Gene Guidi writes in the Free Press that the Tigers might try to swing a trade with the Angels for one of their starters, Aaron Sele, Ramon Ortiz, or Jarrod Washburn. As for who the Tigers would be offering up: Craig Monroe or Brandon Inge. I’d imagine the deal would also involve one of the Tigers AA/AAA pitching prospects as well. Still, while Wasburn or Ortiz would be a great addition to the Tigers (I have no interest in Sele) I just don’t see the Angels going for something like this. The one advantage the Tigers would have is Anaheim’s motivation to dump $5-6 million off a very high payroll already. However, I’m sure there will be other takers who could offer more.

Other Stuff:
-Here is an article about pitching prospect Joel Zumaya
-There is a new baseball site called Baseball Outsiders. They have some feature writers, and they have a network of other bloggers as correspondents. DTW is the the Tigers correspondent. I’ll be linking to some of their feature content, and they’ll be linking to some of mine.

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