Here's the latest on Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes…
- A source says Cespedes' eventual contract will be in the range of four years and $32MM, writes MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. "Several teams have backed away" from Cespedes' original goal of an eight-year, $60MM contract. Frisaro says the Marlins are among the teams still very interested in the Cuban prospect.
- Also from Frisaro, Cespedes is tentatively expected to establish residency in the Dominican Republic on January 15, and then the outfielder will petition Major League Baseball for free agent status.
- The Tigers have been relatively quiet this offseason, "intensifying speculation" that the team is waiting on Cespedes to become available, reports James Schmehl of MLive.com. With Delmon Young, Austin Jackson and Brennan Boesch pencilled in as Detroit's starting outfield, the Tigers could have to make another move should they sign Cespedes, or just give him limited playing time to ease his transition to the Major Leagues.
About time I don’t see Toronto mentioned in a rumour. We’ll be just fine with Rasmus.
Cespedes in Left? Rumor mill activate!
Git r done, DD!
The Tigers have done nothing all winter. Wakey, wakey!
We sign Laird and Doc Oc….
But I agree.. Let’s get em and flip Boesch or Young in a package for a 2b or 3b.
Maybe sign Cespedes and flip Boesch for Prado?
I like Prado, but Boesch is too much to give up for him. The Tigers won’t do that. BB has to be Detroit’s No. 3 hitter as of today.
I’m ok with it, but Atlanta doesn’t need a lefty outfielder. They have enough lefties with Heyward, McCann, and I think Freeman.
I was hoping we had some bullpen pieces for LAA for Callaspo.
As far as Boesch being too much… His and Raburns numbers are strikingly similar. Which is why I’m good to trade him
both players have a productive bat when they play but boesch is a stud, dont know why you would even think about the tigers trading him. i would trade raburn but I think the majority of tigers fans can see where boeschs career is going and would strongly disagree with you.
I really hope that doesn’t happen, if anyone goes in that outfield in the wake of Cespedes, it’s going to be Delmon, but I have no idea who’d want him or for what.
Prado could bounce back and put out a lot of value the guy finished in the top 10 in MVP voting the season before last so I don’t see how Boesch is too much to ask. But if the Atlanta isn’t looking for a lefty I guess the deal doesn’t make much sense. Because Delmon Young is a throw in on a deal he isn’t really a piece so if he is the fielder they are offering with prospects for Prado/Jurrjens I don’t think Atlanta would do it.
Atlanta didn’t want to trade em as a package anyway.
I think Prado could be had for Young, maybe someone like Fields, Crosby… Maybe not that exactly, but something in that range
Flip Young for a 2B or 3B not Boesch, he has too much upside…
who still uses Git r done?
Are there any links to his stats playing in whatever league it is he plays?
Wikipedia
Only reason I really want the Tigers to sign Yoenis is because a OF of Boesch and D Young scares me
True story, but Boesch is improving considerably on offense and his defense looked a little less shaky this year. If Delmon can hit for a little bit more pop and drive in a few more runs, his defense, as horrible as it is, won’t look quite so bad.
I don’t have a problem with Young or Boesch offensively but they should not be playing in the same OF. And even though Young was productive with the Tigers, the combination of his ugly defense and his inability to work a count or walk really makes me hope he is used in a trade. I think I’d almost rather go with Dirks than Young. I think with the team we have now Dirks would make us more well rounded than Young does.
Where are the Nationals in all of this? Seriously. Makes so much more sense than Prince Fielder.
30 MM. Take it or leave it Cespedes
I don’t get the high interest in Cespedes. He’s a completely unproven talent. He’s already 26 years old (or so he says), has never even proven himself in the minors and it seems most of his projected value is from a tape. How is a guy like this worth a 4-8 year 32-60 million dollar contract?
Says the fan of the team that might fork over $100M+ for a guy who’s never pitched in the majors.
Don’t get me wrong, I mostly agree. A lot of international stars seem to come here and fail to live up to the hype. But think of it like a lottery ticket with better odds and a high potential payout. He’s a high risk and high reward question mark.
Darkish has proven himself in Japan. And Texas has scouted Darvish harder than anyone in this league. So I don’t have a problem with that. My point is that as far as I’ve heard, teams are getting ready to bid on this guy based almost solely on a video. Have teams ever scouted him in live games? If so, then this bidding frenzy will make more sense.
Buddy, I think you’re walking a very thin to create a difference. If Cespedes signed with the Rangers tomorrow, my bet is your tune would begin to change.
In my opinion, no GM is going to bid on a guy on the basis of a videotape. I would be shocked if there aren’t some live scouting reports for every team… he did play on the National Cuban team, remember.
Tigers have been scouting him in live games for a couples years now. Dombrowski made the trip to see him play in a dominican league game just a couple months ago, so your arguments don’t stand.
Uh, yes? He’s been scouted for years now.
Just because you haven’t heard of him doesn’t mean there isn’t an army of scouts watching him. There are thousands of players being scouted around the globe.
The same thing would happen here if we didn’t have the draft. Actually, it did until this latest CBA…
Dice-K has proved himself in Japan. Proving yourself in Japan means nothing
Tigers land Cespedis, Detroits advanced scouts have been on him for the past 3 years.
Atlanta will get sick of dangling Prado and a deal will work out with Delmon Young. I personally would love to see Young/Raburn/Oliver for Prado/Jurjeins
I could see something like that happening but I think it would be Boesch not Young.
The Braves have an over-abundance of left-handed corner outfielders, which is why almost all of the speculation has centered around Delmon Young not Boesch. If the Braves wanted a lefty with similar upside to Boesch they would have traded Prado to the Rockies for Seth Smith already.
I don’t think Boesch is going anywhere but Comerica Park. Other teams would have to overpay for DD to do a deal…
I like it. Prado and Cespedes would be upgrades over Santiago/Raburn and Young, we would get a good #3 starter in Cy Young talks for a lot of last year back, and we could keep Jacob Turner
Does anyone know definitely if it’s “Yoenis” or “Yoennis”? It seems like the two spellings run about 50/50 in media reports. And what’s up the confusion about the spelling of Cuban players’ names, i.e. “Kendry” and “Kendrys” Morales?
The same confusion as it is with their ages…
In the case of Cespedes there isn’t any “confusion” about his age; there’s just a bunch of accusations that he’s lying about his age — based on zero evidence beyond the (racist?) belief that Latin players generally can’t be trusted to tell the truth about their age.
But I think its also due to the way some Latin American countries do their documenting. The way the names are spelled shouldnt be an issue if they had proper documents…And wasnt Kendry or Kendrys Morales also accused of being older? If you remember the Little League World Series issue with Danny Almonte…apparently his parents waited a few years in the Dominican Republic before registering his birth. I dont really think its racist. It was a concern in the Olympics as well in gymnastics and the Chinese team if I remember correctly.
It’s Communism and the Russians fault. Yevgeny and Yakov. They used the Y a lot. Generation Y in Cuba.
I’d love to see a deal like that too, but I think the Tigers would have to throw in a few more prospects like a Rob Brantly and/or Avisail Garcia or someone of their ilk to get a deal done.
The Braves have an over-abundance of left-handed corner outfielders, which is why almost all of the speculation has centered around Delmon Young not Boesch. If the Braves wanted a lefty with similar upside to Boesch they would have traded Prado to the Rockies for Seth Smith already.
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A great fit for the Rangers. He plays CF in 2012. Texas has no CF. Martin then is ready for full time CF in 2013 with Cespedes moving over to LF in 2013 when Josh Hamilton leaves for free agency.
I haven’t heard the M’s linked to him at all but it seems like he would be a good fit. Safeco doesn’t kill lefties as nearly as much as righties and we could use a LF or a guy to take over in RF when Ichiro is gone. Looking more and more like Fielder is not interested in the M’s so they have some money to spend somewhere.
I haven’t heard the M’s linked to him at all but it seems like he would be a good fit. Safeco doesn’t kill lefties as nearly as much as righties and we could use a LF or a guy to take over in RF when Ichiro is gone. Looking more and more like Fielder is not interested in the M’s so they have some money to spend somewhere.