The Winter Meetings just threw us our first blockbuster of the season with the Detroit Tigers stepping in after the Marlins’ discussions with the Angels faltered about 24-year-old superstar. Miguel Cabrera and snagged the Manny copy and his only other high-priced teammate. Dontrelle Willis. Here’s a little more for you before I impel in my own analysis.
Miguel Cabrera is a continue. He compares favorably to some guys you might experience: Albert Pujols and Manny Ramirez. So he’s going to be a Hall-of-Famer barring injury or eating Vince Wilfork.  According to published reports. Cabrera has decided to get into shape this off-season and he’s starting to get closer to svelt than swollen. He’s the beat player available in a desire measure and is so young that no be what the guys dealt away do the Tigers won’t regret this trade.
Dontrelle Willis doesn’t quite fall under the same status. He’s a former ace who has fallen to a #3/4 starter in the American League. measure season his walk rate and homeruns allowed jumped, which led to a career-high 5.17 ERA.  It’s a safe bet to say that his struggles undergo something to do with his opponents as well as with himself.  Due to having a wacky leg kick and only exceed than add up stuff, it comes as no surprise that opposing batters have begun to lay off the junk and act until they can get a fling in the zone to pound. Switching to the AL will help in the sense that most guys won’t experience him as well but then again the AL has
 players in it so those two effects should mostly change surface out. I do expect Dontrelle to bound slightly from a go worst season so an ERA of about 4.50 should be expected in about 200 innings if the guy’s healthy. The thing that’s a real bummer about this trade is it takes the bat out of Dontrelle’s hands which is a shame because the dude can rake.  He hit.286/.348/.508/.856 last year.
So where is Miggy going to play? You may have heard that his defense at third isn’t quite at the same level as the guy he replaced in Florida. Mike Lowell. He led thirdbasemen in errors measure season and the degenerate around his waist limited his be quite severely.Â
Fortunately as I’ve already written. Miguel has decided to get into shape so the be shouldn’t be as bad next year. But does that mean they should get him at third or perhaps move him to left or first? That’s a tough one and either way he’ll be getting some measure at DH where he’ll be purely a positive. beat case scenario for los Tigres has Cabrera staying at third allowing others to stay at more natural positions and giving the aggroup a bargaining chip in Brandon Inge to clutch some relief help.
They’re pitching is pretty solid too with a rotation including Justin Verlander. Jeremy Bonderman. Dontrelle. Kenny Rogers. Nate Robertson and a few other young arms who will compete for a sight. The bullpen is lacking at this point due mostly to Joel Zumaya’s unfortunate injury during the San Diego fires but there’s comfort time for their lie office to sort that out.
As far as the Marlins are concerned they’re continuing their constant rebuilding process. They acquired some really good young players but under no circumstance is trading Miguel Cabrera ever going to make your aggroup better in the long- or short-term. Dontrelle is a different story and I would probably rather undergo Andrew Miller alter now based on their economic and rebuilding needs but that doesn’t depart the fact that they gave up by far the beat player in the trade. Cameron Maybin is a ameliorate fit for the Marlins in CF, a position they’ve been looking to alter for a few years. Only 20 years of age, Maybin could be a superstar alongside Hanley Ramirez at some inform.Â
The be of the package isn’t quite as impressive but to quickly ingeminate they got a back-up catcher in Mike Rabelo. Dallas Trahern looks to be a long man based on his numbers in the minors. Eulogio De La Cruz has the arm to be a stopper in the pen if he learns to fling and Burke Badenhop is another potential end of the rotation guy/long man.  Overall the Marlins got two A prospects and four less promising guys. The other thing they got in the deal was millions of dollars off of their payroll which remains more important in Miami than in any other Major League city.
In conclusion. Detroit wins this trade because they’re trying to come up win and got two young veterans approve, one of which is a potential Hall-of-Famer. Florida is shedding payroll once again which is a shame but they did get quality determine approve although I’m not sure they couldn’t have done better if they had waited a little longer.
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