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notagain27
Cabrera reunited with DD in Boston will be the major trade of the off season.
dwilson10
And Boston would have to give up at least 2 of its star players.
oldleftylong
Detroit won’t take Panda, tho.
gogoblue
That will (almost certainly) not happen for 3 reasons:
1. Cabrera hits right handed. Boston’s lineup already leans heavily to RHs (Betts, Bogaerts, Hanley, Pedroia). So the addition of Cabrera unbalances the line even more,
2. In order to acquire Cabrera, Boston will almost certainly has to give up one of their best left handed hitter, Bradley, Jr. AND at least 2 more of Sox’s top prospects for Detroit to consider trading him. Boston has balked at trading JBJ for Sale, and it’s even less likely to trade him for older and (slowly) declining Cabrera now.
3. There are two cheaper alternatives out there for Boston to choose as Ortiz’s replacement: Beltran and Morales. DD will sign one of those guys instead.
RunDMC
And this helps their pitching how? Yes, Miggy is the best hitter of his generation, and they should jump at the chance to get him, but BOS led all of MLB in runs and led the AL by more than 100 more runs (CLE was #2). Yes, Ortiz is gone, but they have the cash savings from many young bats they could easily afford an overpay. They don’t need aces, they just need more consistent inning-eaters that will take away innings from Clay Buchholz and push guys like Steven Wright to the back of the rotation and not the front. Yes, it’s Dombrowski and he won’t see it that black-and-white, but adding the money and sacrificing the prospects/MLB depth that is already the best in baseball (with Ortiz in ’16) is not the direction.
Toksoon
Run contrary to what you believe they do need an ace or two. Just look at the playoffs , price , porcello , and the rest were ineffective in the postseason
RunDMC
@Toksoon – How is that contrary to what I believe? I stated they do NOT need Miggy and they need pitchers (innings-eaters) pushing out their mediocre mid-to-back of the rotation arms. If they can do that with frontline pitching, they have the farm depth to do it.
jligenza708
No trade to Boston
yeahhhjeets
What would the SOX have to give up ?
dwilson10
Wouldn’t mind seeing the O’s try to acquire Martinez. His hitting would fit good in Baltimore. And they could get over his defense, the same way they did with Trumbo.
rembo1
DD is king of the multi team trade and I could definitely see Detroit and Boston getting something done with another team for whoever Dombrowski wants. Miggy and DD go back a long way and trading young players and spending money is what he does well.
TrotNixonIsMyHero
I don’t think Boston will have to give up much at all. Whilst Cabrera is a great hitter the back end of his contract will be painful. Fangraphs believe the contract has a slight negative value therefore Detroit might be happy to just free up some payroll!
stymeedone
The Tigers won’t just give him away to free up payroll. I see Victor to Boston more likely than Miggy. Victor has the better in-clubhouse presence, and only one year left on his contract. In addition, he is a switch hitter. This would open a spot for Moya to be the DH.
Michael Macaulay-Birks
Don’t you think Moya will end up in right field? JD is all but gone if they’re not going to extend him, he has too much value to just let him walk at the end of the year
GarryHarris
Miguel Cabrera is not declining yet. I see him still being able to carry a team.
The Tigers have been stating that they want to get younger, faster and improve defense for years. How they do this is use Managers who overuse veterans and go out and get players such as Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez and Justin Upton.
lucienbel
I see zero reason for Boston to go after Cabrera. Seems like a good way to give up the future for one big bat. Everyone is worried about replacing Ortiz, but I don’t think they’ll be able to. Or that they even necesarily need to. Sure, they need another power bat now, but it doesn’t have to be the best one in the game.
I have to agree with the people who are suggesting pitching. Even if they lost a few runs with a more mediocore power bat, they’d more than make up for the difference with better pitching.
pickandersen
Tigers haven’t been involved in trade talk talks involving Miggy, according to Jon Heyman.
pickandersen
Ugh I should check my grammar.