So that’s how you cut payroll. Last year the big names for Detroit at baseball’s Winter Meetings were Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis, with Edgar Renteria acquired in a trade just beforehand. All-stars all.
This year it’s Gerald Laird and Adam Everett. It confirms the end of Detroit’s short-lived attempt at a Murderer’s Row lineup.
Farewell to [...]

Nice of the Tigers and Spartans to generate some news to punctuate The High Five’s first Monday:

Baseball’s front office types were still settling into their hotel rooms Sunday night before the Winter Meetings when the Tigers made a deal: Texas catcher Gerald Laird to Detroit for minor league pitcher Guillermo Moscoso and a mysterious second [...]