Tigers caught some Marlins

How in God's name did this happen? The Angels were offering more than this for Miguel Cabrera alone, now the Tigers get him and Dontrelle Willis for two really good prospects and some throw in's? First of all, this trade makes Detroit ridiculous. Their lineup is being compared to that of a fantasy baseball lineup;

1. Granderson
2. Palanco
3. Cabrera
4. Ordonez
5. Sheffield
6. Rodriguez
7. Guillen
8. Jones
9. Renteria

That unreal. The only thing that lineup was really missing was a young home-run hitter, and now they got it...with Willis as icing on the cake to be their third starter.

The bigger issue at hand is that the Marlins will likely go into the next season with a payroll of roughly 10 million dollars. That means that they will receive more money than anybody else from major league baseball due to the luxury tax for the second straight year. Their payroll is going to be less than Gil Meche's contract; granted he was over paid, but Barry Zito is making 14.5 million, so the market for pitchers is too high in general. Is it fair to the Marlins fans to pay money to watch them put out a team of 20 year old's who likely will be out of the playoff race by the end of the first month? No. Is it fair to season ticket holders to essentially give up on the team before spring training? No. Is it fair to the rest of the MLB that they refuse to pay anyone besides Olivo over a million dollars (he gets two million) so that every team will be giving them luxury tax money for simply showing up for the season? No.

I've had this gripe before because of their fire sales in the past and nothing has changed. The Marlins are bad for baseball and the longer it takes for the MLB figure out a way to stop this, the worse it could get. Baseball is often criticized for their enormous salaries, but why is no one mad that the Marlins are robbing their fans? At least teams like Boston and New York give their fans a show for their money.

-Sean