Inge would like to be traded
posted in 2007-08 offseason |Jason Beck reports Brandon Inge would like to be traded so he can continue being a starting first third baseman.
Just due to the money issue (Inge is owed 19.1M) the Tigers will try to trade him to a team where that could happen. I’ve always liked Inge, and I don’t blame him for wanting to continue a starting role.
But, as a guy who can play 8 (9?) positions on the field, and as the Tigers do have some aging players and some with injury histories, and as they’ve invested $130M in payroll and multiple prospects into winning in 2008, Inge is a $6M insurance policy this season as a superutilityman.
That, and given Inge sucked in 2007 at the plate after receiving a brand-new contract, he drove his own value down and made it harder to trade him and his salary.
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Starting first baseman or third baseman?
Yeah, that’s totally supposed to be third. Typo on my way out the d oor. Thanks for catching.
he’s good guy,but they do have a bench guy who can hit,raburn.good luck to brandon wherever he lands,just not versus detroit.btw i ran into nate robertson at work friday,he was asked how he felt about the trade,he flashed a smile of a lottery winner.also curious what ppl think about anthony tomey as a reliever,guy has had decent numbers the last few years.
True. But right now, I think you have to rank Inge about Santiago as far as infield backups go.
Once the dust settles, probably closer to Spring Training, I’ll look at what I think the 25 man should look like. Right now, I don’t put much thought into it because I realized after the big trade don’t have a clue who is actually going to be with the team!
I’ll go with 9 positions. I know someone who used to face him in high school — he was apparently a hell of a pitcher back then. I don’t believe he pitched once he got to college (just played SS, right?) but I’d wager he could get a few outs in a pinch.
He was a relief pitcher in college, too. His bio says he was all conference.
He was a closer I think in high school and some in college too…
I agree. It’s not my money so it’s easy to say he’s worth keeping around. What’s the real difference between $130million and $136 million. Given Guillen and others history with injuries it’d be nice to have Inge around. However, I do feel the Tigers owe Inge the courtesy of doing what he would like. Too bad we won’t get much in return.
I like Inge, as I’ve said, but I don’t buy “owe him.”
The Tigers don’t owe him anything except $19.1M. They and he agreed to a 4-year contract. They agreed to pay, he agreed to play whatever they ask. That’s a lot of money. The Tigers are guaranteed to be on the hook for their end even if he gets injured. You’d hope he would be on the hook to keep up his side of it, even if he’s a backup.
It’s obviously good business to try to move him at his request –you want to be known as a player-friendly team–but not at a negative impact to the franchise. I don’t want to see them swallow this one in a crappy deal just to do what’s best for Inge’s desires.
Yeah, I guess I’m in that line of thinking as well. The Tigers do owe him $19 million and he should be happy with that. However, it would be a nice gesture for them to honor his request. I think he could possibly earn his $19 million as a utility player next year with the Tigers given his versatility.
he has a better chance to win a ring with Detroit than any other team he would go to
backup Cabrera or go start for the blue jays…what would you pick?
Well, with the Canadian dollar…
I understand why he’d want to start, but I thought most players dreamed of winning a world series ring. Where are his chances going to be better at this point?