Tigers trade for Willis, Cabrera

[Mothra]

ESPN - Tigers send top prospects to Marlins for Cabrera, Willis - MLB

he Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers have agreed in principle on a trade that will send Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit for key prospects, sources told ESPN's Peter Gammons.The Tigers would send outfielder Cameron Maybin, pitcher Andrew Miller, catcher Mike Rabelo and three other minor league pitchers to the Marlins...

 

[DaytonBuck]

The Marlins are a farm team for the American League.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

The Marlins are a farm team for the American League.

They showed on ESPN this morning the 2003 team and where those players were playing now. Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Cubs, Mets, Tigers......it's just the Who's Who of big market teams.

Professional baseball sucks.

 

[DaytonBuck]

They showed on ESPN this morning the 2003 team and where those players were playing now. Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Cubs, Mets, Tigers......it's just the Who's Who of big market teams.

Professional baseball sucks.

It probably doesn't help that the Marlin's ownership takes cheapskating to the next level

 

[buckeyefool]

It probably doesn't help that the Marlin's ownership takes cheapskating to the next level

Yet they won two world series in the last 10 years.

 

[DaytonBuck]

Yet they won two world series in the last 10 years.

Developing talent isn't their issue

 

[buckeyefool]

Developing talent isn't their issue

Which would you rather root for? a team that has a small payroll and trades it players, but wins a world series every 5 years, or a team that has a huge payroll, trades for the best players, but never wins the series?

 

[THEWOOD]

if you read the article they are saying the payroll could be below 5 million for the marlins next year...thats absurd

 

[DaytonBuck]

Which would you rather root for? a team that has a small payroll and trades it players, but wins a world series every 5 years, or a team that has a huge payroll, trades for the best players, but never wins the series?

Obviously the World Series but the 97 Marlins spent money. The current owner Loria isn't working under the formula you laid out. The Marlins spend less on payroll than they get revenue sharing from MLB. They won't be winning anytime soon.

 

[OH10]

Professional baseball sucks.

Agreed. But it's fun to cheer against the big-spenders.

 

[souL]

So where does Hanley Ramirez go in 2-3 years?

 

[JCOSU86]

Obviously the World Series but the 97 Marlins spent money. The current owner Loria isn't working under the formula you laid out. The Marlins spend less on payroll than they get revenue sharing from MLB. They won't be winning anytime soon.

Contraction anyone?

World Series aside, Tampa Bay and Florida should not even exist.

 

[Ttown]

Obviously the World Series but the 97 Marlins spent money. The current owner Loria isn't working under the formula you laid out. The Marlins spend less on payroll than they get revenue sharing from MLB. They won't be winning anytime soon.

The Marlins entire payroll is less than 7 million. They make more than that from revenue sharing.

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

The Tigers have a SICK line-up, probably more impressive than the Yankees batters.