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Phillies, Dodgers Not Interested In Inge
According to Jayson Stark yesterday, the Tigers are indeed shopping ousted 29 year-old third baseman Brandon Inge. He says the Dodgers and Phillies have already said no. My guess at the rationale: the Dodgers will go internal and are less concerned with the position, and the Phils want a good hitter at the position.
Inge seemingly peaked in '06, hitting 27 HRs with fine defense. That earned him a four-year, $24MM extension. He's got three years and $19.1MM left. His stock is down after posting a .688 OPS last year. Inge was a catcher as recently as 2004, so maybe he can don the tools of ignorance once again. There, his offense wouldn't look nearly as poor. Still, it's hard to figure out a team that would pursue him.
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Detroit should've sent him with Maybin and Miller to Florida if they were to eat some of the salary. That way he could be at 3B and work a few games behind the plate as well.
Posted by: jimmywallaby | December 07, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Wow, it's really depressing when Brandon Inge tops the biggest story of the 4 hours of my morning and there's only 3 total updates. I miss the Winter Meetings even though very few of the rumors actually happen :(
Posted by: gonyanks21 | December 07, 2007 at 10:33 AM
Anyone think the Nats would pick him up as a catcher? I know they need one, but the question is his price...
And I agree with gonyanks21...this is really depressing.
Posted by: bignatsfan | December 07, 2007 at 10:36 AM
No thanks on Inge, for real. Offensively, a strict Dobbs/Helms (vs. RH/LH) actually wouldn't kill us, provided Cholly is smart enough to stick to that gameplan. Defensively of course it'd be a real mess.
Posted by: Bourne's_Identities | December 07, 2007 at 10:49 AM
yeah i'm surprised he didn't go back to FLA with DET eating half the $. he'd be a good fit with MIN if it weren't an intradivision move. MIL, STL? he COULD bounce back to league avg off. he's a better risk than Rolen or Crede IMO
Posted by: | December 07, 2007 at 11:03 AM
Boy, I'd be pissed if I played for the Marlins and looked around after that trade and realized, "gee, Brandon Inge is our team's highest paid player."
Posted by: worldcupfever | December 07, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Almost the entire point of the Miggy trade was for Florida to cut salary. Even at half the dollars it wouldn't make sense for the fish.
Posted by: PhilsPhan | December 07, 2007 at 01:09 PM
Even though the Dodgers have denied interest, he'd be a good pick up, if the Tigers pitched in on some of the salary, for, say, Jonathon Meloan. Inge coule be the back up catcher and be part of the 3rd base platoon.
Posted by: | December 07, 2007 at 02:22 PM
No, I thought the entire point of the Miggy trade is to get the most value out of a guy who has 2 years left on a team with no shot of competing in the next 2 years and will bolt out the door the second he can.
How would Inge be a good pickup for the dodgers. JUST PLAY LAROCHE!!!!
Posted by: nrmax88 | December 07, 2007 at 04:12 PM