Did you see the er laughing with Coco Crisp at first base, down 4-1 or something in game 4 of the ALDS?
Going from that ty ballpark in Detroit to The Temple will probably turn Prince back into a 40 homer guy tbh. We made a huge defensive improvement at 2B and got an actual 1B that doesn't lick balls. And Detroit is giving us $30 million. Massive win for the Rangers tbh.
Can Prince lug around that blubber in Texas heat. How much will that heat drain him?
he will be lucky to get 30 hr.
Yeah, this is what worries me right here. Rangers did have a logjam at 2B/SS, but I thought Profar or Andrus would be traded first. Kinsler is a fan favorite and one of the few guys on the roster you can depend on for offense and, more importantly considering the state of the roster, a clutch hitter. Prince is not either of those.
However, if the Rangers have a few more moves planned to fix those issues then it's a good trade.
prince sucks in postseason
Prince gets $24 mil a year for the next 7 years.
Take that Luxury Tax.......................
Last edited by Biernutz; 11-21-2013 at 12:34 AM.
Yes, but Kinsler is also a mental midget who makes idiotic baserunning decisions on a weekly basis and ed Texas plenty of times in the postseason with mindless plays.
this, and im a huge kinsler fan
but his baserunning has always had some stupid moments, and this year it was extraordinarily bad
He also bats .311 in the postseason and was the only real consistent hitter outside Cruz and Beltre on the roster this past season.
Did you forget game 6 of the ALCS this past season? Fielder lost them the game on ty base running and after they lost the series proceeded to say he didn't give a . I'd rather have Kinsler and the faults he has than Fielder's choking fatass.
It's a deal that could end up working for both sides. From the Tigers perspective, there are multiple layers behind the trade. It's not just about Fielder's poor post season resume or his long contract. Both have something to do with it, but not all. The Tigers are in a financial bind in the upcoming seasons because of all the big contracts out to Miggy, Verlander, and Fielder. This opens up the possibility of keeping Scherzer. Financially, it helps a lot even if the Tigers have to pay $30 million of Fielder's contract. Plus, it moves Cabrera back to 1st where he's above average and opens a spot for their best minor league prospect, Castellanos, to play 3rd (he did not impress in the outfield). So while people can talk about Fielder in the playoffs and his comments after they lost, there are several other reasons that helps it make sense.
The Rangers had the longjam in the middle infield and they could really, really use a lefty power bat in the middle of the line-up. I think the Rangers could have tried to make the Tigers take more of the contract, but the Rangers do solve multiple issues as well. And I agree that we should see Fielder go back to 35-40+ HRs moving to a home stadium like Arlington.
I'm serious when I say it could be one of those trades that helps both teams.
BTW, for those who want to know how the money will work, the Tigers pay $30 million of the remaining $168 and it gets applied to final 5 years of the deal.
So it breaks down like this:
2014: $24M (all Texas)
2015: $24M (all Texas)
2016: $18M (Texas), $6M (Detroit)
2017: $18M (Texas), $6M (Detroit)
2018: $18M (Texas), $6M (Detroit)
2019: $18M (Texas), $6M (Detroit)
2020: $18M (Texas), $6M (Detroit)
This...I believe this is a major part of why this trade happened.
maybe it's just me but i never really thought that highly of Kinsler like everybody else does. i won't miss those 'swing at the first pitch, pop up in the infield, sulk to first base' stretches he always goes through every season.
and i never saw that quote from Fielder. Det's pretty bad. Hopefully once he starts playing grab ass with Andrus and Beltre he'll start getting more comfortable with the team and shed that at ude
imho
this tbh
i don't know if he has low baseball IQ, or just loses focus all the damn time, but between the constant first pitch popouts and inexcusable baserunning errors, he really wasn't as valuable as people around here think. Great guy and a solid player, also underrated defensively (never a terrific fielder but he was alot better than the "butcher" reputation he had early on in his career), but overall I'm not terribly sad to see him go, especially considering what we're getting in return.
That trade was a win for the Rangers and the rest of the AL Central.
Wouldn't go that far.
It's a risk but I like it for the Rangers. Swapping Kin's contract for Fielder, along with the money Detroit is sending, means the Rangers are on the books for $76 million more than they would be otherwise. That's a of a lot cheaper than giving Robinson Cano $275 million.
Fielder is only 29 and should bounce back due to:
1) Moving from Comerica Park, which is on lefties, to the Ballpark and its home-run porch should mean an increase in production is already built-in.
2) A big part of why he had a down year last year was that that they had a top prospect named Avisail Garcia that was porking Fielder's wife. Fielder found out about it, demanded they trade him (which the Tigers did), then divorced his wife. So I can understand how that sort of thing would affect a player's preparation and focus.
And you open up a spot for Profar at second base. He was a replacement-level player last year as a rookie and should only get better.
Look at the man's ing postseason numbers. lol 162 game player
Honestly, I think they're going to go after Cano too though.
So Cano plays first and Prince DH's
?
I don't know...I just heard somewhere they were still interested in Cano...could be a rumor.
If the Rangers go after Cano they'll trade Profar or Andrus too tbh.
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