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  • I’ve been away for the last couple days and am just now getting caught up on the trade. (apparently Blogger was glitchy and somehow listed me as the poster of the trade link, and had the wrong day) I was going to post all my thougts on the trade, but Lynn Henning did a pretty good job of breaking it down.

    I hate seeing Weaver go, because he was the one guy that you felt like the Tigers had a chance to win with. At the same time, the injuries to Dmitri Young, Bobby Higginson, Damion Easley have hindered Dombrowski’s ability to trade those guys, and trading Weaver was the only way to bring in multiple quality pospects.

    I think it is silly to try and decide if a trade was a good move right when it happens, but this trade did signal some more trends/future moves in the organization. First, either Matt Anderson’s injury is worse than expected/reported or Dombrowski just doesn’t feel he is a top notch closer. Second, Eric Munson’s carrer in the Tiger organization will be ending shortly, and it is likely that Dmitri Young will be moved also. Third, it further illustrates that Dombrowski is not satisfied with the state of the Tigers farm system. While their are a number of good pitchers at Toledo and Erie, decent position players are hard to come by. Fourth, it indicates that the Tigers are still several years away from doing anything. If Dombrowski thought they were close (1-2 years), he never would have let a top-tier pitcher go.

    One of the most concerning things for me about this trade, is that the other teams involved were the Yankees and Oakland. It just seems that who ever trades with Billy Beane or the Yankees, always gets the short end of the stick.

    So I don’t hate the deal (yet), I just wish the Tigers hadn’t been so bad that Dombrowski felt he needed to make it. Also, the Tigers have now become completely unwatchable.

  • New York Times: Torre Must Decide How Weaver Fits

    “You know me

  • San Francisco Gate on the trade

  • Tigers Trade Jeff Weaver
    Good thing the Tigers got a first baseman. It’s not like they’re deep at that position or anything. I think the Tigers just like being taken advantage of by the Yankees.

  • Detroit Tigers Promotions Schedule
    This may be one of the best promotions ever:

    Baseball purists who yearn for the days before pop music, commercials and in-game entertainment became staples of the game will have the chance to revel in the “good old days” as the Tigers host “Silent Night” on Monday, August 5 versus Anaheim. The Tigers will return baseball to its bare essentials for one night without the electronic, video and commercial enhancements that are commonplace in today’s game. The August 5 game has been added as the make-up game for the Tigers rainout against the Angels on May 16.

  • Danny Knobler: How many managers will it take before Tigers are good again?

    But it’s sad that you even would think of trading a 25-year-old who already looks like one of the best pitchers in the league. It’s just as sad that the constant sense of turmoil makes it impossible for the Tigers to live up to even their limited potential.

  • Father-son reunion? Cubs could swing it
    If the Cubs fire Don Baylor, Felipe Alou could be a candidate for the job.

  • Ken Rosenthal-More Weaver Trade Rumors

    Tigers righthander Jeff Weaver is the Cardinals’ No. 1 target, and the team likely would part with its top prospect, Class AA righthander Jimmy Journell. But the Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Red Sox might not have enough quality young players to land Weaver. Asked if the Tigers are still asking the moon for Weaver, one GM said, “and the sun, too.” . . .

  • 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.’”

  • ESPN.com – Page2 – Most overpaid baseball players

    6. Jose Lima, starting pitcher, Detroit Tigers ($7.25 million)
    In seven-plus seasons, Lima’s won 60 and lost 72, and sports a lifetime ERA of 5.10. He’s being paid big bucks now because, for two years — 1998 and 1999 — he was a very good pitcher for the Astros. Now, he’s a terrible pitcher for the Tigers, sporting an ERA of 11.12 this season in only 22 2/3 innings pitched.

  • SportingNews.com – Baseball : Detroit Tigers Midseason Report

  • Roster Moves:

    Henriquez, 28, was called up from Triple-A Toledo after the Tigers placed outfielder Jacob Cruz on the 15-day disabled list. Cruz has bone chips in his left elbow and is expected to see doctors next week to find out the extent of his injury and if he needs surgery.

    UPDATE: Jacob Cruz will require surgery and is done for the year.