Maybin To The Tigers

[dak]

MiLB splits against LHH. Krol looking like solid option to be a low-leverage LOOGY.

Krol: 207 / 254 /309
Marksberry: 220 / 320 / 308
Banuelos: 224 / 306 / 287
McKirahan: 294 / 364 / 397 (Yikes)

[NinersSBChamps]

Pretty much in agreement with everything said here. I'd be excited about the salary dump if I had any idea what the plan was to do with all of this cash. Should be interesting.

Finish paying off the stadium.

[sturg33]

Excellent... we did need more pitching

[dak]

Excellent... we did need more pitching

Well, yes. We did need an MLB-ready LH reliever.

[Enscheff]

Well, yes. We did need an MLB-ready LH reliever.

I guess he didn't have to be MLB-caliber though

[skillet]

I guess he didn't have to be MLB-caliber though

True cause Krol stinks.

[Enscheff]

True cause Krol stinks.

Doesn't really matter, the useful piece is Speier. He has a chance to be a LOOGY that actually helps the team win, unlike Krol.

This was clearly a salary dump, which means they are about to spend some money. I'm guessing Freese and Latos.

[clvclv]

Beat writers are now using $30m figure as our starting point. I assume this has the likely non-tender of Minor baked in. Simmons trade is a wash. We've added $3m of payroll in AJP, $0.5m in Krol, and saved $6.5m in Maybin. So seems we have $33m.

Got us at ~$88,540,000 including Toscano and the $1,500,000 we're sending the Tigers to help pay Cam (and no Minor in that figure).

[dak]

Ian Krol has one minor league option year remaining.

[JohnAdcox]

"If we were trying to tank, we would have traded Maybin at the deadline last year, and we had plenty of offers."

[dak]

Got us at ~$88,540,000 including Toscano and the $1,500,000 we're sending the Tigers to help pay Cam (and no Minor in that figure).

Here's what I show . . .

Position Name Proj. Salary
SP1 Shelby Miller $4,000,000
SP2 Julio Teheran $3,466,667
SP3 FREE AGENT / TRADE $0
SP4 Matt Wisler $525,000
SP5 Ban / Perez / Folty $525,000
RP1 Winkler $525,000
RP2 Banuelos / Krol $525,000
RP3 FREE AGENT / TRADE $0
RP4 Chris Withrow $600,000
RP5 FREE AGENT / TRADE $0
RP6 Jason Grilli $3,500,000
RP7 Arodys Vizcaino $750,000
C1 A. J. Pierzynski $3,500,000
C2 Christian Bethancourt $550,000
3B FREE AGENT / TRADE $0
SS Erick Aybar $8,500,000
2B Jace Peterson $525,000
1B Freddie Freeman $12,359,375
UIF1 Daniel Castro $525,000
UIF2 FREE AGENT / TRADE $0
LF Hector Olivera $4,000,000
CF Michael Bourn $14,000,000
RF Nick Markakis $11,000,000
UOF1 Eury Perez $550,000
UOF2 Nick Swisher $15,000,000

MLB DL Paco Rodriguez $550,000
MLB DL Shae Simmons $550,000
40-man Dian Toscano $1,300,000

Approx $ from CLE -$15,000,000
$ from LAA -$2,500,000
$ to DET $1,500,000
$71,326,042

[rico43]

Speier went from the Red Sox to the Tigers in the Cespedes deal. Here was Detroit analysis:

Gabe Speier doesn’t have standout size or raw stuff, but he has solid feel for pitching and showed some potential after making his return from Tommy John surgery during the 2014 season. Speier was a 19th-round selection in 2013 and received an overslot bonus of $200,000 to sign away from his commitment to UC Santa Barbara. He comes from strong bloodlines with his uncle being former major league pitcher Chris Speier.

Speier is athletic, but undersized, listed at 6-foot-0, 175 pounds. He is relatively polished and has good feel for pitching. His fastball works in the 90-92 mph range, touching up to 93-94 mph in the past. However, he has struggled to hold his velocity as he works deeper in games. His secondary offerings include a curveball and changeup, both of which have shown potential.

[Julio3000]

So we traded actual MLB player Cam Maybin for a LOOGY and a possible LOOGY? That means we're rolling with Mallex in CF, with Bourn as insurance.

But we're not, er, tanking? Someone's going to need to explain this one to me.

[AerchAngel]

The days of Pepe Frias, Brian Asselstine, Roland Office, Willie Montanez will haunt my dreams again.

[sturg33]

Got us at ~$88,540,000 including Toscano and the $1,500,000 we're sending the Tigers to help pay Cam (and no Minor in that figure).

Amaazing how bad of a team can be constructed with $88M

[bravesnumberone]

Don't mind trading Maybin. He's nothing spectacular, but for the love of ****, was there not a team out there we could have traded him to for at least some kind of offense? I mean **** me....

[bravesnumberone]

He should have been traded in July anyway, but this dumbass front office thought we were a contender apparently.

[skillet]

Don't mind trading Maybin. He's nothing spectacular, but for the love of ****, was there not a team out there we could have traded him to for at least some kind of offense? I mean **** me....

Well said.

[Julio3000]

But it's absolutely unacceptable to be as bad as we were last year, per Coppy.

[bravesnumberone]