For those of you that haven't heard, Pudge Rodriguez has been traded to the yankees.  That makes a vacancy at catcher on the tigers.  Also, I don't know if you have noticed but we are lacking offensively up the middle.  They have renteria: a former beloved cardinal.  Now I know renteria is NOT having a great year offensively, but I feel that if he were to come back to the Lou he would do much better.  Now let's see, do we have any catching prospects that the tigers might be interested in?  Oh, yeah, Brian Anderson.  I know that it would probably take more than just Anderson to complete the deal, but I for one would be glad to see renteria back in red.

I think that our greatest need is some pop in the middle infield.  Then maybe go out and get fuentes or another lefty reliever.  There are two people that might not be realistic but we might should think about them.  The first is Jhonny Peralta on the indians.  He's fairly young, about 26 and has some pop in his bat for a SS.  He's got 14 HR's and was on a bigtime slump, but lately he's been pretty hot.  I figure He might could be had for 2-3 pretty good prospects.  The second is a little less realistic and would take a lot more, but would be amazing is Ian Kinsler.  The 2 bagger for the Rangers.  He is batting .335 with 14 HR 53 RBI and 23 SB (STUD).  We might have to give up brian anderson, jon jay, maybe another pitching prospect or something but he is a beast.  (side note: He also attended MIZZOU so he would be a great fit.)

I say we bring up this kid instead of waiting till pigs fly before mulder comes back and pitches effectively.  Just look at his minor league stats this year, they are ridiculous. 

One of those losses in double A he did not give up an earned run.  He has been very effective, a lot more than you can say for the "stud" we got for danny haren.

Why don't we take a shot at this guy.  He has proven himself to be a very big impact at the plate in japan and it is also said that he has excellent defense and a cannon for an arm.  This would give us a big bat in our lineup for protection for pujols.  This link talks about what he might go for and I think it might be worth a shot. Tell me what you think.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/kosume_fukudome/index.html