A fairly significant trade, especially in terms of money went down last night between Texas and Detroit as the Tigers moved Prince Fielder and 30 million to the Rangers who sent off Ian Kinsler.
For the Rangers, they receive a player (and hefty contract) that they wanted a few seasons ago. They also open up the middle of their infield so Profar has a position. For Detroit, they solve their middle infield problem and now create room to sign some of their other stars to long term deals.
This may have slight effect on the Mets.
The Rangers were one of the teams that could have used Ike Davis and had a surplus a position (Middle Infield) that the Mets could have used. However, the other way to look at is the Rnagers had to give up a lot for a power bat.
Granted, Davis is not on the same planet as Fielder skill/track record wise but in addition to giving up an All-Star, the Rangers had to take on a huge amount of contract. Davis won’t cost that much money wise but maybe this sees his market value bump up a bit (or sees the value for Davis package with other players bump up a bit).
If anything, this Detroit / Texas trade breaks the ice on the trading season, and hopefully we’ll start to see other dominoes fall now.