Don't Make Me Title This...

It's about time I stopped neglecting CV. So, you will see, on an almost daily basis, posts from me here.

This page is loaded every time I open Firefox, so as long as I don't want to be reminded of how much I suck at updating, I'll update it. I mean, not like it's extremely difficult.

Anyway, the big news today is (obviously) the Miguel Cabrera/Dontrelle Willis trade. Which is good. Miguel Cabrera is like a ten-years younger version of A-Rod, and most likely cheaper. Dontrelle Willis won Rookie of the Year in 2003, the year the Marlins won the World Series - and has had a 22 win season already (he's 24). However, his ERA was huge last year, and yet I hear people arguing that he was victimized by poor defense (which he won't be in Detroit) - he could be awesomely bad, or just awesome.

Anyway, we just got two more all-stars. Cabrera has been to the midsummer classic all four years of his career, and Dontrelle went in 2005.

That gives us...Maggs, Polanco, Sheff, Pudge, Rogers, Verlander, Guillen, Cabrera, Willis (am I missing anyone?) I mean, seriously. Wow.

Of course, we didn't get all this talent for free. We gave up our two top prospects in Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin, along with Mike Rabelo, Dallas Trahern (arguably our most promising minor league SP), Burke Badenhop and Eulogio De La Cruz. Wow. However, if you ignore the last four guys and just take for a moment Miller and Maybin - you have to agree that trading a pitcher like Miller for Willis (the winningest pither under 25 - he has 68) who is already MLB-ready and has proven he can perform well under pressure was a good thing, and the same goes for Maybin. Sure, the kid might be a great in a few years, but why not trade him for a guy who's great NOW?

Exactly.

This leaves Brandon Inge, who would have been our everyday 3rd basemen, on the bench. Or, he's the most expensive super-sub anyone has - the 6 million dollar man. Or, he's traded for some more middle relief.

Hmmm...