Around Baseball Offseason Edition - Derek Jeter will retire at seasons end
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nsacpi
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Trade of two bad contracts, but the Fielder contract is much worse.
I'm wondering the same about Mac. Fielder making $24M this year, Kinsler $16M. Wonder if Detroit sends Texas some cash as part of the deal. That must be the case if commissioner's office is involved.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Depends on money before I decide if either team won.
Kinsler is a better player, though more of an injury risk and not as good of a hitter.
Kinsler is a better player, though more of an injury risk and not as good of a hitter.
Sure as *ell never saw that one coming, but don't think it affects Texas' pursuit of Mac in any way. They've got plenty of money to spend - Berkman and Cruz off the books, etc.. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if they signed BOTH Mac and Beltran. Talk about some lineup...WOW!!!
Profar, Andrus, Beltran, Beltre, Fielder, Mac...scary.
Profar, Andrus, Beltran, Beltre, Fielder, Mac...scary.
Sounds as scary as A-Rod, Pudge, Galarraga, Caminiti, Palmeiro, Sierra...
Tapate50
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He could have played DH in Det too ya know...
Cabrera is going to need to be at the DH position as well soon enough.
Perfect Cell
Lynchburg Prospect
like it for Detroit
nsacpi
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Jon MorosiVerified account@jonmorosi
Tigers are sending less than $50 million total to Rangers, sources tell @Ken_Rosenthal and me. @FOXSportsLive
Interesting. If the cash exchange is 30-40M, it becomes a fair deal.
Actually, both teams would come out ahead due to the secondary aspects of the deal: clearing paths for Profar and Castellanos.
Tigers are sending less than $50 million total to Rangers, sources tell @Ken_Rosenthal and me. @FOXSportsLive
Interesting. If the cash exchange is 30-40M, it becomes a fair deal.
Actually, both teams would come out ahead due to the secondary aspects of the deal: clearing paths for Profar and Castellanos.
And Texas is still assuming ~$100MM. Sheesh.
Don't think it has any financial effect on either team. Not sure why anyone would think so.
Detroit moves Cabrera back to 1B and finally creates the 3B opening for Castellanos (at minimum salary). They can still go after a Napoli or Loney to share time with Cabrera at 1B/DH with little effect on their power. Fielder was owed $169 million. The difference between contracts is roughly $107 million. They send $30 million to Texas, pay $62 million to Kinsler, sign Napoli for 3/$39 million and pay Castellanos and they STILL have roughly $40 million to go towards signing another OF and extending Scherzer.
Texas has consistently been described as having the cash available to sign whomever they want since the day they let Hamilton walk.
Detroit moves Cabrera back to 1B and finally creates the 3B opening for Castellanos (at minimum salary). They can still go after a Napoli or Loney to share time with Cabrera at 1B/DH with little effect on their power. Fielder was owed $169 million. The difference between contracts is roughly $107 million. They send $30 million to Texas, pay $62 million to Kinsler, sign Napoli for 3/$39 million and pay Castellanos and they STILL have roughly $40 million to go towards signing another OF and extending Scherzer.
Texas has consistently been described as having the cash available to sign whomever they want since the day they let Hamilton walk.
Is there a reason Detroit HAD to make this trade?
I think this turns out better for Detriot. Fielder appears to be regressing, OPS from .981 in 2011 to .940 in 2012 to .819 this past year, plus he is about to turn 30 and is a big, heavy man with a lot of wear and tear. He is owed $24MM/year for the next 7 years, total of $168MM left. Kinsler is owed $62MM over the next 4 years, so with the $30MM coming from the Tigers, the Rangers just took on an additional $76MM for an aging Fielder, while the Tigers just gained a bunch of flexibility.