- Yoenis Cespedes - whose name is a little too close to Yunieski Betancourt for my tastes - is on the Tiger's radar. Dombrowski visited with him in the Dominican Republic^. All I know is that I won't learn to spell his name unless he signs with us. Till then, Cespedes is Spanish for Copy/Paste.
^ When reached for comment, Jim Price said, "Nice area."
- Gio Gonzalez's name has been thrown around. He would be a huge addition. The way I see it, if Jacob Turner turns out to be a stud, Gonzalez is basically Turner in two years (plus left-handed). Those two years would be the cheapest in Turner's career, but with the new super-two rules, he is more likely to be a super-two, which means, more expensive. If Turner is in line for Gonzalez's arbitration pay schedule in two years, that would be the best case scenario. So making the trade for Gio is like fast-forwarding Turner's development two years. Sounds like a good deal to me. Of course, the A's are asking for more (reportedly Nick Castellanos, Brennan Boesch, Gene Lamont, 2 packs a day from Leyland, and that singing hot dog vendor dude). I wouldn't want to trade Boesch, especially if the plan is to flip Delmon Young for anything (hopefully Martin Prado from the Braves), but I'd drop Castellanos and some other middling prospect with Turner to get Gonzalez. Making that move would put us even further ahead in the division race. If Gonzalez goes elsewhere outside of the division, no biggie - but if the Royals manage to trade for him (and they have a much better stable of prospects than the Tigers), the gap between Us and Them in the division gets a lot smaller, and the reliance on Turner or Oliver or anyone else to step up as a fifth starter becomes that much more important.
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