Fister to the Nationals

[LewFordLives]

I don't get this move from Detroit's perspective. I can understand maybe they want to get younger and clear salary room for extensions to Scherzer and Cabrera, but Fister was only set to make $8M this year and can't hit the free agent market until 2016. Also, they could've held onto Fister one more year, traded him next winter, and gotten essentially the same return.

[jay]

Latest word is framing this trade as making room for Nathan's salary. Detroit basically swapped Fister's 2 remaining years at roughly $17M for 2 years of Nathan at roughly $20M and their trade return. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/12/timing-is-everything-in-the-doug-fister-trade.html

 

Here's a question:

Would you have traded Perkins for Fister? The Tigers would get 3 years at $12M instead of 2 for $20M with Nathan and the Twins would get their best SP of the offseason. I certainly would have thought hard about it.

[Blackjack]

 

here's a question:

Would you have traded perkins for fister?

 

yes!!!!

[snepp]

yes!!!!

 

And twice on Sunday.