OT: Dave Dombrowski is Scaring Me

Which makes sense. Perry is the most ready after Zumaya, otherwise your breaking in basically a rookie. They've got a ton of talent in the bullpen, but they don't have enough experience to say anyone but zumaya gets first crack. If he doesn't work out you try a mix of Perry and Schlereth.

Ryan Perry was drafted to be the closer of the future. That being said, he is not near ready for that role. As we saw last year, he has the stuff but his control is awful and he gets easily rattled. Zumaya should get the first crack at it since it was a coin flip between him and Rodney last year until Zumaya got hurt. Schlereth will be in the mix if Zumaya falters. Don't count out the Tiger's trying to acquire J.J. Putz (as Ultimate Quizmaster pointed out). He is from metro Detroit and may give the Tigers a hometown discount.

The Tigers are retooling, enjoy the transition, there are quite a few exciting young players to keep an eye on over the course of an 80 to 90 win season.

try to sign Petr Klima? Nice. Oh, and Lyon agreed to terms with Houston today. $15 mil/3yrs. Zumaya might be able to resurrect his career if we impound his dirt bikes and the rest of his toys. But to trust him with anything more important than ordering food at Subway at this point is foolish at best.

Basically, that when you trade a couple of all-star caliber guys you'd like to replace them with guys of that caliber. The guys the Tigers got might be that good--3 years from now.

I wonder if there's something else up with Jackson. Think about this for a minute. A guy with his talent, and his performance, is now going to his 3rd organization in 3 years, and his 4th organization overall right after his 26th birthday. Anyone else find anything peculiar about that? Something just doesn't smell right, but I can't put my finger on it. Other than that, this trade was a salary dump, plain and simple. Granderson's contract gets steeper over the next couple years, and there are three more outfielders on the way (Strieby, Boesch and Wells). 2010 is a transition year, and I suspect that the 2011 lineup will look radically different than the lineup we saw on Labor Day 2009. We could be looking at 8 new faces in the lineup, with only Cabrera returning (I'm operating under the assumption that Laird is still the starting catcher at this point, but not for much longer).

They're not playing for this year dude - signing Gregg would be about the stupidest thing they could do. First, he sucks. Worse than Zumaya. Second, why sign a free agent "closer" who is no better than your available options when you're trying to cut costs?

Kevin Gregg soul dong-punched me way too many times.

The Tigers are shedding salary like crazy, with another $41.1 million coming off the books after next season (Bonderman, Robertson, Willis, Inge). Hopefully DD is just saving up for the huge crop of big name free agents coming up next winter. Unfortunately, that makes 2010 another "just wait til next season" season around here.

If you consider the trade as two separate parts it looks much better. Part 1: Edwin Jackson for Scherzer. Both RHP that throw hard with some control issues. Scherzer is a little younger but is comparable to Jackson at the same point in their careers. Part 2: Granderson for Coke, Schlereth, and Jackson Getting two majore-league ready relievers and a potential replacement is about as good as you could as for in a salary dump type situation. DD had to cut payroll and this was the most effective way to do it while getting close to equal value back.