Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 03, 2006
Thinking Small

John Paul Morosi notes the Tigers strong hand in future trades, but he's not asking for enough:

The Tigers, meanwhile, could not imagine a better marketplace. They like their pitching. Kenny Rogers and Justin Verlander are locks for the 2007 rotation. Jeremy Bonderman and Nate Robertson will likely be retained, rather than traded. And, as it stands now, Maroth is the fifth starter.

"If he's healthy, if he's ready to go, he's our fifth starter," said Dave Dombrowski, the club president and GM. "He's an established big-league pitcher.

"He had the bone-chip surgery, and it went well. If he's ready to go, he'll be one of our five starters."

Make no mistake, though: Dombrowski will have plenty of chances to trade him before then.

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The Texas Rangers, for example, need three starters. The longer their search continues, the more apt they'll be to deal away one of their left-handed setup men, either Ron Mahay or C.J. Wilson. They would rather move Wilson into the rotation than trade him.

Talentwise, Mahay for Maroth makes some sense. The age difference, however, would make this a very short term deal for the Tigers. Given the lack of pitching on the Rangers, I'm guessing Dombrowski could get more than a 36-year-old reliever.


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