Winter Meetings Hot Stove

I promised myself I would avoid posting every little Dodger rumor that flew across the rumor mill since there's already a site that covers that for us fans. Having said that, there might be a little three-team ditty brewing out there in Indy involving the Blue that caught my attention.

While there are no specifics available, it seems pretty obvious to me that the Dodgers are intent on trying to please Juan Pierre and finding him an everyday job he so desires with another team. That team right now could be Detroit. And in light of yesterday's other three-team barter that will eventually send Curtis Granderson from the Tigers to the Bronx once physicals are passed, it seems that the Motor City Cats could use another veteran outfielder.

But the Dodgers need pitching, and while the Tigers seem to have a couple of "bad" contracts among their starters to exchange for Pierre's similarly "bad" contract (he's still owed roughly $18.5MM over the next two years), Detroit is content with their pitching and would prefer to move 1B/3B/DH extraordinaire Carlos Guillen instead, someone the Dodgers don't need. So Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski is searching for a third team to get the Dodgers their starting pitcher they so covet.

And for the record, nothing is imminent. There's no "talk" as far as who that third team is, or could be, if this ever comes to fruition. But since three-team swaps seem to be the way to go these days, it would seem to me that if the Dodgers are ever to move Pierre, this would seem to be the most logical route to get something done.