It’s alright for the Tigers. It rests on Scherzer sticking as a solid starter, unless you think AJax is going to suddenly take off. If Scherzer is able to stick as a good starter, a TOR type, then it’s fine. I think Schlereth and Coke will both have their uses, although I’m not sold the former is a closer.

I don’t get it for the D-backs, unless they have some serious concerns on Scherzer (and even then, I don’t think they got enough value) Scherzer, on the surface, is better and cheaper than Jackson. I guess they could really love Ian Kennedy …

As for the Yankees, a steal. Kennedy, IMO, is an end of the rotation arm who might be able to get lucky one year and look like a passable mid-rotation starter. I am not a big fan of AJax, and Coke’s a LOOGY. Even if AJax pans out better than most expect as of now, Granderson helps you now and the next few years, and he comes at a very affordable cost.

A+ for the Yankees, B for the Tigers, a C for the D-Backs, unless they know something we don’t.

I love it for the Yankees, even though I think Granderson is overrated and I see him as the kind of player who loses it quickly and ends up out of baseball in his mid-30s. He’ll be a quality player for probably three more years and extend the Yankees’ window.

I like it a lot for the Tigers, even though I don’t like Austin Jackson as much as they seem to. Scherzer is a great pickup. If you look at the two halves of their deal, it’s one push and one steal, IMO.

I fail to see how this deal helps the Diamondbacks even a little.

but I’ll try to make an arguement for them (and I’ll post this on both threads). Some view Scherzer as a closer. Perhaps the Dbacks felt this way, and perhaps they know something about Scherzer we don’t. Scherleth I like, but the Diamondbacks seem to have found a good closer in Gutierez. The move isn’t terrible for them. They bought extremely low on Kennedy, who had a fluke injury, and was arm raped by the yankees a la Chamberlain and Hughes. Perhaps the D-backs think they can develop him into a 3rd starter type. Also, let’s not forget, the D-backs could be pretty good next year in a rather weak division. Webb, Haren, Jackson is one of the best top 3 of a rotation when all are healthy. They also have upcoming stars in Upton, Reynolds, etc. It’s a team built on speculation (will Webb be healthy, will Upton take the next step, will Reynolds be able to put up a good avg, will Chris Young stop looking like everyone’s worst fear of Mike Stanton, etc), but this move could work out for them. That being said, the Tigers really found a way to get some great parts, and they’re shaping up to have a terrifying bulpen with coke, scherleth, perry, et al.

I like the trade for the Yankees, and sort of understand it for the Diamondbacks (but don’t like it), but this is a very nice trade for Detroit. Scherzer is a great power arm, and at healthy worst, can close. Shlereth is a nice power arm for the pen, Coke is a nice specialist, and while Jackson is overrated at times, he should be a starting caliber CF for cheap and reach the majors soon. That’s a lot to get for Granderson, who is very good but can’t hit lefties, and Jackson, who’s had one good half season.

Bill Bavasi? Terrible trade for Arizona. Jackson over achieved in the first half of ’09 and revealed his true self in the back half. Ian Kennedy is a AAAA pitcher. Yuck!