Tigers acquire Omar Infante and Anibal Sanchez

[biggunsbob]

Who cares about a popularity contest Bob? We landed bigger impact players by far.

I know i just get sick of ESPN's coverage of NY and Boston... it gets old.

 

[spockmaster]

imo the only way this trade doesnt end up sucking is if we win the ws and/or we resign sanchez. otherwise we traded 2 of our 3 best prospects for a rental and a servicable 2nd baseman, which is a very steep price imo.

 

[Thumb]

I know i just get sick of ESPN's coverage of NY and Boston... it gets old.

Indeed.

But it's also makes for that warm and fuzzy feeling when we knock the Yankees out of the first round of playoffs. :tup:

 

[Thumb]

imo the only way this trade doesnt end up sucking is if we win the ws and/or we resign sanchez. otherwise we traded 2 of our 3 best prospects for a rental and a servicable 2nd baseman, which is a very steep price imo.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[biggunsbob]

My thoughts exactly.

Yup I agree with you guys..... Get it done and win the series !!!!!!!

 

[wheels002]

Upside of this deal for the Tigers is that they fill two needs (2B, SP), didn't give up Castellanos and have two 2013 picks in top 35 for now.

I dont think we will have our 1st rd pick. I think the Brewers still get that one because we signed Prince.

 

[pr0tege]

I dont think we will have our 1st rd pick. I think the Brewers still get that one because we signed Prince.

That was already given from the draft a couple weeks ago. We still have our pick in 13.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Last 3 years have been huge drops for Ichrio but it figures the Yankees one up us.. IS's last three obp years in order .359, .310, and .288 this year...

Wow, I was unaware he had fallen this far. Those are not very good numbers at all and his WAR is only +0.2 this year.

 

[gotime909]

I don't know about this one. That's an extremely high price to pay for a rental #3(IMO) and a 2nd basemen who, aside from a red hot first month, really hasn't been been much above average this year. I'll admit it makes us a bit better this year, but DAMN that's a stiff price.

 

[tbone413]

Who do you think they would go after if they dangled Scherzer?? I personally like Scherzer and would be disappointed to see him go but if it got us a solid OFer I'd do the swap.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I thought Brantley could be something down the road, I'll miss him I think. I'm not too worried about trading Turner but I'm just not sure Sanchez is worth it. Too me he's just a 4.25 ERA in the AL at most. I'm hoping I'm wrong.

 

[pr0tege]

A deal giving up our overall #1 prospect would always look better if we had some control beyond this season but unfortunately we don't. Now compound that with the fact that unlike in the past IF we lose him to FA after this season we basically gain no compensation in return which makes this deal extremely risky for us.

Now EVEN if we are able to resign him were looking at a deal that will probably be in the range of 5y 45-60m overall which will almost surely mean that either Scherzer or Porcello will be moved this offseason.

 

[johnny2x2x]

A deal giving up our overall #1 prospect would always look better if we had some control beyond this season but unfortunately we don't. Now compound that with the fact that unlike in the past IF we lose him to FA after this season we basically gain no compensation in return which makes this deal extremely risky for us.

Now EVEN if we are able to resign him were looking at a deal that will probably be in the range of 5y 45-60m overall which will almost surely mean that either Scherzer or Porcello will be moved this offseason.

I think Castellanos had officially passed Turner as our top prospect this year. Turner was our #2 prospect and we knew what we had with him more than anyone, maybe our coaches saw him as no better than a #3 at some point.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm almost certainly now that's why Turner was up pitching for us, showcase.

 

[Slick]

love it.....now sweep the tribe

 

[mjsb2]

Who do you think they would go after if they dangled Scherzer?? I personally like Scherzer and would be disappointed to see him go but if it got us a solid OFer I'd do the swap.

As I said, if they are able to extend Sanchez, I would expect them to trade Scherzer or Porcello in the offseason for an OFer, or maybe even a SS if they don't pick up Peralta's option.

 

[Mitchrapp]

TV is all talking about Ichiro. Where's the other news...

 

[kalinecountry]

Dombrowski on further Tigers deals: "We're set at this point."

 

[grandy]

Why do people care so much about the mainstream sports media?

 

[cmlfactor]

Dombrowski on further Tigers deals: "We're set at this point."

Seem to remember a similar quote days before Prince deal went down.