Trade Rumors

More great stuff from Jon Paul Morosi in the Freep today as he catches up with Dave Dombrowski at the conclusion of the GM meetings.
The cliff notes are:

The Tigers made an offer to Kenny Rogers and are waiting on Scott Boras at this point
The Tigers have contacted agents of Mariano Rivera and Francisco Cordero
The Tigers [...]

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The Alex Rodriguez to Detroit rumors just won’t die. Going into the offseason I thought the Tigers chances would be similar to their playoff chances in September. Stuff had to fall their way, and it was a longshot, but that they were still in a better position than most teams. But since [...]

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Dave Dombrowski, Jim Leyland, and Chuck Hernandez took in some instructional league action today. Everybody is in Lakeland this week for organizational meetings so they could have been discussing anything.
Maybe they were talking about the way that the ball explodes out of Rick Porcello’s hand, or maybe the kid’s follow through.
Perhaps they were discussing [...]

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I’ll be doing my day job today, so if anything happens, I probably won’t be able to hit it until after the 4pm deadline. But if something does happen and you want to post it here and help the community, all the better.
As for the latest buzz, Morosi thinks if anything happens it will [...]

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Perusing Lynn Henning’s Burning Questions today I came across the following:
Q . Are the Tigers any more inclined today to make a trade ahead of next Tuesday’s deadline?
A . Probably not.
It’s not as though they wouldn’t seek one more arm for their bullpen, or another hitter or catcher, but the asking price is going [...]

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According to reports out of Disney World, Craig Monroe is the Tiger du jour in terms of trade rumors. Jerry Crasnick first mentioned Monroe’s name on Monday. Scott Miller indicated the Dodgers might be interested in Craig. Amy Nelson chimed in and reported that the Orioles asked about Monroe and that the [...]

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A collection of observations, links, and items of note from the last week:
Ownership
How many times did we hear this year that the Tigers own the Twins, and the White Sox own the Tigers? Now a popular refrain is that the A’s are a more favorable first round opponent than the Yankees because the Yankees [...]

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Here are two seemingly independent pieces of information that coincidentally (or not) broke within a few hours of each other:
1. Humberto Sanchez has been scratched from tonight’s start due to health reasons. (hat tip Mack Avenue Tigers).
2. A White Sox-Nationals deal involving Alfonso Soriano and Brandon McCarthy is “extremely close” according to ESPN’s [...]

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With an off day today, Tiger rumors are rampant with most centering on Alfonso Soriano and Bobby Abreu. While I’ve touched on both of these players in the past, given the recent fervor and the Tigers continued stature as the best record in baseball it is probably worth exploring.

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News and links that just don’t seem to fit anywhere else…

It’s old news now, but Magglio Ordonez is an All Star, Justin Verlander isn’t, and Kenny Rogers might be starting the All Star game based on availability. I’m happy Rogers made the team, but he probably isn’t the most deserving even amongst his Tiger [...]

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This weeks hot trade rumor is centered on Bobby Abreu. Lynn Henning has been chasing the story and wrote up the case for it today. But with the articles came the denials. Pat Gillick says that he’s not interested in trading hitting right now, but that there is legitimate buzz about the [...]

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