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Tigers Trade Ross

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The Tigers traded Cody Ross for left handed reliever Steve Coyler. Baseball America had this to say about Coyler

Colyer, 25, also made his major league debut in 2003. A second-round pick in 1997 out of a Missouri high school, he signed as a draft-and-follow after spending a year at St. Louis CC-Meramec. He has an explosive fastball, throwing 93-98 mph with plenty of life. Colyer backs up his heat with a hard slider, but throwing strikes always has been his problem. He had a 2.75 ERA in 13 appearances with the Dodgers last year, though opponents hit .292 against him. He also had a 16-9 strikeout-walk ratio and didn’t allow a homer in 20 innings. At Las Vegas, he went 2-3, 3.21 with 23 saves in 44 games. He should make Detroit’s bullpen.

While I like Ross, I don’t know that he is more than a 4th outfielder or borderline starter. He was going to be blocked in Detroit this year and will have a better shot with the Dodgers. Curtis Granderson and Brent Clevlen are on the way up in the Tiger organization as well and Ross appeared to be the odd man out.

As for Coyler, I’m not particularly thrilled with getting a left handed reliever. However, he’s only part of the deal. Therefore, I’m going to hold off on evaluating the trade until the player to be named later is identifed. I’m hoping that it is a LA draft pick from last year. If so, we won’t find out until June who that player is.

In other roster moves, Fernando Rodney and Lino Urdanta were placed on the 15 day DL. Also, after being granted an unconditional release Esteban Yan signed a contract to join the bullpen. And Mike Bumatay was returned to Colorado.

The Tigers also announced they have set their pitching staff and are breaking camp with 11 hurlers. The starters are Johnson, Maroth, Bonderman, and Cornejo. The 5th starter spot will come down to Knotts and Robertson. The rest of the bullpen will be Walker, Yan, Patterson, and Coyler.

3 thoughts on “Tigers Trade Ross”

  1. Colyer looks like he could help; he certainly had good numbers last year. He is big and throws hard, the DD prototype. I’m tempted to trash the deal unless the PTBNL is a good prospect, because I like Ross and have been pulling for him. Realistically, being one of the Tigers’ better prospects doesn’t mean he’s worth all that much on the open market. But he’s only 23 and I think he has better upside than Colyer so they should get something.

  2. I think Steve Colyer can do great things for Detroit and that they should be happy to have such a great pitcher on thier team. He could bring alot to their game and i wish him the best of luck.

  3. Courtney,

    I hope you’re right and I hope Steve Colyer will be a great addition. Any negativity in the post was more directed at the position the Tigers acquired than the player. Cody Ross was a pretty popular prospect around here, and the Tigers minor league position player closest to the big leagues. Also, the speculation for a big PTBNL comes from the fact that Dombrowski has made several trades where the PTBNL is the key to the deal.

    I’m guessing that you are a relative of Colyer’s (same last name and all-I’m really going out on a limb here). If you’d like to write a guest posting on my site where we can get to know a little bit more about Steve Colyer, I’d certainly welcome that. Seeing as he’s been a minor leaguer for a west coast NL team we don’t really know anything about him.

    Thanks for stopping by the site and leaving a comment, and I’ll be rooting for Colyer as I do for all the Tigers this year.

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