August 3, 2011
Fungo Flash Poll: Grade the Trade
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungo Flash Polls | 2 comments
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Dave | Aug 3, 2011 | Reply
This trade is awesome. Of the three known commodities, the only one that hurts is Martinez – but with “Mr. Nick” coming, I think Martinez was just used exactly as he should have been. No since in having a blue chip 3rd baseman stuck at AAA for 15 years, is there?
If the 4th guy is a minor league catcher, or a pitcher not named Drew Smyly, this trade is a slam dunk winner. If it is Smyly, then, yeah, it hurts, but that’s why starting pitching is a premium.
Getting Fister’s ERA (let’s not talk about his W-L) into the 5th spot is huge. The Tigers are 7 games above .500 even with the 5th starter’s spot being 12 games under .500. Think about that for a minute.
5th spot plugged; help for the bullpen; Jacob Turner still a Tiger; Nick Castellanos still a Tiger….
What’s not to like?
Jamie | Aug 3, 2011 | Reply
Spot on, Dave.