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I think we can safely assume those are his minor league totals.

This may be as useless a pickup as what we got for our last SS: Jhonny Peralta for Giovanny Soto, LH reliever, who's still in AA. Although I will need to look the guy up in my prospects books. Maybe he's the next Mike Aviles? I was hoping for a pitcher.
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BA chat on the Nats Top 10 last winter:


Ben (Leland Grove): Besides power, does Zach Walters have any other standout tools, and was he in the 11-20 range?
Aaron Fitt: He has plus arm strength as well, which should be an asset at shortstop, but he’s just an erratic defender, and his strikeout/walk rate is a significant concern for me. Those are the two main reasons he did not rank in the top 10. He feels more like a nice utilityman than an everyday guy to me, but he is still a prospect, and he ranks in the 11-15 range.

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DET acquires Price in three-team blockbuster

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the Tigers have acquired David Price from the Rays.
It's part of a three-team swap that also involves the Mariners, as suggested earlier by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. The Rays will get shortstop prospect Nick Franklin from Seattle and left-handed starter Drew Smyly from Detroit. The Mariners will get center fielder Austin Jackson. And the Tigers wind up with another ace to add to a rotation that already includes Max Scherzer, Anibal Sanchez, and Justin Verlander.
Source: Ken Rosenthal on Twitter
Jul 31 - 3:50 PM

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Howdy folks.

I understood the Masterson trade. And I knew Cabrera would be next on the block. But why did we take a journeyman SS in return? That has me baffled. Does anyone here understand the justification, in particular why we took back another infielder?

I figured we go for a pitching prospect or bullpen guy in return for ACab?

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Well - that Price trade seals the deal. No catching the Tigers this year.
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And the next....and the next.......and the next !
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
-- Bob Feller

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There's a reason why the Tigers are the class of this division and it starts at the top.
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
-- Bob Feller

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A city that goes into bankruptcy but still can afford a top of the line baseball team.
“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”
-- Bob Feller