Tigers in trade talk with Marlins

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

That pitching around stuff is overrated unless you are Barry Bonds. I would seriously doubt he will play left especially in Comerica. They did get Jaques Jones too.

Yes. 79 walks. Ranked 25th. Not much pitching around going around there at all really.

As far as Willis goes. Last year wasn't just only bad, the year before was just as bad. He was lucky that less people scored for about the same amount people he allowed on base. 5 seasons. Good rookie season and fabulous 3rd season. I think you are looking at what he did in the 2nd and 4th seasons is what Detroit is getting. Thats good enough for 4th or 5th in the rotation, but if he can't out-do Robertson, look out. He was never considered a top-10 prospect by ANYONE when he was in Chicago. When I mean anyone, I mean outside of the Chicago organization. He reminds me of Pat Rapp. Anyone remember him? Florida pitcher, that I think in '95 I believe was the 2nd best pitcher in the NL for the 2nd half of the year behind Greg Maddux.

Actually he starting to remind me of Omar Daal. Ouch! Start out strong and then gave up 1.6 runners per inning later in his early career, to where are we now.... OUCH!

We'll see.