The Tigers shocked the world by trading for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis ... by they may not be done. According to Sweeney Murti of WFAN in New York, the Tigers have already contacted the Mets to see if they'd like to acquire Willis:Interesting fallout from the Marlins-Tigers deal. The Mets tried to get Dontrelle Willis from the Marlins, but Florida wouldn't trade him to their division rival (I hate to call a team that waves the white flag like this a rival, but whatever).I'm not sure what to think about this: Murti doesn't even acknowledge the fact that the Tigers had a chance to let Pudge walk earlier this winter but instead decided to pick up his option. I suppose things may have changed between now and then considering Cabrera and Willis have been added to the payroll, but it just doesn't seem like a very Dave Dombrowski-esque move to commit to a player and then immediately try to "unload" him.
Detroit was looking at spinning off Willis in a separate deal and made contact with the Mets. However, the Tigers have an agenda---they need to dump some salary. They asked the Mets to take Willis and Ivan Rodriguez, who is due $13 million next year. The other thing to consider is that Pudge has a no-trade clause, so if he's going to waive that you'd probably have to give him an extension.
All in all...not a chance this happens. The Mets will have no interest in taking on that much salary and giving Pudge another year.
Plus, I'm always suspect of "rumors" that originate on talk radio, especially ones like this that are dead in the water as they're reported and thus have zero chance of being proven right or wrong. (You're picking the wrong fight, Stephen A.!) For what it's worth, Dontrelle has heard the rumor and thinks it's bunk.
(Of course, I wouldn't put it past Dombrowski to at least call Omar Minaya -- if Jim Bowden of all people was able to pull a fast one past Minaya by getting Lastings Milledge for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider, then Dombrowski had to be curious what a competent general manager like himself might be able to do.)
(via MetsBlog)
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Sweeney Murti doesn't have a clue and hasn't had one for quite some time.
Posted at 8:35AM on Dec 6th 2007 by Bob
2. IF OFFER IS MADE METS , " DONT TAKE IT " , KISS THIS SEASON OFF !!!!....PERIOD.....
Posted at 10:38AM on Dec 6th 2007 by THE FLASH
3. YANKS WILL TAKE HIM AND GIVE THEM A GOOD PICTER FOR ONE-OR-TWO YEARS IN MUSSIA OR FARNSWORTH,,,,WHAT DO YOU THINK TIGERS....???.....
Posted at 10:41AM on Dec 6th 2007 by THE FLASH
4. who is Mussia,,,,,,,,did the Yanks get another guy from Japan and didn't tell me
Posted at 10:55AM on Dec 6th 2007 by Rick
5. ILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT. WILLIS AND PUDGE , FOR WHO. THE METS ARE A BUNCH OF BOLOGNY. THEY WIND UP WITH LIVON HERNANDEZ. THEY TEASE THERE FANS WITH SNOW JOBS, THEY ARE TOO CHEAP TO GO AFTER ANYONE FIRST RATE,
Posted at 11:04AM on Dec 6th 2007 by LEW
6. The Tigers just picked up Pudge's option. They didn't have to do this. Why would they have picked up his option if they want to trade him? It's not like an aging catcher making 13 million with an obp of .290 would be a hot commodity on the trade market.
Posted at 3:01PM on Dec 6th 2007 by alan
7. yanks need a good lefty
Posted at 6:40PM on Dec 6th 2007 by pounddeuce
8. The Tigers are not trying to dump salery.This article is complete bull S..t. These media A..holes crack me up.
Posted at 6:42PM on Dec 6th 2007 by pmf
9. THE , METS WANTED PUDGE NOW THEY HAVE A SHOT AND GET WILLIS. GET RID OF SCHNIDER HE CANT HIT . PUDGE IS WORTH THE MONEY GO FOR IR STUPID CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP METS.
Posted at 4:05PM on Dec 7th 2007 by LEW
10. No way this deal will happen. The Tigers want Dontrelle Willis-- he improves the starting rotation and he's 25 years old. They now have 3 front line starters in their mid-20s-- this rotation will be top shelf for the next 7 years!
Posted at 10:18PM on Dec 8th 2007 by Michael
11. nothing but rumors hes a tiger ( WHAT U HAV TO SAY ABOUT THAT WILLIS ) HES OUR TIGER
Posted at 9:15AM on Dec 9th 2007 by bryan