OT: Sanchez to stay with Tigers

So what your saying is that Sanchez can go buy 8 million Hot n Ready meal dealz....sure hope he gets extra sauce with that. 

JV makes $20 million a year and Anibal will now be making $16 million so ... advantage JV.

Please tell me the next move is shipping one of the contenders for our #5 spot in the rotation, along with Peralta and Boesch to the Rangers for Elvis Andrus.

It makes sense.  The Rangers lost Hamilton and Napoli and with that a lot of pop from their lineup.  The change of scenery for Boesch, and in that park, could turn him back into a legit power threat, plus he's not advanced in age or terribly expensive if it doesn't work out. 

Andrus is too young to justify keeping him at SS if they really want to bring up Profar, though they don't necessarily want it to be all about Profar right away.  Peralta also can give them some pop in that park and be a good replacement in the infield, and then ultimately to the spot Michael Young had if necessary.

Porcello could pitch in that park because he doesn't give up many deep balls.  He's more of a ground ball guy and that infield, especially when Profar is there, has the range to make a lot more outs than the Tigers did when Rick was pitching.

I really like this a lot. Sanchez compares closely to James Shields and pretty close to Grienke. However, this sets a bar for Scherzer and Fister. If we give Sanchez $80 million thru 5, then imagine how much they could ask for. I think they'll have to trade one of those guys if they make JV and Miggy part of the 30 million club, which might need to happen for them to sign. Then again, who knows, because the new TV contract could be monstrous

Now is the time to trade Porcello. Try to get a 2B prospect or a good lefty reliever.

Given the movement this off season, it may be that the old conceptions of "just right" and "too much" in terms of spending are out the window. The shit going down in LA is distorting things massively.

As Mr. I sees it (i'm sure), he now has a perrenial playoff contender. That shows in television ratings and attendance at Comerica. He'll keep spending to win as many WS rings as he can before he dies. The Tigers may not keep every one of their current stars for the next 5 years, but they'll keep most because Mr. I will pony up for them to stay. He didn't bat an eye doing it with the Wings until he couldn't anymore. And we may be reaching the point similar to the Wings where players will take perhaps a little less than they could make on the open market to stay in the organization.

The Tigers will easily be able to support a payroll of 175 million starting in 2014.

These big contracts the Tigers are handing out, it isn't just because Illitch is opening up his wallet, it's because they can afford it.

I heard there were multiple NL teams with interest in Porcello. I think he'd be a good fit for a team like San Fran.

Yea Porcello could help us fill some problems (like SS and bullpen), but here's why we can't trade him: 

1.) We don't have enough pitching depth to trade him. Yea we have a solid 1-5, however if any of them get hurt (which will happen) then we would be throwing Casey Crosby in there, and I don't even want to know what's behind him. Our pitching depth in our farm system is bad, real bad.

2.) Smyly could have value in the bullpen. I though Smyly looked great coming out of the pen during the playoffs. We would need another arm if Rondon doesn't work out and we have to move Coke or Dotel to closer.

3.) Porcello is only 24 years old. Most pitchers won't hit their primes until ages 28-32. I think Porcello has a lot of room for improvement. Each year we see flashes of brilliance from him at times. A lot of times Porcello pitched pretty good for a No. 5, however Leyland left him in the game to long.

Good signing.  He's a better pitcher than his record, and as a 3rd or 4th starter he'll be great in tight series.  I'm more worried about Hunter than Sanchez, but it looks like the Tigers have a workable plan, at least in the short term.