We might not be as far behind the Tigers as of today.

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I assumed this was a link to an exclusive interview with MITCH from his sandbox, talking about his next summer camp...

But this is OK I guess.

by KyleM on Jan 17, 2012 5:45 PM EST reply actions

Bummer for the Tigers...

but good for the Royals. On MLBtraderumors the Detroit fans think they’re now in it for Fielder, and ‘even though they lost V-Mart, the division is still in the bag’. We’ll see.

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by setupunchtag on Jan 17, 2012 5:47 PM EST reply actions

Prince's dad had several good years in Detroit.

I saw him play at ancient Tiger Stadium.

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by Karte on Jan 18, 2012 9:22 AM EST up reply actions

That's not exactly a point

in favor of Prince signing with Detroit.

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by sfeldkamp on Jan 18, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions

I can't see how they are in on Prince

That would mean either Miggy or Prince would have to DH, and neither is going to want to do that. And what happens in 2013 when VMart returns? Prince isn’t going to sign a one year deal.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jan 18, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions

The overall difference is maybe a win

Martinez has pretty much been relegated to DH duties at this point in his career. While he is still a decent hitter, he projected as something like 2.5 WAR DH this year. There still a few free agents that could come close to matching that (Carlos Pena!), or at the very least, Detroit cobble together a platoon that could post something around 1.5 WAR (for example, pairing Ryan Raburn with one of the remaining lefty 1B/DH/OF types).

by Gopherballs on Jan 17, 2012 6:27 PM EST reply actions

Makes them even more right-handed as well.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Jan 17, 2012 6:36 PM EST up reply actions

depends on who they bring in

if it is Pena or one of the “lefty 1B/DH/OF types,” it keeps them the same.

by Gopherballs on Jan 17, 2012 6:47 PM EST up reply actions

Young to DH most likely.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Jan 17, 2012 7:18 PM EST up reply actions

FWIW, I crunched the ZiPS team projections by adding PA’s for Raburn (to LF) and Santiago (full-time 2B, no share with Raburn) and giving some more PA’s to Strieby and I got a projection 1.5 wins lower for the Tigers.

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by Scott McKinney on Jan 17, 2012 7:42 PM EST up reply actions

Significant but not crippling hit.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Jan 17, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions

If Detroit got Carlos Pena, wouldn't he play first with Miggy playing less in the field?

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by averagegatsby on Jan 17, 2012 7:59 PM EST up reply actions

That might be the best play, but Cabrera is the big star and you don’t want to piss off the big star. If he wants to play in the field, then they’ll leave him there until he becomes a major liability.

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by Scott McKinney on Jan 17, 2012 8:20 PM EST up reply actions