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Dugout Digest – one absurd day

There were so many transactions yesterday that we couldn't keep up. –Jacoby Ellsbury is a Yankee, getting a contract as ridiculous as we all expected. –Dexter Fowler has been dealt to the Astros for a bag of magic beans. –Joe Nathan got two years from the Tigers. -The Rays made a total Rays move, acquiring […]

The Astros just stole Dexter Fowler from the Rockies

On a day full of trades, the Colorado Rockies might have just pulled off the biggest headscratcher of them all by trading outfielder Dexter Fowler and a player to be named later to Houston for outfielder Brandon Barnes and pitcher Jordan Lyles. Dexter Fowler has never lived up to the star potential that he has […]

Tigers get their closer, ink Joe Nathan to two-year contract

The Tigers and Joe Nathan may have been the most predictable pairing of the offseason. It's no secret that Detroit needed a closer, and Nathan was the top guy on the free agent market. At 39, the right-hander wants to win a World Series championship and figures to have a strong chance with the Tigers.  […]

The best of the non-tendered players

Every year Christmas comes a little bit early for teams with roster spots to fill as the free agent market gets flooded with a crop of players who are non-tendered by their teams. These are hardly the kind of Christmas gifts that people line up at midnight on Black Friday to get their hands on […]

What Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski may be thinking with Doug Fister trade

What are the Tigers thinking? That was the universal reaction to the Monday night deal that sent Doug Fister to the Nationals in exchange for a seemingly underwhelming package of reliever Ian Krol, Double-A pitcher Robbie Ray and utilityman Steve Lombardozzi.  If a team was in cost-cutting mode, this trade might make some sense. Fister […]

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