willing to match the Soxs offer on an annual basis.

Nightengale reports that the Cubs proposed a four-year, $120MM deal.

According to MLB.coms Mark Feinsand , that would have included opt-outs after the second and third seasons.

The Tigers and Cubs would each have kept Bregman at his traditional third base position.

Theyre likely to turn the hot corner to young players with top prospect pedigree but little to no MLB experience ( Jace Jung and Matt Shaw , respectively).

Bregman is ticketed for second base work in Boston, where Rafael Devers will stick at the hot corner..

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