Wow...

Our Tigers are making things exciting. They pulled off a big trade with the Marlins, and I'm kinda excited about it, but we sure gave up an awful lot.

Yahoo Report...
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ArDQFcPJCVtuNwPBZ0BnXXcRvLYF?slug=jp-tigerstrade120407&prov=yhoo&type=lgns


The Tigers got 3B Miguel Cabrera and Pitcher Dontrell Willis in exchange for 6 players with ALOT of potential.

Miguel Cabrera - 24 Years old and already been to four All-Star Games.
Dontrell Willis - 25 Years old and was second in the Cy Young voting two years ago, although last year he didn't do as well.

After giving up Jair Jurjjens for Edgar Renteria and then this trade, we sure don't have a lot left in the minors any more. A little bit about the players the Tigers gave up...

Cameron Maybin - Maybe the best minor league prospect in all of baseball. Has been compared to Griffey Jr.

Andrew Miller - A hard throwing left hander with a lot of potential. Was in the Tigers rotation last year, and kinda sucked during the second half of the season, but once he figures out his control problems he could be really good

Mike Rabelo - Switch hitting catcher. Probably wont be a star, but could end up being pretty solid.

Eulogio De La Cruz - Can throw 100 MPH

Burke Badenhop - Don't know much about him

Dallas Trahern - Good looking prospect in the lower minor leagues, but too early to tell still

Everyone will look at the trade and think the Tigers got a great deal, but we gave up a lot for these guys. Still, it will make us much more competitive for the next two years, so I like the deal and I'm excited about it. It's nice to see the Tigers making moves and trying to improve, after all those years of sucking and doing nothing about it.

The Tigers will have one of the toughest lineups now, and a great rotation too...

C - Ivan Rodriguez
1B - Carlos Guillen
2B - Placido Polanco
SS - Edgar Renteria
3B - Miguel Cabrera
LF - Jacque Jones / Marcus Thames
CF - Curtis Granderson
RF - Magglio Ordonez
DH - Gary Sheffield

P - Kenny Rogers
P - Justin Verlander
P - Jeremy Bonderman
P - Nate Roberson
P - Dontrell Willis

SWEET!!!

I don't know what they are gonna do with Brandon Inge. He's my favorite Tiger, but like I said before he's not much of a hitter, so I can understand that they needed to make a move to improve production out of the 3B spot. There's still a chance Cabrera gets moved to LF and we keep Inge at 3B.

I can't wait for the season to start :-)