A lot of action went down today, so here are some of my thoughts:
Willis and Cabera to the Tigers.
I think my intial reaction was similar to others, which was my mouth just hanging over. This deal was really good for the Tigers. Yes in the long run Andrew Miller will be better than Willis, the Tigers do not need Willis as an ace. Due to that, I believe Willis will do better there, even though it is an American league team. The pressure of him being the ace is gone. As for Caberera, well the dangerous lineup that Detroit has just got that much better.
Honestly I shake my head at Florida sometimes. Yes it is good for them to get a new boatload of prospects, with at least Miller being major league ready, but remeber their firesale a few seasons ago? That really did not pan out for them. The two players they wanted to build a franchise around were just traded.
For the Mets, I am just disapointed that Cabera was not traded to the Dodgers, because now the Mets have serious competition for Bedard.
The Nationals have been very active. They are looking into Japanese pitcher Fukumori right now. This is a bit concerning.
Might post more later. After the winter meetings I will go back to a more statistical outlook of things and how many of these traders effected teams that way.
