Tiger Fans and others->Kyle Farnsworth?-Bang?or Bust?

Question

What kind of a deal is this?Give our beloved Pudge away for him?? Was Dumbrowski and Leyland smoking something?-Jamaican us Tiger fans crazy!!

Answer 1

I suffered for 3 years with farnsworth now its the tigers problem.

Answer 2

I thought this trade was ridiculous. They traded an All Star catcher for an average reliever. Yeah, they needed bullpen help, but this guy won't get it done for the Tigers. It was a good trade on the Yanks' part, but not on the Tigers.

Answer 3

right after the trade, i thought it was a good deal. we needed bullpen help badly and had inge and sardinha as catchers. after seeing the results... huge bust. pudge is lighting it up in NY and farnsworth blew the game big time yesterday.

Answer 4

its a terrible deal for the tigers. they lose one of their best players ever for a loser.  

Answer 5

The Tigers did the correct move by trading Pudge for Farnsworth. (No I'm not crazy) The Tigers bullpen is a mess between Rodney and Jones trying to close out games its been horrendous. Fact, this is the last year of Pudge's deal with the Tigers, Dumbrowski was going to let Pudge walk after this year anyway. The only way the Tigers have a pray of making the playoffs is with a bullpen who can finish games off. The Tigers didn't have anywhere for Inge to play, by trading Pudge it allows Inge to be in the line up everyday, and instead of getting nothing for Pudge in two months they get Farnsworth. The Tigers have not been living up to the expectations set at the beginning of the year, so maybe Dumbrowski was trying to send a message to his players. The Tigers maybe worse off this year, but you have to think that they have already "mailed it in" for this season, with a 55-56 record and a full 7 games back of the Twins. I'm quite the Tiger fan but the AL Central is now just a two horse race, but hopefully the Tigers will be much better in the 2009 Season.  

Answer 6

Yeah,but the Yanks needed a catcher (Molina can't play everyday,they need someone that has the talent of catching like Posada).Someone who's can put up big numbers,has a heck of a throwing arm,like..IVAN RODRIGUEZ! Now,the Tigers aren't in serious contention for the AL Central so getting rid of him isn't that huge of a loss (okay,it is but Brandon Inge is pretty good at catching..right?).So since the Yanks got their lack of big catching fixed,what's one huge thing that the Tigers lack....RELIEF PITCHING (hate to say it,but it's true).Yanks give up Farnsy for I-Rod.Now,I know it still sounds a little weird but think of it this way: Whenever a "bad" player gets traded to a new team,he usually/most likely will be a superstar on his new one. (Although that doesn't go for Rex Grossman..he's something special.)

Although yeah that was a pretty stupid move by Detroit,I agree.

Answer 7

BUST!!! Farnsworth hacked up 3 runs while pudge homered for the yanks!!!

FARNSWORTH-LESS!!!!

Answer 8

Ever since Kyle Farnsworth was traded from the NL to the AL he has been a bust. I guess he has already found out that there are better hitters in the AL than NL.

Answer 9

As a Yankee fan I'd have to say it was a sweet deal but you're right, it made no sense for the Tigers to basically give him away.  "Dumb"rowski seems to be the answer to your question.