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Justin Wilson and Alex Avila trade reaction: What do you think?

The Tigers received two infield prospects and a player to be named later. Weigh in!

By Kurt Mensching
Cleveland Indians v Detroit Tigers - Game One Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images

The Tigers will officially send Alex Avila and Justin Wilson to the Cubs today in exchange for third baseman Jeimer Candelario, shortstop Isaac Paredes, and a player to be named later.

Dave Cameron at Fangraphs wrote that he feels like it’s a trade both sides can be happy with:

Overall, this trade features a contender giving up non-elite prospects for a quality reliever and a solid left-handed bat, and a rebuilding team turning a year and a half of a reliever and a rent-a-30-year-old-catcher into two potential starting-caliber position players. Unlike many of the deals so far that looked slanted towards the buyer, this seems like a perfectly reasonable trade for both sides.

But we also follow social media and know that some fans out there are a bit concerned that the Tigers have picked up five infield prospects in exchange for J.D. Martinez, Wilson, and Avila, and have expressed some concern about that.

So you tell us: what do you think of this trade?

Poll

What do you think of the Avila/Wilson trade?

This poll is closed

  • 7%
    It’s great!
    (136 votes)
  • 44%
    It’s good!
    (864 votes)
  • 29%
    It’s OK!
    (580 votes)
  • 18%
    Fire Avila!
    (358 votes)
1938 votes total Vote Now

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