tomdalton22 said:

I agree on Kinsler. JV would have to be VERY consistent up to the trade deadline in order for anybody to risk that contract. If you could move Sanchez, it would be a salary dump move and not net any top prospects because of his injury history and declining numbers. I don't see any team picking up Miggy's contract. Declining numbers, increasing injuries, increasing weight and on the first year of an 8 year contract.

Now, if Zimmerman can pitch lights out for the first half, he could get you a good haul. Most people say that the Tigers signed him to a reasonable contract. An "ace" with a reasonable contract...someone might bite.

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Mitchrapp said:

You do all that and suddenly we aren't winning for years. Trade Anibal but Zimmerman should stay just based on "reasonable contract." Same with Kinsler. No way you find a 2B better than him.. not in our farm system.

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tomdalton22 said:

It's very likely that they aren't going to win for years anyway.

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Mitchrapp said:

True but I think it'll be shorter with some pieces in place already. Do you honestly think the trades we made last year will pay off? I don't. No one is going to give us anyone solid for Kinsler. Or Anibal. You find a good player, relatively young and keep him. I'd trade VMART. But what will we get for him?

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tomdalton22 said:

yes...they paid off.

The Tigers have these players in their system now. These guys are assets right now. Without the trades they net one draft pick.

Daniel Norris
Matt Boyd
JaCoby Jones
Fulmer
Justin Wilson

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Rebbiv said:

Drew Smyly

Devon Travis

Eugenio Suarez

Willy Adames

Robbie Ray

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tomdalton22 said:

yes...they paid off.

The Tigers have these players in their system now. These guys are assets right now. Without the trades they net one draft pick.

Daniel Norris
Matt Boyd
JaCoby Jones
Fulmer
Justin Wilson

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Mitchrapp said:

Have they done anything yet? Assets, ha.

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tomdalton22 said:

Do you know what an asset is? They don't have to do anything at the ML level to be an asset.

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Mitchrapp said:

I do. We could use them for trade bait and get more junk. The Miggy trade should tell us one thing, high profile ml players don't mean anything until they do something.

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tomdalton22 said:

right...but if you have them you have a chance to trade for a Miggy.

Originally you asked what the trades from last year got us. They got us assets. Weather they turn out to be major league players or just trade pieces to get major league players (they got Wilson with a player they got in one of those trades)...Soria, Cespedes and Price got the team assets. 3 guys that were going to be free agents got the organization some good assets.

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Mitchrapp said:

We got once in a lifetime lucky. I don't believe these guys rank as well as Maybin and Miller did..

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tomdalton22 said:

true...but

Daniel Norris, Matt Boyd, JaCoby Jones, Fulmer & Justin Wilson > than 1 comp pick

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tomdalton22 said:

true...but

Daniel Norris, Matt Boyd, JaCoby Jones, Fulmer & Justin Wilson > than 1 comp pick

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