Article: Today's Official Trade Deadline Discussion

[James]

Rumor has it that it is a Detroit, TB and Minnesota Ménage a trade.

 

Duensing is the center piece.

Makes sense.  Tampa doesn't have enough prospects to land Duensing by themselves. 

[nater79a]

Makes sense.  Tampa doesn't have enough prospects to land Duensing by themselves. 

 

Yep, Duensing to Rays for Price.  Correia and Willingham to Phillies for Hamels.  Then we're all set!  

[nater79a]

Tigers get Price!  Just came in via Rosenthal.  Don't know particulars yet.

[Oxtung]

Yep, Duensing to Rays for Price.  Correia and Willingham to Phillies for Hamels.  Then we're all set!  

Mmmm...that Phillies deal is a little on the light side.  Do they have a centerfielder? Could we get him too?

[James]

Tigers get Price!  Just came in via Rosenthal.  Don't know particulars yet.

Super Crazy day.

[Dman]

How do the Tigers do it?  Every time they need an arm they get one.  Well this should make Billy boy cry.

[Oxtung]

Tigers get Price!  Just came in via Rosenthal.  Don't know particulars yet.

This should be interesting..... They didn't have much minor league talent to begin with.  Now they've gutted whatever they had it seems.

[Boom Boom]

Dang, if Mike Ilitch put this much effort into Little Caesar's they might make an edible pizza.

[Whammy]

Tigers get Price!  Just came in via Rosenthal.  Don't know particulars yet.

 

Gotta be like Scherzer to Seattle in a 3-team or something like that. Detroit doesn't have the minor league bullets to get Price by themselves

[nicksaviking]

Let the Tigers have Price, he's a free agent after 2015 and Scherzer's a free agent next year.  The Twins won't be competitve during that time, meanwhile the Tigers will have to decide which pitcher they want to give another albatros contract to for their decline years.  Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll give them both 7 year $200 million contracts.

Edited July 31, 2014 by nicksaviking

[James]

How do the Tigers do it?  Every time they need an arm they get one.  Well this should make Billy boy cry.

Billy on the phone with JR: "I need Duensing right now.  Anything you want, just take it."

[tobi0040]

I just don't see it. Their system had Castellanos and Ray in the top 100 last year.  Neither is exactly on par with the Wil Myers/Odorizzi package.  Castellanos, Smyly, and something?  I think the Rays do better in the offseason

 

Dear IT team,

 

Looks like I was dead wrong here, DELETE DELETE DELETE

[John Bonnes]

Gotta be like Scherzer to Seattle in a 3-team or something like that. Detroit doesn't have the minor league bullets to get Price by themselves

 

I wondered the same thing. Maybe Tigers see the writing on the wall for Scherzer in FA and move him? It'll be interesting to see if he's involved.

[nater79a]

This should be interesting..... They didn't have much minor league talent to begin with.  Now they've gutted whatever they had it seems.

 

Should be interesting to see the bounty for Price.   Maybe some major league talent headed back to Rays?  Bet Smyly involved. Mariners involved too?

[Otto von Ballpark]

Stephen Drew to the Yankees too, for Kelly Johnson.

[tobi0040]

Let the Tigers have Price, he's a free agent after 2015 and Scherzer's a free agent next year.  The Twins won't be competitve during that time, meanwhile the Tigers will have to decide which pitcher they want to give another albatros contract to for their decline years.  Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll give them both 7 year $200 million contracts.

 

Hearing Austin Jackson and Smyly...plus

[James]

Sounds like Austin Jackson to Seattle and Smyly somewhere.  Tampa gets Nick Franklin.

[Oxtung]

Austin Jackson and Smyly to Mariners with Franklin going to Rays as pieces of the puzzle.

[James]

 

Kevin Kaduk: 

Wow, this is crazy. Austin Jackson getting pulled with a 2-2 count with one out in the seventh.  

That is weird.

[Oxtung]

Has to be more to this trade though....Franklin isn't enough by himself.  Even if Smyly goes to Tampa that probably isn't enough.

[cmb0252]

This is going to be a crazy trade.

[LaBombo]

How is Zobrist not a part of the deal if Austin Jackson is going to the Mariners?  Guess offense doesn't matter if Verlander is your fifth starter.

Edited July 31, 2014 by LaBombo

[DaveW]

How is Zobrist not a part of the deal if Austin Jackson is going to the Mariners?

Zobrist to the Pirates.

[teekz]

Wow. Can't wait to see the bottom fall out in Detroit in a couple years.

[nater79a]

Austin Jackson, Smyly and Franklin involved.  Mariners third team.

[Seth Stohs]

The Trade Deadline has passed... let's see if anything surfaces for the Twins.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Just saw a good tweet: Smyly and Franklin to Tampa hardly means the Rays are giving up on their 2014 comeback bid either.

[nicksaviking]

Ha, MLBTR keeps crashing.  Can't wait to see what's going on here.  No way is Smyly and Franklin the best Tampa could do.

[Badsmerf]

I thought Seattle was getting Smyly?

 

Pretty disappointing if the only trade the Twins make is Fuld.  

[DaveW]

The Trade Deadline has passed... let's see if anything surfaces for the Twins.

I heard that the Lester and Price trades are just the opening acts for the Twins trade that is going to trickle in in the next few minutes.