to Texas for Ian Kinsler!
According to this post at CBSSports dot com, the Tigers have moved Prince Fielder.
The Rangers and Tigers have agreed on a blockbuster deal to send Prince Fielder to Texas for Ian Kinsler, pending physicals and the approval of at least Fielder, CBSSports.com has learned.
There was no word yet of any other players being involved, so it may just be a one-for-one swap of stars. Fielder’s salary is much larger, and it is believed money will got Texas in the deal it wasn’t certain how much.
I like Prince Fielder but I think the Tigers made the right move. I know overall, Prince’s numbers with the Tigers, looked pretty good. But as Mark Twain once said, “there are lies, damned lies and statistics.”
I’m not sure why but it just didn’t seem like Prince was a good fit here. He really couldn’t come through when Cabrera struggled, which was rarely, and Prince’s performance in the post season was nothing short of an abomination. He could have been charged with two errors in the 9th inning of game 2 of the ALCS, he got picked off at third in game 6 of the ALCS, and he didn’t drive in a post season run since game 2 of the 2012 ALDS against Oakland. That being said, I like Prince, he just didn’t fit in here. With all of his personal problems perhaps a change of scenery is just what the doctor ordered for Prince and the Tigers.
With Kinsler’s acquisition, it looks like Ian will go to second, Miggy will go to first, and Castellanos, though I ‘m not sold on him yet, goes to third. Kinlser can fill the lead off slot in the lineup and let Ausmus move Austin Jackson down to the 7th or 8th spot.
Perhaps, even more importantly, the Tigers may have freed up enough money to sign Cy Young winner Max Scherzer.
Now for left field. I hope Ausmus didn’t inhert Dirksburger syndrome. He’s not the answer.
Hat tip to Nebraska, Vart, Sark and Mickey for giving me the news.
Also, a belated congratulations, from Flashin’ Leather to Miggy and Max!
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As I’ve been saying, no other off-season moves were going to matter unless they moved Fielder. Job well done! Now they can address LF – Granderson?
You know I love Granderson but I’m not sure what price to pay. I think the most important thing is singing Scherzer.
Well this gives us a lot to think about. We just got faster with a first base coach that knew what to do with speed as a player. I do NOT expect to see multiple runners thrown out at home by oh 30 feet. First base, third base, corner outfield they have extra money and……….wait for it…….they resigned Phil Coke.
Yea, at least they made Coke’s contract non-gauranteed. So if he doesn’t make the cut in spring training they probably let him go for peanuts.
Wondering if they are going to trade Kinsler. The more I look at this deal, they took on a rather large contract for 2B. They could probably have Omar for less. Will keep an eye out to see if they move Kinsler for a LF. I like the possibilities we now have.