Talk about Weaver trade won’t go away
But perhaps the closest deal, and one that shows just how willing the Tigers are to trade Weaver, is the one the Tigers were hoping to make with Montreal. According to ESPN’s Peter Gammons, Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski called Indians’ GM Mark Shapiro shortly after the Tribe traded Bartolo Colon to the Expos, because the Tigers had been trying to land the same prospects the Indians ended up with.
According to Gammons, quoting Shapiro: “(Dombrowski) knew the players because he was talking to (Expos’ GM Omar Minaya about Weaver). He knows about making deals like this because of his Florida experience. He told me you just have to accept the fact that the public won’t like it.'”
According to Gammons, quoting Shapiro: “(Dombrowski) knew the players because he was talking to (Expos’ GM Omar Minaya about Weaver). He knows about making deals like this because of his Florida experience. He told me you just have to accept the fact that the public won’t like it.'”