Re: Tiger trade for Renteria
On the Smoltz/Alexander thing, not the most knowledgable about it since I was 4 or so at the time, but in defense of it:
The Tigers were in contention for the playoffs and wanted to win then. He pitched very well and got them into the playoffs. Obviously if they knew what Smoltz was it wouldn't be worth it, but he was still a prospect then right? He obviously had a lot of potential but there's a substantially greater number of young pitchers with great potential that wind up very good or better, so it's not on it's face an absurd trade.
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