ESPN's Buster Olney reports on Twitter that if the Tigers want to make a deal to land Dan Haren, they will have to send Jacob Turner and Andy Oliver to Arizona.
As mentioned before, Turner is the Tigers' top prospect and a top-30 prospect in all of baseball. He is only 19 years old and obviously has lots of upside and potential. The same goes for Oliver, who started in five games for the Tigers this season. He struggled in his last few starts before being sent down to Toledo, but he did show some promise during his time with Detroit.
It's not clear if the Diamondbacks want only Turner and Oliver for Haren or if they are simply part of a bigger package, but either way the Tigers are going to have to ask themselves this question: Is a proven player like Haren worth getting rid of your top prospect and another promising young pitcher, even if there's no guarantee that they will be good down the road? Part of me says no, but at the same time, it's not like the Tigers would be renting Haren for a couple months. He is under contract for at least two more seasons, so this would be a move for the short term and the future.
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DD should NOT do this
Haren doesn’t suck, but he isn’t the pitching answer to get the Tigers into the postseason this year either. I’d rather keep the prospects, ride out this season, have the 30+ million come off the books and be a major player in FA
In life, a man is either the hammer or the anvil. Ndamukong Suh is both
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by JazzyBBP on Jul 24, 2010 4:39 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah that's true
I’m not that impressed by Haren, which is why I keep going back and forth on this.
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by Sean Yuille on Jul 24, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You are correct, Jazzy
Too many prospects have been traded by the Tigers in recent years. Some seem to have turned out well (Miggy for Miller and Maybin), but eventually it will bite the team.
I thought Mags should not have been renewed last year (he is no longer the threat to knock in 135 or so).
BTW, I like you Goethe reference, if you know what I mean.
by rbanner on Jul 30, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
The POD village idiot line?
I made that up all by myself. I did, I really did!
In life, a man is either the hammer or the anvil. Ndamukong Suh is both
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by JazzyBBP on Jul 31, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
The line before.
Du Musst amboss oder hammer sein. You must be anvil or hammer. Its fom Goethe. The best use of it I ever saw was in an episode of The Prisoner, the Patrick McGoohan version.
Thought you might like to know.
by rbanner on Jul 31, 2010 6:57 AM EDT reply actions
Thanks
I’m a bit of a history nerd, so learning the origin of the quote is interesting to me.
I was watching NFL network and Steve Sabol used that quote to describe Cardinals safety Larry Wilson. I just swapped the names.
In life, a man is either the hammer or the anvil. Ndamukong Suh is both
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by JazzyBBP on Jul 31, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
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