Here a look back at the last few days of moves from the AL Central.
Tigers: Acquired infielders Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes and cash or a player to be named from Cubs for reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila.
Royals: Acquired starter Trevor Cahill and relievers Brandon Maurer and Ryan Buchter from Padres for pitchers Matt Strahm and Travis Wood and infield prospect Esteury Ruiz. Acquired outfielder Melky Cabrera from White Sox for pitching prospects A.J. Puckett and Andre Davis. Acquired cash from Dodgers for righty Luke Farrell.
Twins: Acquired pitching prospects Zack Littell and Dietrich Enns from Yankees for lefty Jaime Garcia. Acquired pitching prospect Tyler Watson and international spending rights from Nationals for closer Brandon Kintzler. Acquired minor-league lefty Gabriel Moya from Diamondbacks for catcher John Ryan Murphy.
White Sox: Acquired first base prospect Casey Gillaspie from Rays for lefty reliever Dan Jennings. Acquired A.J. Puckett and Andre Davis from the Royals (see above) for Melky Cabrera. Acquired hitting prospect Ryan Cordell from Brewers for reliever Anthony Swarzak.
Indians: Acquired righty Joe Smith from Blue Jays for prospects Thomas Pannone and Samad Taylor. Claimed reliever Diego Moreno from the Rays.
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Detroit disappointed
Gonna be a really terrible next decade for the Tigers.
You think worse the Phillies? Rough stretch they are in since overpaying for players
No way. Not a decade. 3-4 years
I thought Detroit did well with its one trade but yes, would’ve been nice to see Verlander, Iggy and perhaps a couple others be dealt. There’s still the waiver period next month, so something still might happen, albeit at a much lower chance.
Who would take those contracts back, though? Maybe Verlander bounces back next year and is like he was in 2016. If that happens, there will be a market for him, but even then, Detroit may have to eat a little money. That’s a huge contract for an up-and-down pitcher.
I disagree. Wilson should have brought back more than any other reliever traded, and he did. JD and Melky Cabrera were the only rental OFs traded. There wasn’t much of a market. JD should have returned the most, and he did.
No team was willing to provide what the Tiger’s wanted for JV, so they refused to trade him. That’s a positive. That Anibal and Zimmermann were not tradeable surprised no one. There was no demand for starting SS, so they would have needed to force the issue if they wanted to move Iggy. No starting 2B was moved either, so the same was true with Kinsler.
They traded the pending FAs and hung on to players who had no market. What more did you want them to do?
royals won it hands down
Twins did good got Littell from the Yankees #16
Watson from the Nationals # 18 prospects in the Twins minors now
Honestly good for the Royals going for it one last time. Dayton Moore let the players determine what happened at the deadline by how they have been playing lately and it’s awesome that this group gets one more chance together.
It kind of reminds me of the 7th seasons of Breaking Bad and Son’s of Anarchy, you rode the roller coaster ride from the beginning and you know the end is near but you just hope it ends with a bang. It would be so awesome if they dethroned the Indians and caused some havoc in the playoffs. Shall be fun to see how it all shakes out.
100% agree with all of this.. and thats coming from a die hard twins fan
Im hoping White Sox pitchers in the minors pen out in the majors right now the only one that ill trust probably is Lopez and get rid of Pelfrey
Very satisfied with Hahn’s wheeling and dealing prior to the trade deadline. I like that he got out in front of the market to get prospects he really wanted instead of waiting it out until the end for “better” offers.
Now keep losing games. Go Philly and San Fransisco!