what's the deal with Boras? Does he have it an axe to grind with the tigers or something?
Actually, he has a fairly good relationship with the Tigers, from the days when they were overpaying Pudge Rodriguez, to come to Detroit. He's just extremely aggressive and he's going to get his clients the highest possible contracts. He's not a big fan of the "Home Town Discount."
Tigers won't resign Scherzer (Boras client) and they purchase an extra year of elite pitching and an exclusive window to extend Price at the end of 2015.
Book it!
Umm, you may want to check your wording and edit that post. I'm pretty sure that would be the worst inning of Verlander's career.
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At least it was funny
So the Tigers parlayed Curtis Granderson (and Edwin Jackson/Ian Kennedy) into Scherzer (and Coke) and Price.
Sounds good to me. Thanks Curtis!
Yeah, it's a pretty amazing series of trades all around.
the game was on so I turn on the radio. Silence. I turn up the volume and still silence, I look at the station wondering if I changed it by accident when the announcers begin talking, "Looks like Davis is going out to center field, I think Austin Jackson just got traded"
Wow.
The trade is a really good one. The Tigers got one of the best starting pitchers in all of baseball for a solid major league centerfielder and a #5 starter. However, I am not ecstatic about it. The Tigers have been eliminated from the playoffs the last couple years because of weak bats and bullpen meltdowns, not starting pitching. That being said, the trade is a good one and makes the team better. But it does nothing to alleviate the problems most likely to end the season sooner than we would like.
I'd have liked to see some bullpen help, but the offensive woes were going to still be there with Jackson playing. And honestly, this gives the opportunity to put a guy like Porcello or Verlander in the bullpen come the postseason, which is huge for this team.
Me too, mixed emotions. In fact, it feels a lot like when Granderson was traded and Jackson was part of the return.
Bummer to let Austin go. Awesome individual, awesome ball player.
Also, Comerica gives him a standing O. Git yer kleenex ready.
Jackson is a good player to have - he's better than your average CF at the plate and in the field, although I don't think he's getting more than incrementally better from here.
Losing Smyly hurts, but not nearly as much as getting Price helps. The Tigers will be better served during their World Series window with Price than with Smyly and that's gotta be the overriding concern.
That piper is going to present quite the bill in two years, though.
I can't believe I'll agree with Valenti, but he was spot on:
Anyone who thinks this is anything but a major coup is an idiot. It's DAVID PRICE people. DAVID PRICE. Do you not understand how much better he is than not just Drew Smyly, but perhaps ANYONE on our pitching roster.
Total steal. We now have 4 SP that we can expect to go 7 deep in every playoff game.
Adding Price helps the bullpen more than Smyly moving to the bullpen does (less innings for the BP and now can send Porcello or Verlander there and still have 4 "aces" in the playoff rotation).
have an outfield consisting of Martinez, Hunter and Davis.
Thats a really bad defensive outfield.
The pitchers will have huge burden on them come play-off time. On paper it would seem they would be up to the task.
We shall see i guess.
DKB will get more playing time at center field.
Jackson's loss defensively will be felt, but this team is full of strikeout pitchers and I still think Davis and Hunter can play competent defense. Jackson wasn't making that outfield amazing either; I rather have David Price and accept a drop defensively.
think that might be a good idea to move JV to the pen for the play-offs.
But i would assume he would not be too thrilled with it and would likely veto the idea.
Great pickup. Jackson is a competent center fielder but isn't probably going to become an offensive standout (he's had fine seasons, but as a guy who has watched him on fantasy teams for years I'm not expecting some amazing turnaround). Smyly and Adames are young guys who could be blossom, but when you can get one of the best 5-6 pitchers in the league for another year and half, you have to make that pick-up.
Great trades for both Ms and Tigers. Not really sure what TB was thinking though. They couldve had Addison Russell from Oakland before they shipped him to Chicago.