Tigers Notes: Rodney, Perry, Polanco

I think Mags can be the upgrade in left, judging by his second half. He may not hit 20 homers ever again, but his avg and ops definitely make him a worthwhile player

Sign Holliday

If I cost my boss 18 million over something so obvious and avoidable I'd expect to be fired.

What was that OPS prior to the All-Star break? He never should have had a chance to redeem himself.

The worst part is that you are now stuck with him in '10. Good luck with that.

I see your point, but well, argument can be made that Ordonez's second-half contribution brought the Tigers very close to making the playoffs...

I'm a little surprised about all the negativity regarding Magglio. People act like this was a contract that was signed this year. This was the price they had to pay to land him at the time they did. Consider 2010's salary the price for all the years of production he gave us, not just next year.

I'm amazed at the number of people willing to assume that a player's career is over as soon as they have a bad half-season. There were obvious reasons for his slump and obvious indications that it is over. He won't replicate his career year of 2007, but he will provide production for a team that needs it. Take that money and spend it on the open market, you're still rolling the dice. Just because you have the money to land someone doesn't mean you will. Sure, I'd rather have Holliday than Ordonez at this point, but what's the chance of getting him over all his other suitors? 5%?

I do concur that he is not a good defender, but he's not a black hole either. The Tigers have many issues to address next year, but Mags ain't one of 'em.

As much as I hate to see it, I think they have to gamble and (yikes) get Milton Bradley. If he wants a laid back job, DHing for the Tigers is about as easy as it gets. Look at Maggs' first half numbers, worse than Milton's, yet he was never booed or insulted, etc. Tigers need someone to hit besides Cabrera and its gotta be cheap - hence the terrible gamble that is Milton Bradley.

Besides that, Polanco should walk and let Sizemore take over with Santiago. Let Rodney go and open up closer in the spring btwn Lyon, Perry, and Zumaya. Get a 5th starter somehow...

I actually like Lowe and wouldn't mind losing Ordonez for him, as long as his peripherals return to where they were. Much better than Bonderman for Bradley as suggested on another thread.

That would be a terrible trade for Detroit. Derek Lowe is middle of the rotation starter at best, and you'd want to give him 45 million over the next 3 years? Just give Magglio his 18 million next year, don't let it vest, and be on your way. The last thing Detroit needs to be doing again is signing, or taking on terrible contracts. It already looks like the division is going to be very weak next year again if Detroit doesn't go into FA once they lose Polanco, Rodney, and Lyon. Cle sucks, KC sucks, and Chi is avg only with a modest rotation. The team to beat again next year as of this moment is the Twins.

To tell you the truth, I look at the Tigers rotation, and after Verlander and Porcello the rest it's crap. I realize there may be a difference between AL, and NL, but Lowe is durable, eats a lot of innings and he is a sinkerball pitcher so the fact that he'll be 36 or 37 next year doesn't matter. He is a veteran starter who just won 15 games, 21 quality starts, and an ERA of 4 and a half. Take out the game he had against the Mets where he just seemed to lost it after getting hit by a line drive and his ERA changes from 4.67 to 4.38 in 191 innings. He had like 4 rainouts at the beginning of the year, and had to leave the game early because he had a couple of blisters.

He'll have a better year next year, it was just a difficult transition pitching in cozy big Dodger stadium in the NL west where the best offensive weapon was Conor Jackson, to pitching in hotlanta in the NL East, where the Marlins, Phillies, and even the Nationals had more powerful lineups(than the one's he had to face last year in the NL west).

I'm a Braves fan, the only reason I want them to trade Lowe is because of that big contract, and the fact that I loved the way Kawakami pitched this year, and I know he is only going to get better.

And Magglio makes sense considering Lowe's current trade value, and Magglio making a lot of money too being a right handed hitter who happens to play the outfield and finished with an OPS over 800. While Garret anderson had an OPS of 705 but had 13 homers.

And Magglios option wont vest because Jason Heyward would come up in June, that would limit Magglio's starts.

trading guillen or mags for harang instead of lowe would be better.. if the reds would go for it..