The Cincinnati Reds are interested in acquiring Moehler, according to Reds sources. The Tigers could aim to obtain third-base prospect Brandon Larson in return.
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I’m also happy to see them take a flyer on George Lombard. Not that I think he’s the next Candy Maldonado (or the next Franklin Stubbs, either), but at 26, he needs a shot at a job. Where better than a team as definitively moribund and beside the point as the Tigers? And when you don’t have to give up anything to give him that shot, how sweet is that?
Nothing wrong with considering a trade for Weaver
There was some talk around baseball last week that Dombrowski is already willing to lower the “steep” asking price. Weaver isn’t Dombrowski’s type of player, some people said, not Dombrowski’s type of person.
Tigers and Braves trade Kris Keller for George Lombard
According to the Detroit News, “Lombard, 26, is a high-potential prospect for whom the Braves had a high regard but could no longer wait.” Sounds a lot like Encarnacion. Lombard’s development has been slowed by injury, but Merv Rettenmund is familiar with him, and likes him.
Lee Thomas, special assistant to interim GM Mike Port, was in Atlanta last night, where the Tigers were playing the Braves. Detroit righthander Jeff Weaver, one of the pitchers most often mentioned as likely to be dealt before the trading deadline, was pitching for the Tigers, which almost certainly accounted for Thomas’s presence. Weaver didn’t disappoint, throwing a five-hit shutout …
Higginson on DL; Ryan Jackson up
Plus Dmitri Young offers to play left while Higgy is out.
Check out Jayson Stark’s Wild Pitches this week. He has a couple paragraphs on Ramon Santiago’s power surge against Boston that are pretty entertaining.
As for bringing back Craig Monroe one more time…. Bobby Higginson isn’t hitting lefties this year, although he has in the past. Neither Rob Fick or Randall Simon are hitting lefties either, and neither have given cause
In a sense, how Maroth, Bernero, Greisinger, and Cornejo have done and will do plays a part in whether or not Dave Dombrowski decides to peddle Weaver. It shouldn’t. With or without Weaver, the Tigers are irrelevant now and for the foreseeable future. The question isn’t whether they can replace Weaver right now; it’s whether somebody will put together the kind of package for Weaver that will help change that.
When the Rangers inquired about Jeff Weaver, they were told it would take third baseman Hank Blalock, right-hander Colby Lewis and another top prospect. The Rangers, on the other hand, are talking about moving salary, hence the Rafael Palmeiro rumors in Atlanta, although 1) Palmeiro has a no-trade clause; 2) says he doesn’t want to leave; and 3) the Braves may have trouble taking on salary.
Tiger Notes:
-Sparks is headed to the bullpen for one or two trips through the rotation
-Danny Patterson is back on the DL, Craig Monroe replaced him on the roster