Richardson and Browns Reportedly Negotiating
July 23, 2012Browns and Trent Richardson Reportedly Agree on Deal
July 23, 2012You sort of knew something like this was going to happen; the details were all we were waiting on.
Well, wait no more, Tribe fans. It appears that the division-leading Detroit Tigers have upgraded their team by trading for SP Anibal Sanchez and IF Omar Infante from the under-performing Miami Marlins. The move was first reported by Jon Paul Morosi (I think):
#Tigers acquire Infante and A Sanchez from Marlins
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) July 23, 2012
Peter Gammons followed up on the original report with additional details:
1st draft pick deal:A Sanchez, Infante and comp balance pick for Jacob Turner, Rob Brantly, , Brian Flynn and Det. comp pick. Fascinating
— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) July 23, 2012
Giving up Jacob Turner is supposedly significant, as he’s considered a high-end pitching prospect (despite getting absolutely torched by the Angels last week).1
But that’s a conversation for another day–a day that owner Mike Illitch knows he might not be around to see.
Today the Tigers filled their two biggest holes, and if they weren’t overwhelming favorites to win the division before this move, they sure look like it now.
- Another interesting–if not entirely significant–detail: this marks the first trade in MLB history of competitive balance draft picks. Can you feel the parity, baseball fans??? [↩]
18 Comments
How shocking Detroit made a move huh? Actually Chicago struck first with Youkilis then again with Myers.
Yankees also got Ichiro.
dangit. I like Anibal Sanchez. He’s friggin’ good.
Sanchez has had a down year. I think he’s in of the Ryan Garko mold and those guys fall off the table fast.
Infante is a nice pick up.
And technically the CWS struck first getting Youk.
And it’s being reported that Ichiro goes to the Yankees. Odd.
Sorry. Was thinking of Gaby Sanchez. Need to read better.
Good point. Title changed.
I need to read other people’s posts before stating the same thing. Twice.
Dude I said that below too!
LoL it happens end of the day – Go Tribe LoL!
I just heard on MS&LL from Bud Shaw that Boston reportedly asked for either McAllister or Tomlin from the Indians for Youkilis but that the Indians were unwilling to part with either due to the struggles of Jeanmar Gomez. Boston supposedly didn’t like any of the other pitching prospects because they felt none of them could be potential starters next year.
Welcome to the end of the line Tribe fans!
Not before Thome hits another homerun where his statue will be tonight for Baltimore.
your a little late that was opening day 😀
In my defense (for the first time), your post wasn’t there when I started typing. Also, I’m kind of an idiot.
Hmmm… Kind of hard to give up either of those considering our current lack of starting pitching. That said, if we had a viable replacement, I wouldn’t be heart broken to trade Tomlin.
Apparently there’s a lot of talk about SFG being interested in Perez.
“Apparently there’s a lot of talk about SFG being interested in Perez”
https://waitingfornextyear.com/2012/07/rosenthal-if-indians-sell-perez-and-choo-could-be-targets/
Gardner is out the year, they needed a speed guy for the bottom of the lineup and Ichiro gives them good defense with it.