The New York Mets and Detroit Tigers have had "preliminary discussions" on a trade involving Ian Kinsler, according to a report.

Kinsler hit 236/.313/.412 with 22 home runs, 52 RBIs and 14 stolen bases last season.

He has a partial no-trade clause, but is drawing interest from a number of teams on the trade market.

Kinsler's $11 million option for 2018 vested automatically because he reached 600 plate appearances in 2017.