Sheffield to Tigers

[KingCubsFan]

Tigers give up their top prospect...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/11/10/sheffield.tigers/index.html

[RichHillIsABeast]

No wonder the Yanks refused Linebrink for Sheff.

[wade]

Wow. A good move for Detroit, as Sheffield can play first if he's willing. Sanchez is a real good pitcher, but the Tigers have no shortage of young, talented arms.

 

I thought the "top prospect" was gonna be Maybin.

[abuck1220]

humberto!

 

cubs couldn't have competed with that.

[Balsa]

YESSSSSSS

 

Not coming to the Cubs!!!

 

=D> =D> =D>

[LuckyPup]

great move by the Yanks, not very good for the tigers- they got alot of young, impressionable guys- i dont think i would want Sheff anywhere near them- plus i have set an over/under on the first Leyland-Sheffield war of words- 60 games- i'm taking the under-

[Drew Doughty]

The Tigers got absolutely hosed in that deal.

[b_wiggy_66]

Wow I wanted Sheff for maybe a reliever or a couple mid-level prospects, but with that price(one of your best future arms, and some minor leaguers) there is no way the Cubs should have wanted him.

[radarluv1]

are the tigers paying the whole contract? for those prospects, the yanks should be paying for some of the extenstion, too, imo.

[rawaction]

Sanchez is one of the top 5 pitching prospects in all of baseball. They could have gotten Miguel Cabrera for a package with Sanchez as the headliner.

 

WOW. Amazing steal by the Yanks.

[RichHillIsABeast]

Doesn't Sanchez have weight and injury issues?

[Soul]

The Tigers are thinking NOW.......they figure their window is open next year, so they're trying to add a piece to put them over the top.

 

That's a large piece of your future to mortgage, though. The Yanks continue to get what they what, year in and year out. Let's just hope the bad karma continues to hold and they chokarama once more.

[RichHillIsABeast]

Sanchez is one of the top 5 pitching prospects in all of baseball. They could have gotten Miguel Cabrera for a package with Sanchez as the headliner.

 

WOW. Amazing steal by the Yanks.

 

No.

[TruffleShuffle]

Yanks HAVE to be throwing a good amount of money in to make this happen. Everyone knew they didn't have a place for Sheff.

[RynoRules]

That's ok, I'd rather have JD Drew for cash as opposed to the aged Sheff for top prospects.

[goonys evil twin]

He supposedly signed a 2-year extension.

[nilodnayr]

Detroit got 754 OPS out of first base last year (26th in the league) and 768 OPS out of DH last year (9th in the AL). Sheff will likely bring about 150 additional OPS to whichever postition they use him at. Thats quite an upgrade. Maybe Dombrowski is going to be this years K-dub.

[Roast]

Sanchez is one of the top 5 pitching prospects in all of baseball. They could have gotten Miguel Cabrera for a package with Sanchez as the headliner.

 

WOW. Amazing steal by the Yanks.

 

No.

 

Yes?

[Drew Doughty]

Detroit got 754 OPS out of first base last year (26th in the league) and 768 OPS out of DH last year (9th in the AL). Sheff will likely bring about 150 additional OPS to whichever postition they use him at. Thats quite an upgrade. Maybe Dombrowski is going to be this years K-dub.

 

i don't think he's going to provide that big of a boost, personally.

[b_wiggy_66]

I bet they DH him and move Monroe or Thames to 1st

[RichHillIsABeast]

Sanchez is one of the top 5 pitching prospects in all of baseball. They could have gotten Miguel Cabrera for a package with Sanchez as the headliner.

 

WOW. Amazing steal by the Yanks.

 

No.

 

Yes?

 

NO! :lol:

 

 

But seriously. Even going by numbers alone I wouldn't put him in the top 10 right handed starters, much less overall.

 

I think scouts would put him far below that, like in the 20-30 range.

 

I'd definitely take the Tigers' deal over the offer of Linebrink + mid-level prospects or the rumored Wuertz + mid-level prospects. It's a no brainer, but Sheffield didn't net an elite prospect by any means.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm not seeing what's so great about Sanchez. He's the top prospect they gave up?

[UMFan83]

He's gonna be 39, hes a past steroid user and he's had injury problems. Good luck Detroit

[KingCubsFan]

I'm not seeing what's so great about Sanchez. He's the top prospect they gave up?

He throws hard, has good stuff and put up pretty good numbers this year. I agree that he's not one of the top 5 pitching prospects in the minors, but he was probably the Tigers' best trading chip this offseason. He's certainly more valuabe than Wuertz

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm not seeing what's so great about Sanchez. He's the top prospect they gave up?

He throws hard, has good stuff and put up pretty good numbers this year. I agree that he's not one of the top 5 pitching prospects in the minors, but he was probably the Tigers' best trading chip this offseason. He's certainly more valuabe than Wuertz

 

He put up good numbers in AA, but he was 23, and he was mediocre when he got promoted. McKamey's prospect book says he has a decent fastball that runs 88-92 mph, with a similar caliber curve and lesser change. BA had a more optimistic report on his stuff, but added he had sketchy mechanics at times and his conditioning was an issue. He may have been the Tigers' best trading chip, but he doesn't seem like that fantastic a prospect. Similar to Nolasco last offseason, actually.