This rumor has been floating around a lot lately. The Tigers, for some reason, want to get rid of him and go with younger guys. After last year, they’re regretting paying for a bunch of old players (they just released Renteria, for instance) and a Detroit Free Press report said they’d take a good middle relief pitcher for Mags and pay part of his salary to boot.

That mystifies me. I’ve seen him play a lot, living in Chicago, and he’s still a great hitter and decent LF. If we can, snap him up. Unless we can work out a deal for Carlos Lee, he’s probably the best option out there. And he’s a good guy…a fan favorite in both Chicago and Detroit.

I am a new poster on this site, and hope to become an instant contributor because I love my braves. I think it would be awesome. If the tiggers could throw in 10 million or so, with us having to give up a couple of decent prospects, I think it would be a fair trade. We could then bat maggs between chipper and mccann to create a lot of difficult matchups for opposing managers over the next few years. Also, I would much rather have maggs high contact, high average approach towards hitting than dunn or burrel’s walk,homer,or strikeout approach. WE have the prspects to make a trade workout, and it would definately be a move that would keep us contention as far as our lineup goes. If we could get maggs early on in the offseason, then we could solely focus on our pitching, as our lineup would be strong enough to make us contend for the next few years. BTW, even though I have not posted, I have read this site and the comments for a few years, and am glad to find a site with knowledgeable fans and posters. I hope yall wil think the same of me and accept me as a new contributor to many friendly debates in the near and distant future. GO BRAVOS.

if it doesn’t cost too much in terms of prospects. I don’t expect the Tigers to give him away, but given the salary relief, it shouldn’t cost us more than some low-level guys.

Maggs would be a HUGE addition to our offense, and as noted, we could handle the salary for 3 years. Better than going after any of the free agent OF’s out there.

because of the length on his contract. Magglio is 34 right now, under contract until he’s 37, and has a bit of a history with injuries. That being said, he doesn’t seem to be suffering at the plate yet. If the price is right, I say go for it.

If Wren can get him and only let go a couple of lower level pitching prospects in the process, I can still see a Peavy deal going down. Talk about two of the bigger trades that will happen this offseason, for Atlanta.

What would it take to get Maggs….They could use depth at SS and in relief, would Kris Medlen and Lillibridge for Maggs be a possiblity if the tigers would throw in ten or so million. Could Acosta be a part of a deal, or B.Jones. I guess one thing that we have to help us in a trade for maggs is that we do have a lot of mid-to-lower level talent in the minors, so we can use that quality depth as a way to help the tigers replentish their system. Use the positions we have a lower level surplus in to get the deal done.

but I thought Mag’s contract was a 1yr/$18mil with two option years at $15mil each, with the first having some sort of buyout. So length of contract is no big deal.

So what about brandon jones and manny acosta for Ordonez and $3mil?

I like this option for the Braves. In my opinion, they should agree to take on a considerable portion of his salary, but not have to give up any top flight prospects. While he does not have the power of Dunn, he is much much more productive. Living in Lexington, I watched a lot of Dunn play with the Reds, and he is a horrible outfielder. I also think that he is a significant upgrade over the streaky Pat Burrell as well.

All in all, I would like to see Ordonez in ATL next year, but not if we have to give up any of our blue chip prospects.

Junichi Tazawa

We’re competing with the usual high spenders for the guy, and he’s more at the David Price coming out of college level of experience rather than the established pro level of a Daisuke. Tazawa is 23, hits 97 on the gun, and led Nippon Oil to the corporate league title in Japan this year.

The new Japanese rules state that he cannot return there for three years after bypassing their draft, so he has now in effect committed to the U.S.

Even though he will be costly, he won’t cost us any prospects or team fees and he is approximately the same age as our other top prospects. If we are to reconstruct the Braves dynasty in the 2010 decade, young pitching is where we need to place our bets.

I agree with the general opinion that assuming the asking price isn’t much then Mags could be a good price. He could fit nicely into the #3 or 4 hole for the Braves. I don’t think we should expect a return to his 30 HR seasons but his production is typically balanced and .300/.375 with 23-24 Hrs is realistic. I think he would be most valuable hitting 4th, allowing McCann to slide to 5th.
As for his defense…it also gives us some flexibility should Frenchy not bounce back as he could easily play RF for a year or two.

I like the idea of picking up Mags—particularly if the price is not too high. Maybe Brandon Jones and another prospect.

Anyway, Tazawa should be pursued—does anybody know the latest is on Yu Darvish, who also looks like a pitcher the Braves should take a close look at….