Dontrelle to the mets?

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Report: Tigers discuss Willis with Mets
According to Sweeney Murti on WFAN, the Tigers have approached the Mets about Dontrelle Willis, with Ivan Rodriguez also perhaps being involved.
It appears that the Tigers would like to shed some salary after picking up Miguel Cabrera, and this would be a creative way of doing it. The Mets have long been interested in Willis, but the Marlins didn't want to trade him in the division. If they took on both Willis and Pudge, they'd be adding $20 million to the payroll -- or maybe $15 million if they threw back Brian Schneider -- and they might have to extend Rodriguez in order to get him to waive his no-trade protection. Dec. 5 - 6:47 pm et
Source: The Journal Newshttp://www.rotoworld.com/content/Hea...=MLB&hl=227242

[TheTruth]

Thanks Mitt!!

[Marklar MM]

Not happening

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2007/12/dontrelle_to_the_mets_no_thats.html


Dontrelle to the Mets? No, that's not happening
by Danny Knobler
Wednesday December 05, 2007, 9:40 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- How rumors get out of hand:

While they were negotiating the Miguel Cabrera-Dontrelle Willis trade with Florida, it appears that the Tigers did briefly consider turning it into a three-way deal in which Willis would go to the New York Mets, possibly with Pudge Rodriguez included as well. The Mets love Willis, and in fact had tried to get him from the Marlins themselves. The Tigers would save payroll, and there was even some thought that they could move Brandon Inge back behind the plate.

But it's barely worth talking about now, because it's not happening, and the Mets know it.

``There's no turning back now for them,'' a Mets official said tonight. ``If anything was going to be done, it had to be done before (the trade became public). They've energized their fan base now. They can't go back.''

So why is this coming up now? Simply because WFAN in New York reported tonight that the Tigers might now trade Willis to the Mets.

Which, by the time they reported it, had basically no chance of happening.

[TheTruth]

Thanks for nothing Mitt!!!