Yanks Deal For Detroit's Granderson

[CavsRules]

Sources: Three-team deal near

The New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Tigers are on the verge of the first major trade of baseball's winter meetings, a deal that would send Tigers outfielder Curtis Granderson to New York, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.

In the trade, the Diamondbacks would obtain Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy, while the Tigers will pick up Max Scherzer, Phil Coke and outfield prospect Austin Jackson.

The deal would give the Yankees a starting center fielder. Starting outfielder Johnny Damon and designated hitter Hideki Matsui are both free agents.

In return, the Tigers would get a hard thrower in Scherzer and a well-regarded prospect in Austin Jackson, while the Diamondbacks get a pair of starting pitchers in Edwin Jackson and Kennedy.

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Ugh..

 

[Gunther]

Holy crap! I felt Granderson would be in Detroit forever. He was the one player I feared on that team.

 

[DougHeil]

Yep. The Yanks only get stronger and stronger. When is MLB going to put their collective feet down with this abomination of a system?

 

[elcheato]

He's pretty similar to Damon except for the fact his defense and speed is much better.

He forgets his role at times though. He'll try to go deep more then he should and will hit for a low average and poor against lefties.

Austin Jackson is a really good prospect though.

 

[Marcus]

Oh, good, the Yankees really needed to add an All-Star caliber player to their weak lineup.

 

[CavsFinals2016]

At least they won't go after Grady?

 

[Randolphkeys]

Bah, he's no Brian Buscher.

 

[JayP146]

And people wonder why I don't watch Major League Baseball anymore ...

 

[elcheato]

Okay, I usually don't like what the Yankees do in free agency because its unfair, but they did give up their best prospect to get Granderson.. Austin Jackson is highly regarded as a prospect with tons of upside.

 

[CBBI]

Granderson is not nearly as good as people think for one. His OBP really slipped off last year and he's already 29 so its not like he has a bunch more developing to do.

That said, the Yankees gave up virtually nothing for him here. He will be a big boost to their outfield defense if nothing else.

The Tigers big spending ways appear to be over.

 

[InBoobieWeTrust]

Okay, I usually don't like what the Yankees do in free agency because its unfair, but they did give up their best prospect to get Granderson.. Austin Jackson is highly regarded as a prospect with tons of upside.

Thing is, Jackson's best-case scenario is probably similar to what Granderson is now.

 

[elcheato]

Thing is, Jackson's best-case scenario is probably similar to what Granderson is now.

Which is why Detroit did it for one.. They have to shed salary and if they can get someone similar to Granderson way cheaper, they'd do it. Edwin Jackson was traded by them too but he is overrated. Really fizzled off in the 2nd half.

 

[chiefwahoo]

LOL... nice job MLB. The sport is unwatchable unless you live in NYC or Boston.

 

[DougHeil]

At least they won't go after Grady?

...but only because it's not 2011 yet. Give them time.

 

[Dillinger]