Trading for Miguel Cabrera --- Worth it? "According to Lynn Henning of the Detroit News, Miguel...

Trading for Miguel Cabrera --- Worth it?

"According to Lynn Henning of the Detroit News, Miguel Cabrera might be as available as any other Tigers player this winter.
The Tigers need to cut payroll and are shopping all of their superstars this offseason. Cabrera is by far the most talented played in Detroit, but he'll also command the largest (and most talented) chunk of prospects. The 26-year-old hit .324/.396/.547 in 2009 with 34 homers, 34 doubles and 103 RBI. He finished fourth in this year's American League MVP voting."

I personally hate the guy, but he's a filthy baseball player, ridiculously young, very talented.

rotoworld.com

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He's only 26!?!?

that’s nuts. Feels like he’s been around forever. I mean, obviously it would be awesome if he were on the Mets, but it depends on what they’d have to give up for him

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Nov 24, 2009 10:35 AM EST reply actions

yeah the 26 surprised me too

he must have started pretty young.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 24, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah, he was like 19, 20 when he got called up.

I think he was the Marlins’ most tenured player when they traded him.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Nov 24, 2009 3:30 PM EST up reply actions

I also can't stand him. That said, I'd have no problems with him at first.

He’d be blocking Davis, sure, but a lot like how we were saying that in the best case scenario, Fernando Martinez would develop into a Curtis Granderson-type player, it’d be the best case scenario that Davis develop into a Miguel Cabrera-type player, sans the attitude and flab. Because we have Davis waiting in the wings, though, I wouldn’t want to give up a massive package of prospects for Cabrera.

Maybe we can also exchange a Perez for Willis bad-contract for bad-contract deal? I still like Willis, and at least he can pinch hit.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 24, 2009 10:57 AM EST reply actions

not old enough

the mets will wait till he’s at least 40 before they sign him

by bob c on Nov 24, 2009 12:02 PM EST reply actions

Depends on what they want for him

I guess my question is would we be better of trading for him or trying to trade for Crawford? The fact that we wouldn’t be dealing with Friedman is enough for me to want them to try and deal for Cabrera instead.

by Gina on Nov 24, 2009 12:03 PM EST reply actions

Cabrera is incredibly talented, but he has a monstrous contract attached to him

Crawford does not.

Friedman is not a god, and his seeming superiority would not prevent me from trying to acquire Crawford.

by Syler on Nov 24, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

But Crawford presumably will have a monster contract sooner or later, right?

by JoshNY on Nov 24, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

Perhaps, but it won't be $120 million plus over 6 years monstrous

by Syler on Nov 24, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions

Are you sure?

That’s about what Holliday is supposedly getting right? You don’t think Crawford will get in that neighborhood? And even if he doesn’t you know he’s going to take way more of a prospect package than Cabrera because 1. he doesn’t have that monstrous contract yet, and Detroit is having major financial problems 2. it’s a gm who knows what’s he’s doing vs Omar. If you factor in what you’re losing in prospects + the contract you’re going to eventually have to give Crawford I imagine you’d get similar value to what Cabrera is being paid.

by Gina on Nov 24, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions

Given all of the medical mishaps this season, I'm sure we already have cancer, too, along with pulled muscles, knee problems, surgeries, weak backs...

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 24, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions

I might continue the "House MD fixes the Mets" fanposts.

Pilot. Though I wish there were more comments.

by Michkin on Nov 24, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

.....

Yes, because this team really needs a cancer in the clubhouse.

Yeah, because this team really doesn’t need a .400 wOBA bat in a corner.

"It's like the old phrase goes.....The balls in your court now Mr.Church, so you take that ball, you dribble it up the court and....................................... get a layup"
- Keith Hernandez

by nrmax88 on Nov 24, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

Something tells me Cabrera couldn't play the OF anymore

by Syler on Nov 24, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

Well 3rd and 1st could be considered corners

by Gina on Nov 24, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions

There's gotta be a joke about his weight in there somewhere. I'm not talented enough to coax it out, though.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 24, 2009 10:05 PM EST up reply actions

poor guy doesn't have any corners

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Nov 24, 2009 10:59 PM EST up reply actions

So that's what makes David Eckstein so great. All his scrawny little corners!

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Nov 25, 2009 1:22 AM EST up reply actions

Matt Klaassen did a write up on Cabrera's trade value

Cabrera’s Trade Value

I think the conclusion he comes to is pretty interesting. Cabrera is a very good player but so few teams can afford that contract and with Detroits financial problems they may have to settle for a so-so package, or almost treat it as jump as a salary dump.

by Gina on Nov 25, 2009 1:40 PM EST reply actions