Look at things like this: If DD had not signed Robertson and Willis to deals and let Maggs miss his contract option, that would give Detroit about 40 million. They would probably be in a better position to add a few cheap pieces this year and then go strong for 2011 when they free up about 23 mill in contracts. Instead, they are telling us to compete they will need to trade away a top line SP and a player who is the face of the club. I doubt we can compete better with those two gone in 2010. Maybe we are better in 2011 or 2012 at the earliest, but those two losses would hurt a frail pitching staff and aold, base clogging offense further. I don't feel great giving Edwin a multi year deal, but the Tigers need to get a lot back to make the trade look like anything positive. They need even more from Grandy, and if other clubs think the Tigers are in money issues, they may not give back what we expect the value of these guys are. Maybe they take a Willis or a Guillen, but we don't get back those pieces to make the club better.
It will be important to see what transpires this winter, if anything does.
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2010 AAT - Brayan Villareal
2009 AAT - Avisail Garcia
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