Today’s High Five:

The Tigers traded away OF Matt Joyce for Tampa Bay pitcher Edwin Jackson. Though Joyce just broke in with the Tigers last season and Jackson has been in the majors since 2003, Jackson is just a year older than Joyce — reminiscent of the Miguel Cabrera trade last year, when one of the [...]

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 [...]