…..Trade Porcello for Halladay…..Yes Rick is a 20 yr old with a ton of promise you never know what he will turn into…remember Kyle Sleeth and Kenny Baugh???….They never paned out…..with Halladay you get a guy that will get you a win just about every 5 days…..guys like him dont become avaulable very often…..Hes a std and you know what your going to get…..that being said I wouldnt give up Porcello for anything else…..Porcello for Halladay…Youd have to do that.

Yes.

There aren’t many good outfield bats available in the trade market, and if we’re looking to upgrade this season, there aren’t any to be had in our minor league system. Wilkin Ramirez might have some promise down the road, but he hasn’t even hit AAA pitching all that well this year. He’s not the answer this season. A premium outfielder from another team is going to come at a premium price, and we don’t have many worthwhile prospects other than Porcello and Perry (or at least, not many that will interest other teams).

Regarding Polanco, while some teams may be interested in him, he is in decline (perhaps evidenced by his subpar offensive numbers this season). While he may be a solid fielder now, we can probably expect his defense to decline as well. I doubt that anyone would give us premium prospects for him. Also, if the Tigers think they can contend this year, it would be ridiculous for them to trade Polanco. Sizemore is coming off a season-ending wrist injury last year and has only played a handful of games at AAA. Whatever his promise might be, he is certainly not ready for a starting job on a Major League team this season—especially one that intends to compete in October.

While the Tigers probably don’t want to trade Porcello, if they do trade him, it doesn’t mean they are sacrificing the team’s future for a shot at the WS this year. If the Tigers and DD are smart (which they usually are), any player they get in a trade would probably fetch a return of a few prospects, either in next years’ draft or at next season’s trade deadline. And even though Porcello might have top-of-the-rotation stuff, that doesn’t mean that he will be the next Verlander or Halladay. Chances are pretty good that he won’t be. Even the most highly touted prospects fail to live up to their potential. Many are in the habit of viewing top prospects as an organization’s silver bullet, but most prospects never become impact players on Major League teams. While Porcello could probably play an important role in the Tigers’ future, he will probably not be the organization’s savior.

Kurt at MackAvenueTigers wrote a good piece on this subject.