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Motown Mauls the Marlins

Posted on December 4th, 2007 by The Biscuit

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In what will probably be the biggest deal in baseball this offseason, MLB.com is reporting that the Detroit Tigers have acquired BOTH Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Marlins for SP Andrew Miller and OF Cameron Maybin, along with 4 other minor leaguers. The names of those players are not available at this time.

Wow…what a deal, but in the end, to get 2 players like Cabrera and Willis is a huge score for a team like Detroit. Maybin and Miller are both big-time prospects, but Cabrera is a top-10 offensive player in the game already and is still a kid. Can Maybin ever become Cabrera? I have my doubts.

Willis is a tad overrated, I think. He struggled really badly this past season and has kinda been on the decline after he bursted on the scene, but if he can ever put it together again, both he and Justin Verlander will be a nice 1-2 punch at the top of the rotation. Miller was a promising youngster and will likely be a pretty good SP for the Marlins, especially in the weaker NL.

In the end, I think the Marlins got a decent package, but would have been a lot better trading these 2 in seperate deals to get the biggest return for their buck. Depending on the 4 players acquired along with Maybin and Miller, this could be a nice fleece delivered by ex-Marlin GM Dave Dombrowski….

Stay tuned…

Update: Peter Gammons reports that 1 of the 4 other players is C Mike Rabelo.

Filed under: Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins

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16 Responses to “Motown Mauls the Marlins”

  1. Old Navy King, on December 4th, 2007 at 6:41 pm Said:

    Wow! Guess this means the Angels can offer the most for Johan, if they wanted.

  2. em3, on December 4th, 2007 at 6:43 pm Said:

    The Marlins got some great prospects here. But Detroit just got nasty. Granderson, Polanco, Cabrera, Ordonez, Sheffield, etc. Damn son.

  3. Mr. Fleece, on December 4th, 2007 at 10:22 pm Said:

    Not to mention Bonderman, Verlander, Willis as a 1-2-3. Not bad!

  4. Tyler, on December 4th, 2007 at 11:55 pm Said:

    simply stunning. i wish dave dombrowski was my general manager.

  5. twn4life, on December 5th, 2007 at 1:01 am Said:

    Wow… that AL Central is getting pretty serious. There’s certainly going to be some -real- contendors for the Wild Card this season.

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