Tigers acquire David Price

[MakMan44]

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/494932499542585344
 

Source: #Tigers get Price.

 

[Corsi]

 

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal  26s
Source: #Tigers get Price.
 

 

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

In a five game series they can go Verlander, Scherzer, Price, Sanchez, Verlander.

 

[jon abbey]

In a five game series they can go Verlander, Scherzer, Price, Sanchez, Verlander.

 
Or more likely Price, Scherzer, Verlander, Sanchez, Price. 

 

[RedOctober3829]

That's absolutely an answer to Oakland.  Think of an ALCS of Verlander vs. Lester, Scherzer vs. Shark, and Price vs. Gray(Vandy alums).  This is a hell of an arms race.

 

[Corsi]

 

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale  1m
David Price going to #Tigers, per @Ken_Rosenthal, in what indeed could be a three-way with the #MAriners. We're waiting.
 

 

[Corsi]

 

Marc Topkin ‏@TBTimes_Rays  35s
Could be the #Rays get INF Nick Franklin from the #Mariners, whom they have liked a lot
 

 

[MakMan44]

https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/494930871523479552
 
Sounds like Price only piece going from TB
 
 
 
https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/494932828875161600
 
Getting at least 1-2 ML players back 

 

[BornToRun]

Hopefully looking forward to Lester vs Price in October.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Mike Salk, 710 ESPN ‏@TheMikeSalk 5m
Source tells me M's are going to get a CF. Assuming it's Jackson.
 
Austin Jackson to M's apparently.

 

[Corsi]

 

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS  22s
austin jackson and drew smyly in price deal
 

 

[Corsi]

 

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS  22s
nick franklin to rays in deal
 

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

Tigers in GFIN mode before Detroit is declared a warzone.
 
Good for them.

 

[MakMan44]

So AJax to the M's, Price to the Tigers, and so far Nick Franklin and Smyly to the Rays?
 
Rosenthal confirms AJax to M's
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/494934977583542273
 
Heyman confirms Smyly to Rays
https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/494935100677582848

 

[Snodgrass'Muff]

Jackson is getting a standing ovation as he's coming off the field. Crazy.

 

[Snodgrass'Muff]

So what is Detroit giving up? Jackson and Smyly? Seattle moving Taijuan Walker and another prospect? Price is apparently the only one leaving Tampa.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

If it's just Frankln/Smyly, the TB return feels kind of light.

 

[brandonchristensen]

This is bananas.

 

[jimc]

SEA just getting Jackson? What's the point of this for them? 

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Ignore this. Thought Jackson was going to TB.

 

[MakMan44]

Why trade for Austin Jackson when they already have a CF in Desmond Jennings.

He's going to the M's. Jennings sticking with the Rays. 

 

[MakMan44]

SEA just getting Jackson? What's the point of this for them? 

Upgrade from James Jones

 

[BornToRun]

MLBN reporting Walker might be involved.

 

[the1andonly3003]

this Red Sox - Rays rivalry will be epic

 

[bosockboy]

Jackson goes to Seattle not TB.

 

[Yaz4Ever]

Now SEA is overpaying for Jackson.

 

[jimc]

Upgrade from James Jones

 
I mean sure, but if they're actually giving up Walker for this? To finish third behind the A's and Angels? 

 

[MakMan44]

 
I mean sure, but if they're actually giving up Walker for this? To finish third behind the A's and Angels? 

Yeah, that's not smart. 

 

[moondog80]

MLBN reporting Walker might be involved.

Has to be. No way they trade Price for Smiley and Franklin.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

MLBN reporting Walker might be involved.

Walker/Franklin/Smyly feels like a more appropriate return for 1 1/2 seasons of Price.

 

[MakMan44]

Has to be. No way they trade Price for Smiley and Franklin.

Why does the M's have to pay the biggest price when they don't get the best player?
 
They have to be getting something else back. 

 

[jtn46]

Oakland-Detroit ALCS will be incredible if it happens. So many good starters in those 2 rotations.

 

[moondog80]

Why does the M's have to pay the biggest price when they don't get the best player?
 
They have to be getting something else back. 

Detroit kicks in something else.

 

[bosockboy]

Why does the M's have to pay the biggest price when they don't get the best player?
 
They have to be getting something else back.

If Walker is in then Jack Z got bamboozled.

 

[Bosoxen]

Heyman on MLBN just said Walker is not a part of the deal.

 

[MakMan44]

If Walker is in then Jack Z got bamboozled.

Almost certainly.
 
EDIT: nvm

 

[Yaz4Ever]

Ok, no Walker. SEA not raped after all.

 

[edoug]

Ok, no Walker. SEA not raped after all.

Tampa on the other hand

 

[glennhoffmania]

If Walker is in then Jack Z got bamboozled.

 
Yeah Franklin and Walker for Jackson makes zero sense.

 

[BornToRun]

Why does the M's have to pay the biggest price when they don't get the best player?
 
They have to be getting something else back. 

Really. Jackson for Walker/Franklin seems like a bad swap for Seattle.

 

[Corsi]

 

Marc Topkin ‏@TBTimes_Rays  3s
Hearing #Rays are getting at least another player from #Tigers
 

 

[jimc]

It's really hard to imagine that Price wouldn't have returned more than this for the Rays in the offseason.

 

[findguapo]

If TB only got Smyly and Franklin, that is not very much at all for Price.

 

[edoug]

Porcello?

 

[SouthernBoSox]

It has to be more than Smyly and Franklin.  That is incredibly light.

 

[j44thor]

Guess everyone really was prospect hoarding this year.  Agree that this was a terrible trade for TB.  Why not just play out the season and trade Price either in the offseason or next trade deadline.  Return couldn't have been that different and you are still in a playoff chase.

 

[moondog80]

Guess everyone really was prospect hoarding this year.  Agree that this was a terrible trade for TB.

Maybe we should confirm what they got back first.

 

[CaptainLaddie]

That can't be all they got for Price.  You'd think in the offseason they could get a haul for him.  This is weird.

 

[Corsi]

 

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi  6s
Four-player deal confirmed: David Price to Tigers, Austin Jackson to Mariners, Nick Franklin and Drew Smyly to Rays. No other prospects.
 

 

[MakMan44]

Crazy.