Winter Meeting preview: Tigers need nada y pues nada
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Yeah. A whole lot of nothing. The winter meetin, held by baseball’s general manager each year, used to be like, total hot stove time. Trades, big-name signings, all sorts of fun. That’s because when you put all of baseball’s movers and shakers, both executives and agents, all in the same place, stuff gets done.
Tigers GM Dave Dombrowki, on the other hand, is not a patient man. As proven the past two years, he knows what he wants and he makes it happen. So the Tigers traded for Gary Sheffield in early November last year, and Edgar Renteria a day after the World Series. Dombrowski followed that up with trades for Jacque Jones to fix the LH and LF problems. He re-signed Todd Jones. He re-signed Kenny Rogers. He signed a reliever. Yeah, Detroit is in the market for more relief help. But the Tigers are not in the market for the type of stuff that typical draws headlines at the winter meeting.
So, enjoy the rumor mills that begin Monday. Root for the National League to sign and trade for as many American Leaguers as possible. Enjoy it. But don’t expect much out of Tigertown.
Sphere It
If the Tigers get Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis during the winter meetings you’ll have to change your tune.
Wouldn’t hold my breath on it. Lots of rumors fly out of the winter meetings. But it’s fun to think about.