Washburn
Jarrod Washburn provides the Tigers with some
depth in their rotation and should be an improvement over the man he's replacing, southpaw
Luke French. Washburn also gives the Tigers a better fourth-starter option than
Armando Galarraga for a playoff series. Washburn has been the beneficiary of Seattle's markedly improved defense, particularly its outfield defense, but Detroit also is generally a good defensive club, with a couple of All-Star defenders in
Curtis Granderson and
Adam Everett. Detroit's lead in the American League Central is small enough that the extra win it might get from having Washburn instead of French in its rotation easily could be the difference between making the playoffs or going home (or having to play a one-game playoff to get in). And the price for Washburn wasn't high in terms of prospects.
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Keith Law
