Prince lands in Detroit

by High Heater on Jan 24, 2012 4:49 PM EST

Just wondering what everyone's concensus is on this spot for him. 9 yr 214mil...

links saying Miggy is moving from 1B but does that mean he goes to 3B? and what happens when Victor Martinez returns from injury?

Comerica Park is not the friendliest for hitters but i don't see that suppressing Prince's power at all, him and Miggy should be quit the 3-4 fearsome for years though... but that team needs men on base on top the order which... they really don't have imo.

Any thoughts?

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They'll find room.

My blog article about the fantasy impact is here.

The short of it: Fielder’s power shouldn’t be that affected. Cabrera gains huge fantasy value if he moves to 3B, even part-time. They don’t have a great bat to hit fifth, but they’re both going to be feared and will maintain strong R and RBI totals.

When V-Mart comes back, hopefully Cabrera is at 3B, and Martinez can DH. But if Castellanos takes over at 3B, I could see the Tigers selling either Martinez or Cabrera. You can’t put V-Mart back behind the plate full-time, so you’d have to move one. Honestly though, if Cabrera is even halfway respectable at the hot corner, I’d leave him there and let Castellanos be the backup for 1B and 3B, letting Fielder, Cabrera, and Martinez rotate through the DH slot.

by varrys on Jan 24, 2012 5:23 PM EST reply actions