OT: Tigers acquire Jeff Baker: So long, Raburn?
The Tigers announced a trade early this afternoon. They have acquired utilityman Jeff Baker from the Cubs for two players to be named later. Baker is Don Kelly with better numbers. Notably, as a righty, he hits lefties at a career .304 clip.
I assume this means Raburn's days in Detroit are numbered. Most Tigers fans have been waiting for this move for a while.
Link? link.
From a Tigers beat writer, if you care.
What is the point of the July 31 "trade deadline" if you can make trades after that date? I know players now have to clear waivers, but it just seems silly that the July 31 date gets hyped up and then trades invariably happen afterwards.
I look at clearing waivers as basically being "we'll drop this guy if you want him, but you need to give us some prospects in the future."
I don't know all the technicalities of it, but it seems like it is not really a standard trade, per se, thus the whole adherence to the trade deadline as being what really matters.
After July31st, teams can still trade, however, the players must clear “waivers” first. They are put on the waiver wire and any team can make a claim for them, (claims are processed in a preferential order, lowest won-loss record has highest priority and also same league.) Team can then remove player from waivers, work with team making claim for some sort of trade, or just let them go (salary, contract and all). Many times teams will push a majority of their players through waivers right now in hopes that nobody claims them and they can then make a trade. (Or a player with a unwieldy contract in hopes someone takes them and the contract off their hands.)
Its a simplistic version but I hope it helps.
To be fair, Raburn might have a little more time with the club because he is on the DL right now. Danny Worth, I assume, would get sent back to Toledo following today's trade. But I think Raburn doesn't have a spot on the club when he is healthy.
when he's healthy, unless someone else goes down he is probably gone. think it's time, he may need a change of scenery like brandon inge did.
For those who haven't looked at his career stats, the link is here.
I like this - we get someone who can come of the bench and be effective as a role player on a consistent basis. He's .270 career hitter with a .757 OPS, which on both accounts is an upgrade from Raburn. Baker is a defensive upgrade as well, which will certainly be comforting for someone who might see spot duty as a replacement as well.
Also on another note I wish it was Soriano traded to the Tigers instead of Baker as Sori would have netted a better return.
right, they don't want him as a starter. just as a right-handed bat off the bench, and to fill in on rest days for the infield. looks like a good trade, wonder who they have earmarked for the cubbies in return.
Have to hope this means that Boesch and DY can platoon at DH and that QB and JB can platoon at LF. Give Dirks RF and i'll be happy.
there was a left hander starting for Cleveland. Delmon has hit left handers sigficantly better than Boesch this season. Delmon is hitting left handers at a .291 clip with good power, Boesch has hit .238 against lefties with no power. Perfect example of people coming up with dumb reasons to trash Leyland, when he made the correct decision according to the splits and matchup.
Not to mention, last I checked Delmon has better numbers than Boesch overall, and that experiment your refering to literally consists of a two game sample size.
able to predict the future now? He made the correct decision based on the splits and matchup, just because it didn't work out in retrospect doesn't mean it was the incorrect decision. That's baseball, you play the matchups, sometimes they work in your favor other times they don't. I swear Leyland can't win with some fans. Like I have said before there are times where I don't agree with Leyland, but the crap that some people come up that doesn't even make sense is really unbeliavable. I remember a thread last year where somebody was complaining about Leyland, saying the Tigers never bunt. As it turned out the Tigers were 3rd of 4th in AL in sacrifice bunts when the poster made that comment. Different year, same dumb shit.
And what exactly did Boesch do today? Oh that's right, 0-4 as well. Your right though, flipping them would of made a huge difference.
I am not going to call out dumb posts when I see them. Like I said, if your going to criticize a manager at least come up with something that makes sense.
against lefties this season and .270 or so for his career. Delmon has better numbers against lefties this season and in his career than Dirks.
Leyland is a big stats guy. he usually plays the percentages.
I'm not gonna trash Leyland today, but to say that he was ejected means he isn't making decisions is hooey. To say that decision isn't his seems a bit apologetic for him. He was right there in clubhouse or tunnel watching game and easily could let his decisions be known.
out. Seriously, everytime there is a thread and the Tigers lose there are always a couple of doom and gloom posts making one loss more sigficant than it actually is. It's baseball, crap happens. The White Sox are hardly sitting comfortably with the slim lead they in the division. They still only have a 2.5 game lead after today, that kind of lead can disappear very quickly.
Chicago is playing well now, but the season still has some distance to go and I'm not 100% sold that they can keep it going. This is also a team that was swept by the Tigers the last time they met. Detroit won't run away with the division like last year, but this Sox team isn't loaded and could definitely hit a rough patch.
over yet. Tigers with the tying runs a 2nd and 3rd.
Edit: And we have a tie ballgame. Do the Tigers still not have "it"?
for Heisman! WOW, WHAT A COMEBACK!!! WHAT A WIN!!!
Miggy is just awesome. Has to be the best overall hitter in baseball. Can’t believe ESPN rated Kemp over Miggy as top in MLB. LA can have Kemp; I’ll keep Cabrera.
putting up great numbers year in and year out. Kemp has only been putting great numbers for the last year and half. Big difference in terms of consistency. Cabby seems to taken over the mantle from Pujols as the best pure hitter in the game.
WOW.
What a game. That was incredible.
was the best of the year! unbelievable!
I don't think Perez, will be saying anything today. Great win.