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I'm cautiously optimistic about the Iglesias trade.
Tigers have lots of OF depth so Garcia was expendable. Villareal never impressed me so I don't know, don't mind seeing him go.
Iglesias provides an upgrade in defense over Peralta. JP isn't necessarily "bad", but with Miggy and Prince at the corners you need someone better than average at SS to compensate. Even without a looming Peralta suspension, I like the pickup. Peralta is probably gone as a FA after this season regardless, so it's a great pickup from the Tigers to fill that void. The obvious glove upgrade is good too. Obviously Iglesias' numbers are going to regress and come down a bit but that's fine, if he can hit for decent average and provide good defense that's all we really need from him. The biggest part of the pickup obviously is if Peralta gets suspended (looking more likely by the day it seems), so it's a great insurance pickup.
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