More baseball news in December! Let me add that Decemeber has just started and it is a mean mother effer so far. We get dumped 12 inches of snow cancelling school but derailing all productivity for me this week. Then you have today where it is below ten degrees, that shit isn't supposed to happen until January. Honestly, why didn't I listen to Bill Simmons about going to school out West or in the South? Mindbogging question all the time.
The big three team trade that has gone down so far is the Yankees get Curtis Granderson, the Diamondbacks get Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy, and the Tigers get Max Scherzer, Daniel Schlereth, Phil Coke, and Austin Jackson. To me personally, the Tigers came out on the right side of this deal even though giving up two ready stars.
To me, this is the classic example of why I hate the Yankees... They have this cannot miss prospect in Jackson and they decide to give them to the Tigers for Granderson who could have an immediate impact if he plays like this year's version but not 2008 version. While there is a good chance that Jackson probably will have a good career with the Tigers. The only two guys the Yanks have given a chance is Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner.
I feel the Granderson deal will actually work out because he is a left-handed hitter with a short right field plus deep corners. Yankee Stadium is built for a guy like Granderson and better version of Johnny Damon in terms of hitting/defense. They are discussing Damon being re-signed and what I believe is he will be nothing more than a DH.
For the Diamondbacks, Edwin Jackson could be the real deal. Even though, he had a 5-15 season it has to be remembered that he is only 26 years old. A big plus for the Dbacks is Jackson has been playing in the American League for the majority of his career. The jump from the AL to the NL always seems to help pitchers. Haren-Jackson-Webb could be a tough rotation if they all stay healthy. Not to mention, they play in the weak NL West. In addition, Ian Kennedy has been the Yankees prized prospect and who knows what he could do for the Dbacks.
As for the Tigers, I think they got a lot of great prospects out of the deal. Scherzer seems like a lot to give up for Jackson if he doesn't live up to potential. In my opinion when he played the Brewers, he always seemed so tough as a young pitcher. Coke could develop into a solid eight inning guy.
All in all, no one really came out ahead in this one. There are a lot of 'could be' or 'maybe' with a bunch of these guys and this trade is one that we will find out the winner in one or two years.
-Charlie.
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