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Jonathan Schoop To Exercise Player Option With Tigers

By Anthony Franco | November 2, 2022 at 7:02pm CDT

Tigers second baseman Jonathan Schoop intends to exercise a $7.5MM player option for the 2023 season, reports Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free-Press. It’ll be the second season of the two-year extension he signed towards the end of the 2021 campaign.

There was never much doubt about the decision, as Schoop wouldn’t have topped $7.5MM in free agency after a dismal offensive season. The 31-year-old hit only .202/.239/.322 with 11 home runs through 510 plate appearances. A meager .234 batting average on balls in play was a part of that disappointing year, but it also demonstrated the downside of Schoop’s extreme low-walk approach. Of the 132 hitters with 500+ trips to the dish, Schoop was easily the worst at reaching base. Cody Bellinger, owner of a .265 OBP, had the second-lowest mark among that group and still topped Schoop by .026 points.

To his credit, Schoop did perform excellently on the other side of the ball. He played a bit more than 1100 innings at the keystone and drew unanimously excellent marks from public metrics. Defensive Runs Saved pegged Schoop as eight runs better than the average second baseman, while Statcast credited him with a whopping 20 runs above average. No other second baseman was credited with more than +9 runs, per Statcast. Schoop was a finalist for the American League’s Gold Glove Award at second base, but the honor went to Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez.

It’s hard to envision Schoop performing at that level defensively again, but he has a career track record of strong marks for his work at second base. He’s shown more offensively in the past, including a combined .278/.321/.443 showing between 2020-21. Schoop will need to bounce back at the dish if he’s to remain a regular for manager A.J. Hinch, but he’ll be in an uncertain infield mix. Javier Báez will play shortstop, and the Tigers figure to give Spencer Torkelson another shot to seize first base. Detroit could non-tender third baseman Jeimer Candelario rather than retain him on a projected $7MM arbitration salary, while Willi Castro and Harold Castro look like utility options. Prospect Ryan Kreidler debuted late in 2022 and could be in the mix at either second or third base, and Detroit figures to make at least one addition from outside the organization.

With Schoop triggering his option and reliever Andrew Chafin bypassing a $6.5MM player option in favor of free agency, the Tigers are up to roughly $78MM in 2023 commitments. Arbitration projections from MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz would add roughly $28.8MM to that total, but Detroit could knock off more than half that tab by making some reasonable non-tender decisions. The Tigers opened the 2022 campaign with a payroll around $135MM, in the estimation of Cot’s Baseball Contracts, so there should be ample flexibility for the front office. It’s the first offseason at the helm for president of baseball operations Scott Harris, who came over from the Giants to replace former GM Al Avila.

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  1. tigerdoc616

    3 years ago

    Never saw that coming! (That was sarcasm, for the sarcasm impaired)

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  2. Dom2

    3 years ago

    WHAT????
    This guy could get so much more, must love Detroit.

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  3. miggywrld

    3 years ago

    Schoop got absolutely snubbed of the Gold Glove award. He had. 27 OAA and 8 DRS.

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    • Waymann

      3 years ago

      Seriously though…the fact that he had a positive WAR is a testament to how good his defense was that it was able to overcome his poor offense.

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  4. Hello, Newman

    3 years ago

    He’ll be better in 23.
    And if not.. well, he won’t be.

    No fuzz on my buzz.

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  5. Rsox

    3 years ago

    No surprise. Coming off of his worst offensive season in the Majors he would have likely gotten a one year “prove it” contract for less than the money on his option

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    Reply
  6. not alkaline

    3 years ago

    Like to see Correa at ss

    Reply
    • Lloyd Emerson

      3 years ago

      Tigers are stuck with EL MAGO

      Reply
    • mtb703

      3 years ago

      You misspelled 3B.

      Reply
  7. King Floch

    3 years ago

    Yikes, I knew Schoop’s 2022 was pretty bad but didn’t realize it was quite THAT bad. Here’s hoping he can bounce back next year, I still hold a soft spot in my heart for him from when he was with the Orioles. Seems like a really good dude.

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  8. weaselpuppy

    3 years ago

    Flip chip in July

    When extreme low walk guys lose it, they lose it fast….hope he can find it again

    Reply
  9. sergefunction

    3 years ago

    Watching for the Go Fund Me campaign for Tiger fans to buy out his option since they can’t possibly stomach watching him flail at the plate again in 2023.

    They will pony up after Scott Harris laid a trail of bullstuff a mile long regarding how lucky Detroit fans are to soak up the invaluable Miguel Cabrera Experience one last time. Can’t have two of that type.

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    • ChetLemonaid

      3 years ago

      You’re dead wrong… We have more than two of that type.

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      Reply
  10. TroyVan

    3 years ago

    He’s going to be great in 2023. Prototypical bounce back candidate who needs to secure a contract somewhere for 2024. 2023 will be his “salary drive”.

    I’m a firm believer in what I’ll call “contract complacency”. That’s when a player gets a multi-year contract and doesn’t do what he needs to do to maintain the level of production that earned him that contract. All of a sudden, the last year, they break out. They’re having a salary drive.

    He’ll go into the 2023 offseason with gold glove cred, .250+ average and 25+ homers. Someone will pay him more than he is making this year.

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  11. The Saber-toothed Superfife

    3 years ago

    Should I be calling Cashman for Harris? Or what?

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    • The Saber-toothed Superfife

      3 years ago

      Seriously
      Cashman.needs.to.dump Donaldson…..we have a BP to trade…..
      The deal.should.have been the first thing I woke up.to this morning……

      Spencer Jones, a funny little.left handed batting catcher and number of prospects, all…..

      Harris is already slow. It is 9 am central, , and no.news?

      Superfife had the deals lined up, ready to be signed…..

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      • The Saber-toothed Superfife

        3 years ago

        9:30 am….and counting…..

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        • The Saber-toothed Superfife

          3 years ago

          OK. Time to.go.to.church……

          I’ll be praying for.you Mr. HARRIS…….

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