Weekend Prowl: Watch Weinhardt Again, Eyeing the Mariners, No On Castro, and Grandy the TV Host
by Ian Casselberry on Nov 22, 2009 10:30 AM EST
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If anyone missed Saturday's Arizona Fall League championship game (including two hitless innings and four strikeouts from Tigers prospect Robbie Weinhardt), you can catch a replay on MLB Network from 3 to 6 p.m. ET Monday.
Lynn Henning likes what he sees in the Seattle Mariners' organization, and has highlighted a few prospects that the Tigers could be pursuing in any deal for Edwin Jackson and/or Curtis Granderson. He wonders, however, if Dave Dombrowski might have to curb his typically aggressive approach toward making trades.
Phil Rogers reports that the Cubs aren't too keen on giving up shortstop prospect Starlin Castro in a deal for Granderson. But Rogers thinks the Cubs might still have the chips to make a trade happen, and is curious what sort of affect Rudy Jaramillo might have on Granderson's hitting.
At Tigers Tracks, John Parent responds to the news that Granderson is pitching a reality TV show called "Stadium Secrets," in which he would take viewers on "explorations of stadiums." Grandy's a natural for television and will probably thrive in this project. But should he be concentrating more on playing baseball, something his manager publicly expressed concern about this season?
Marc Hulet reviews the Tigers' last four draft classes at Fangraphs. Considering the team just added three of those 2006 draft picks to its 40-man roster, that group's beginning to look pretty good. The 2008 class is making a move, though.
The one name added to the 40-man roster that's prompted some head-scratching is shortstop Audy Ciriaco. Mack Avenue Tigers fills us in on Ciriaco's minor league career thus far, but asks if he's the sort of player Detroit should worry about losing in the Rule 5 draft.
Last year, the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo frequently wrote that he thought Gary Sheffield was due for a bounce-back year with the Tigers. So it shouldn't be a surprise that Cafardo's writing again about Sheff, and the work (martial arts, boxing, nutrition) he's putting in, hoping to catch on with another team next season.
Murray Chass writes about how Bobby Valentine botched his opportunity to get the Cleveland Indians' manager job. (It's the third item of the post; you'll have to scroll through Chass's near-gleeful thoughts on how a guy with an evaluation, not statistics background, is now the Toronto Blue Jays' GM.)
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by David Tokarz on Nov 22, 2009 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
As I posted in another discussion..
Every column he writes is completely biased and never one sided. He rarely goes out and does actual journalism – at least Mike Rosenberg tries a little. Henning spends his time writing either about how bad DD is or how Brandon Inge is amazing – otherwise it’s just repetitive noise on paper. Henning is a moron.
If you get a chance, read his article about the 2011 Tigers. Not 2010, 2011. His predictions are incredibly wild and damn near invalid. I’m not a big Inge guy (as I’ve made clear many times), but he states that Inge will be gone. Anyone with half a brain will tell you that, due to his lack of production, Inge won’t get as much, but he’ll take much less to remain a Tiger, that’s how he is and his heart just lies here. I can understand the logic of getting another 3B, which they should, but Inge will be on this team – just not in the role he has now. I foresee bench super-sub.
Jackson Mariners?
I haven’t heard anything on this in the past 2 days….has it sort of gone away or will it probably stay quiet until the winter meetings if anything is going to happen at all.
Eh, it's the weekend.
I’d put some money down that come late tomorrow morning or early afternoon, we’ll have heard something about Det and Seattle.
idk...
DD seems to move quickly. He knows that Jackson can be worth just as much as a pitcher for this team as opposed to merely trade bait. I think DD will only move if the Mariners give him exactly what he wants.
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And I agree with you about DD moving quickly. I said as much a couple days ago. Most of his trades happen in a matter of hours, not days. That said, there’s usually not a lot of negotiating or movement on the weekends.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 22, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
yeah...
but the rumors started at the beginning of last week essentially.
I personally don’t wanna see Jackson go. i think that’s taking away from a big strength of this team. I also don’t see anybody from the Mariners that I would really want for Jackson. But I’ve really only looked over the names so far.
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Triunfel
This kid Triunfel is only 19 and is said to be the best prospect in the Mariners organization. He is going to be playing in AAA next season and was supposed to be in the majors this year if it weren’t for his broken leg. 19 in the majors has to say that you are something special. Not sure if the M’s would be willing to give him up, but it’s interesting.
MLB Trade Rumors say Jackson talks have stalled
ESPN says the Ms think DD’s asking price is too high (which is what most of us want). I can’t link since I’m on mobile.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 23, 2009 10:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions
YAY FOR COOPERATIVE EFFORT!!!
and I’m glad that DD is asking high.
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Yay, I was right :)
I figured today we would hear more about this rumor (see my prediction above, take that Lynn Henning!) and sure enough the talks have stalled. Makes me happy to be honest, I like Edwin and do not want Morrow on this team over him. Unless we get a can’t miss SS or something like that, I don’t see how you can justify trading away a guy that you’ve got under club control with a golden arm and a solid attitude. Jackson may not be a Verlander, but he’s still damn good.
Jackson to the Angels for B. Wood and E. Santana
Make it happen or no dice, DD.
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by David Tokarz on Nov 23, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
For some reason, that doesn't seem like "asking high" to me
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 23, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
Meh
B. Wood has the potential to be a very good SS and I think Santana can provide what Jackson did last year, health permitting.
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by David Tokarz on Nov 23, 2009 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
gotta agree with DDBB
that would be a good trade. Too good for the Angels to take, frankly.
by Kurt Mensching on Nov 23, 2009 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
Unfortunately
Maybe throw in a prospect on our end to even it out? Streiby?
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by David Tokarz on Nov 23, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
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