OT- Tigers acquire Wilson Betemit
Tiger's acquire Wilson Betemit from the Royals for prospects Antonio Cruz and Julio Rodriquez. Looks as though Mr. Inge's time could be coming to an end. Solid deal, nothing too special, they still need a pitcher but on paper this looks like a solid rental.
Bobby Higginson still lives in MI and he suffered through a lot of losing, lets bring him back!
pouted every time we've traded for someone at his position.
I love Inge.....but, yeah, this describes him pretty well.
I dont think I'll be this happy and proud again until I have my first child.
This trade is as exciting as the Joe Randa trade w/ KC a few years back!
Inge has been designated for assignment and will report to Toledo, according to Wojo.
MLB traderumors just said he got designated...........how can he have any options left????
he doesn't have options left. that's why they said he was designated, not optioned.
Inge has to go. Dude loves Michigan and Im thankful that he does but from a baseball perspective, Detroit had no choice but to find someone replace him. Just getting a .250 bat in his place will be a serious upgrade. Detroit is looking at pitching help and even help for the LF position.
Detroit is still in a good position to make the playoffs albeit only through the division, wildcard might be out of reach.
Rumors have Detroit looking at Beltran as a possibility for OF help. Not sure if they still are. Also the obvious, they are looking for pitching but I think all the teams chasing the playoffs are. We'll see if any moves come up the next week and a half.
I think this is a great move for us. Immediately improves overall production at 3rd (looks like we lose a little bit defensively, but that should be countered by a greater improvement in offense), unless Betemit just drops off a cliff. I like that we didn't give up much at all to get him.
Now, assuming Betemit stays within his career averages for production ROS, what do the rest of you think about signing him to a longer deal after the season?
Rather than attempt to refute everything BRCE has commented on in this thread I will just lay out a blanket comment stating that he (she?) is not good at knowing what he (she?) is commenting about on this particular subject.
Thank you and happy Thursday to all.
Blanket statements are helpful tools to people who don't have a solid grasp on actual facts and spew blatantly untrue things (ex: "Dombrowski has only been here five years").