Huff Dealt to Tigers

[OrioleMagic]

We couldn't possibly get Danny Worth for Huff... He was their #8 prospect according to BA in 2007, but is not top ten in 2008...

[Crazysilver03]

.287/.324/.421/.745

Not lighting the world on fire, but it's a small sample size. .287 gets you demoted? I'd much rather see Aubrey or Hughes than Snyder. I have no interest in pushing him ahead of schedule.

I see Aubrey's numbers are a little higher now. The BA is alright but the OPS is horrible for a 1B. That translates to about a .650 in the majors.

I would like to see Hughes up.

Though for today, we probably see a reliever.

[UMDTerrapins]

Seems about right for expected value. No way we offer arbitration and he's not hitting.

[birrman54]

Scott at 1B should give the Hangout a collective O

[RVAbird]

http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2009/08/tigers-acquire-aubrey-huff/

Looks like its done and we did get a warm body.

Jacobson, their 4th round pick from last year. Looks like a good relief prospect (No. 10 on the BA Tigers list).

Nice! Looks like salary relief and a decent pitching prospect.

[Shellax]

Sorry Huff, you Tiger now :laughlol:

[sector7g]

Jacobson extract from BA handbook.

Jacobson has a tremendous arm and great pitcher's body but fell to the 4th round of the 2008 draft because of his uneven performance in college. Signed for $230,000, his best pitch is his fastball, sitting at 88-91 when he starts but 92-95 in relief. He has the power stuff to profile as a setup man and could move quickly.

[PaulBako]

Seems like a good deal to get rid of Huff. I think we might see Hughes soon.

[LookitsPuck]

Brett Jacobson

Big tall righty relief prospect who was drafted in 4th round last year

~8 K/9

~2 BB/9

1.16 WHIP

I like.

[QBsILLEST1]

We must be getting back something of value if we arent holding onto him and getting the 2 picks for next year. It has to be something worth more than 2 picks....

[Peace21]

Snyder didn't play yesterday.. hmmmm

[Nigel Tufnel]

Wow. So does this mean well be seeing Wiggy on 1st and Mora on 3rd everyday now?

Or will we get a peak at Snyder sooner than we thought?!

Looks like Scott is starting at 1B tonight.

[Sports Guy]

I wonder if we picked up any salary?

He has given up some homers this year...His K rate has been solid..Walk rate decent.

Was good enough to be drafted in the 4th round just last year...Vandy is a good baseball school.

I am not sure what kind of stuff he has but this sounds like a good deal for Huff, especially if we aren't picking up any salary.

[kamikaze319]

look who Dave has playing 1st base tonight....

http://www.masnsports.com/index_blog_roch.html

[UMDTerrapins]

I see Aubrey's numbers are a little higher now. The BA is alright but the OPS is horrible for a 1B. That translates to about a .650 in the majors.

I would like to see Hughes up.

Though for today, we probably see a reliever.

I think we need another arm right now, I'm guessing you're right. But Wigginton is all we have at 1B for the time being. I wonder if someone like Reimold takes grounders at first during BP as insurance.