OT: Sunday Tigers Game/Trade Deadline Thread

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James McCann with a grand salami to give the Tigers a 6-0 first inning lead.

After last night's epic ninth inning 2-out comeback, the Tigers come into today 1 GB Boston for the final Wild Card and 0.5 games ahead of the Astros.  

In the Central, Tigers are 4.5 GB the Indians, who just acquired Andrew Miller for 4 prospects, including 2013's #5 overall pick.  Apparently, Yankees wanted Fulmer, Boyd and Jimenez from the Tigers for Miller.  Crazy price.

A win today would be 6 straight for the Tigers.

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MGoBender

July 31st, 2016 at 3:03 PM ^

Orioles are in a free-fall.  Losing again to the Blue Jays.  If today's scores hold, the Tigers would be just 0.5 GB the Orioles for the FIRST wild card, with Boston either tied with us or still 0.5 ahead of us.

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RainbowSprings

July 31st, 2016 at 3:14 PM ^

Miggy's 2 RBIs (so far) puts him at 1,509, tying him with Mickey Mantle at 54th on the all-time list. Mantle played 4+ more seasons than Cabrera, albeit with 154 game schedules. Only Joe DiMaggio has more RBIs than Miggy in fewer seasons (1,537/13). We need Mig to catch fire during the last two months of the season to have a shot at the playoffs.

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Ty Butterfield

July 31st, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^

Yeah as much as we were wanting it to happen, I don't think it was happening this year. Will be nice to get some of the huge salaries off the books as well. Is Tex done after this season or does he have another year? I honestly wish they would just pay A-Rod to go away. I agree that it was a good move to go and get some younger players.

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1WhoStayed

July 31st, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^

Pulling him with no runs is sound management. Confidence builder and helps his bottom line. Those things do matter for a pitcher when so much of his game is mental.

Winning 10-5 after your starter getting bombed later in the game is still a W, but it isn't the cliche W-W you'd like to see.

Not watching the game, but presumably it also gives you a chance to check out a reliever who needs a little work.

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Formerly Yoda

July 31st, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^

how could the yankees ask for that with a straight face? our best pitcher, that's 23 mind you, and others for a set-up man? no wonder that organization has gone to shit

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Rodriguesqe

July 31st, 2016 at 6:44 PM ^

My dad thinks Fulmer is the biggest trading chip in baseball. Fulmer has made a frustrating season a lot of fun but I don't think he's *that* valuable.

Yankee's price was audacious, but it seems like Indians payed a pretty steep price themselves.

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Rodriguesqe

July 31st, 2016 at 7:23 PM ^

Hopefullly so. I wouldn't trade him either, not even for Kershaw. Kid is 23 and we have him under club control for years. I just don't like banking on a kid being a future ace. Baseball is weird. No one though Verlander was about to go into the wilderness in 2012.

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Lou MacAdoo

July 31st, 2016 at 10:23 PM ^

Well you kind of have to bank on kids being your future aces. It's risky business but you can't really go out and sign all the proven guys for 30 mil a year. Most of the best teams have young aces right now. Every baseball player is going to have up and down years. Verlander has comeback from that time of struggling (which just so happened to occur around the time he started to get tig ole bitties in his face every night)  pretty well. Not everyone does. It's a good thing that they stuck with him..

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