Tigers in a 3 way deal with redsox + whitesox

[Mitchrapp]

Someone mentioned Iglesias as "little speed". Is that true? When I see him he looks like he's above average, maybe 20 stolen bases a year.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Miguel Cabrera is going to miss his Avisail Garcia.
Cabrera took Garcia under his wing over the past two seasons. Garcia was often referred to as "mini-Miggy."
Garcia, 22, was the key component for the Chicago White Sox in their three-way deal with the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. The White Sox sent pitcher Jake Peavy to the Red Sox and received minor league pitchers J.B. Wendelken and Francelis Montas and infielder Cleuluis Rondon back.

Cabrera said he spoke to Garcia after the trade was announced on Tuesday.
"Nobody has to worry about trades because at some point it's going to happen," Cabrera said today. "That's baseball. You never know when you're going to get traded. I tell him, 'Keep it up. Do your thing over there and when you play us, don't go 0-for-4.' "
Cabrera said Garcia was "kind of sad because he wanted to stay here."
Cabrera told him that the White Sox wanted him in the trade and to go there and play his best.
"I think what you did is you traded a big arm with some inconsistency and you traded a prime-time outfielder for a prime-time infielder. That's what it looks like to me, potentially," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
The Tigers have always felt that Garcia would be a prime-time outfielder. He has been considered one of their top prospects for several years.
The White Sox sent Garcia to Triple-A Charlotte. The Tigers host the White Sox in a three-game series starting Friday.
Garcia
.241 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 30 regular-season games this season for the Tigers. He was hitting .374 .with six home runs and 27 RBIs in 33 games at Triple-A Toledo.
Asked about now having to face him several times during the regular season, Leyland said: "I don't look at it like that. This is competition. I'm thrilled for that kid. He's a great kid. I think he's got huge upside. You've heard me say that all along. About four years ago, I said he was the best prospect in the organization that I saw. I'm so happy for him. God bless him."

You gotta love Miggy.

 

[Rebbiv]

People equate speed based on stolen bases. In that case, Austin Jackson would be defined as slow based on this.year.

Speed and stolen bases are not one in the same. There have been some average speed guys in the past that have swiped 20-30 bases (i.e. Trammell, Whitaker, etc).

 

[Mitchrapp]

People equate speed based on stolen bases. In that case, Austin Jackson would be defined as slow based on this.year.

Speed and stolen bases are not one in the same. There have been some average speed guys in the past that have swiped 20-30 bases (i.e. Trammell, Whitaker, etc).

Okay, bad on me. Does he have better speed than Peralta and could he get a triple when others get doubles?

 

[Rebbiv]

Yes..he has good speed,

 

[Thumb]

I always felt stolen bases relied more on judging the pitchers motion and getting a good jump than overall top speed.

Though obviously speed is a huge advantage.

 

[manchild98]

I always felt stolen bases relied more on judging the pitchers motion and getting a good jump than overall top speed.

Though obviously speed is a huge advantage.

It does. When Sheffield was here he was easily stealing bases at 38 (he stole 22 that year). He knew exactly when to go. And I remember many times when the play wasn't even remotely close.

 

[tomdalton22]

Jose Iglesias, the gifted defensive shortstop Detroit acquired from Boston in a three-way trade this week, should pay immediate dividends for Tigers pitchers who have gotten groundballs on 48.4 percent of all balls in play, the highest rate in the AL. According to the Fielding Bible's Plus/Minus system, Detroit's left side of the infield (third baseman Miguel Cabrera and heretofore shortstop Jhonny Peralta) has cost the club 10 runs defensively.

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