Tigers Trade Fister to Nats

[GD]

Krol + Lombo + Ray for Fister confirmed by the Nats. Ouch. This one hurts.

[Angrioter]

Doug Fister is a borderline ace. Washington had better be giving up four good prospects. If not, it's a steal.

 

NO, he's not. He's just a sinkerballer who can get groundballs keeping the ball down.

[Fearthedoc]

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 12s

 

#Nationals confirm it. It's Lombardozzi, Krol and Ray for Fister. #Tigers

 

LOL WTF.......I FEEL LIKE WE GAVE UP MORE FOR HAPP

[Fearthedoc]

Fister is not an ace. He's been a very solid pitcher over the last three years, though he's not an elite No. 1 starter.

 

So you can name 30 pitchers who will outperform Fister next year?

[dineke]

I THOUGHT AA DIDN'T LEAVE ANY STONES UNTURNED WHAT THE f***

[BabbaGanoush]

NO, he's not. He's just a sinkerballer who can get groundballs keeping the ball down.

 

Not even close....

[GD]

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 12s

 

#Nationals confirm it. It's Lombardozzi, Krol and Ray for Fister. #Tigers

 

LOL WTF.......I FEEL LIKE WE GAVE UP MORE FOR HAPP

 

Musgrove + Asher + Perez + Comer is probably a better package.

[Abomination]

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 12s

 

#Nationals confirm it. It's Lombardozzi, Krol and Ray for Fister. #Tigers

 

LOL WTF.......I FEEL LIKE WE GAVE UP MORE FOR HAPP

 

Yeah, that's one hell of a steal. Now we can rage lol.

[Dr. Dinger]

What a terrible package. Kinda seems like Detroit didn't shop him very hard or very long, we never heard anything about his availability and that is one lacklustre return.

[John_Havok]

 

Looks like a lot of talking heads are loving this deal for the Nats

[GD]

Ughhh this one hurts.

[BabbaGanoush]

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 12s

 

#Nationals confirm it. It's Lombardozzi, Krol and Ray for Fister. #Tigers

 

LOL WTF.......I FEEL LIKE WE GAVE UP MORE FOR HAPP

 

f***ing pathetic man....How can you only get one good prospect, a reliever with upside and a AAAA utility guy for one of the best pitchers in the game???

[Ehjays]

Maybe GMs around the league figure when they talk to AA lets ask for his top prospects.......the guy always deals them

[Angrioter]

Fister for s*** part 1: Charlie Furbush, Casper Wells, Francisco Martinez and PTBNL

Fister for s*** part 2: Lombardozzi, Ray and Krol

[Frenchsoup]

Ughhh this one hurts.

 

 

Well a world series contender just got weaker so im ok with it.

[Dr. Dinger]

This is f***ed up. One of the best pitchers (and cheap!) in baseball for no premium pieces.

 

This is completely senseless, I can't imagine what the f*** Detroit was thinking here. They didn't even get one impact prospect back for a durable SP2 at below market salary.

[Dr. Dinger]

#LoveThisTeam

 

Why are you making this about the Blue Jays?

[G-Snarls]

Too slow muahah

 

Mods please merge

 

Done

[G-Snarls]

Tigers go from having 4 dominating starters to 3 dominating starters. I wonder what hole they'll fill from the Nats

 

I'm guessing they're doing this because they're on the verge of signing a free agent starter?

[BabbaGanoush]

Is Sierra, Nolin, Santos an equivalent package as Ray, Krol, Lombardozi?

[G-Snarls]

Also merged

 

LOL

[jays_fever]

This is retarded..I would have been upset if we traded Buehrle for that load of crap the Nats are giving up..never mind someone like Fister

[Dr. Dinger]

I wouldn't have minded if we acquired Fister...

 

That goes for all of us, but I don't see how that's a knock against the Blue Jays. Detroit made an idiotic trade. It's pretty obvious that they could have landed a better package if they shopped Fister better.

[Angrioter]

Is Sierra, Nolin, Santos an equivalent package as Ray, Krol, Lombardozi?

 

Ray is a decent prospect > Nolin but Lambardozzi is nothing

[jaysblue]

So you can name 30 pitchers who will outperform Fister next year?

 

What does the number 30 have to do with anything? Are there 30 No. 1 starters in all of baseball? In terms of an elite No. 1 starter, there aren't many around. I consider guys like Kershaw, Hernandez, Wainwright, Verlander etc. as true No. 1 starters.

[Fearthedoc]

Yep, it's a knock against all the other 28 teams, so why single out the Blue Jays. If we were named as the runners-up to acquire Fister, that would be something.

 

Not necessarily. Like dinger said, it could have been a poor shop job by Detroit. I for one haven't heard a single Fister rumor all off-season.

[jaysblue]

From 2011-13 Fister is ninth in fWAR with a 3.30/3.21/3.48 line. He doesn't give up any walks or home runs... who cares if he doesn't throw 95. He's durable and extremely effective.

 

He's a great pitcher (not arguing that). I just don't consider him in the same class as a Kershaw, Hernandez, Wainwright etc, who I view as elite No. 1 guys.

[KingKat]

Are there 30 No. 1 starters in all of baseball?

 

By definition yes. The designations is meaningless otherwise. "Ace" is the more subjective designation.

[jaysblue]

By definition yes. The designations is meaningless otherwise. "Ace" is the more subjective designation.

 

So I guess that means Bud Norris all these years has been an ace and No. 1 starter with the Astros?

 

When I use the word "ace" or "No. 1 starter," I'm not using them in the terms of a team's rotation. I'm using them in my own evaluations of pitchers and what they are. For example Norris was the "ace" of Houston's rotation, though do I consider him a true No. 1 starter - nope.

[havok24]

lol that's the return for Fister? Wow. What's the rush though? I mean surely they could have gotten at least one premium talent in return for an arm like Fister.