re: MLB Trade Rumors: 07/31/17 Darvish/Cingrani to Dodgers, Kintzler to the Nats

I don't see how verlander gets moved if the tigers don't eat some of the salary

He only has two years left on his deal after this one. No way the Tigers are getting close to what they're asking for him though unless they eat some money. He also has a full NTC

The interesting fire sale will be in Miami.

Stories are, once All Star game is over, they will go into sell mode.

56 million over next two years (assuming he doesn't finish in top 5 of CY Young) I doubt the Tigers would eat 40% of that (22 million) but I could see them eating enough to make him attractive. Say you could get Verlander at 20-22 million a year, you know he has been an ace and at the very worst right now he is a #2 or 3.

They would be a WC team with Fernandez on the mound

Yeah with Fernandez it was all about building a rotation around him. They never could put together a solid staff around him. They would be right in the playoff hunt with Colorado with him.

Tigers will have to eat a good bit as they are desperate for prospects. They have a shite farm and they know they'll have to pay for prospects

I know I'm late to the party but I don't believe that the Cards will make a move for a player of much significance

First off for the reasons listed in this thread, we really don't have the pieces (that we would part with anyways) to get it done

Reyes is going absolutely no where, In all likelihood Kelly is going no where

That leaves Weaver as a decent piece I suppose and I think they'd sacrifice Flaherty but I'm not sure how much value he'd bring

Wong might have a very, very small amount of value but Wacha and Gridchuk are almost worthless (especially Wacha)

Diaz was a flash in the pan last year IMO
and I doubt a team would put much value in him either. Pham is older than you'd expect, has an awful injury history, and a degenerative eye disease





The second reason is it just doesn't seem to be what we do anymore. Our current front office has always seeemed content to just move small pieces around in season to see what little value they can squeeze out of them but nothing more than that

The third reason and honestly the best not to make a trade for a significant star IMO is that putting Donaldson in the middle of the order does NOT fix this team. Our D/baserunning will still be one of the worst in the league, our bullpen will still be a mess, and we have a rotation that you never know what it's going to do on any given day

Not to mention that rotation would get significantly worse if we had to give up Lynn (one of our few players with much value to speak of) to get Donaldson








FTR, Wacha should have already but moved to the pen and Weaver called up to start but that's just my opinion

He had a great year last year, so teams would be banking on him finding that groove again.

Tigers have Alivia, Martinez, both of the Wilson's, and not much else as trade. They should dump Castellanos as well

He was one of the best pitchers in baseball in 2016 and still throws gas. Would anyone really be surprised if Verlander was nasty?