Tigers trade for Renteria

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Renteria has been better than Guillen defensively and most importantly projects to be better in 2008. Using BP's stats, Guillen was very good at first base in a small sample (32 games), better than Casey. Renteria is about equal with Casey on offense, maybe slightly better. They definitely improved their team over last season, and let's not act like Casey didn't make $4MM or so.


I think you underestimate Carlos Guillen's offensive worth. His EQA over the last four years, .299, .316, .291, .316. That .291 was an injury plagued year. I don't know what the average 1b is, but I doubt it's over .300.

Haven't we seen the Sheffield to 1b experiment? If he could handle first, don't you think he'd still be a Yankee? Mike Jacobs is the best you can trade for? You might as well go with Meinalkgjdjdsz and get the glove.

Guillen to first is not necessarily optimal, but if it keeps him healthy and happy, it's a move that's worth making when you can get a quality MLB shortstop for a B+ CF prospect that's two to three years away and a pitcher that has no place on your team and has #4 upside.