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MLB 2K12 Franchise: Detroit Tigers

Posted on April 3, 2012 at 12:58 AM.

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Preseason Acquisitions

The Tigers come into 2012 with very high expectations. Most of the key pieces were in place, but there were still noticeable issues. The bullpen is deep, but not enough to my liking. I knew that I needed at least one more starter. Andy Oliver definitely wasn't going to cut it, and Rick Porcello was making me uncomfortable.

I signed and traded Rich Harden for Matt Guerrier.

I re-acquired Placido Polanco at the cost of Brandon Inge and some prospects. I could not survive another year with his lack of offense.

I swapped lefty relievers by acquiring Randy Choate for Phil Coke.

I signed and traded Ivan Rodriguez along with Gerald Laird for Miguel Olivo. The Tigers' real-life signing of Laird confused me.

I signed and traded Derrek Lee along with Rick Porcello and a prospect for Brandon Beachy. This trade came after the Braves beat us to the ground, with Beachy starting.

I signed and traded Javier Vasquez along with prospects to the Nationals for starter Jordan Zimmerman, Brad Lidge, and a prospect.

I signed and traded Hideki Matsui and Vladimir Guerrero along with Don Kelly for John Mayberry, Jr.

Lastly, I acquired Freddy Sanchez at the cost of Ramon Santiago and reliever Brayan Villareal.

As I look back on all of the dealing, I am more confident in my starting rotation. Zimmermann has yet to make a Spring Training start. I have some tough decisions to make regarding the deep bullpen. Cutting the roster to 25 will be hard, since I still have 29.

I may have to constantly send down and call up guys, as I acquired certain players for certain situations. Possible AAA candidates include: Andy Dirks, Miguel Olivo, John Mayberry, Collin Balester, Robbie Weinhardt, Al Alburquerque. It is possible that Polanco and Sanchez may split time in AAA, since they both offer the same to the Tigers.

Comments

# 1 BlueJays09 @ Apr 3

nice trading...do you force trades? just asking because i tried to get rose on my celtics franchise and i offered rondo/garnett/pierce and they wouldnt do it lol. your going to like beachy i have him in my blue jays dynasty. you can have a look at it if you like. good luck and looking forward to the posts

# 2 jhendricks316 @ Apr 3

I do not force trades; it would limit realism. They probably liked Monroe and Knight because they both had a lot of stars (in terms of trade value). Although, I was surprised that I got 3 extra picks out of them.

# 3 BlueJays09 @ Apr 3

yea that makes sense