Wow, Orioles fall on their swords and trade 1B Aubrey Huff

BALTIMORE -- The Detroit Tigers bolstered their offense for a pennant drive by obtaining first baseman Aubrey Huff from the Baltimore Orioles on Monday for a minor leaguer.

"I've been in last place basically my whole career, so this is an exciting time for me," Huff said. "I'm looking forward to it."

The Tigers began Monday leading the Chicago White Sox by 2½ games in the AL Central. The last-place Orioles obtained pitcher Brett Jacobson from Detroit and assigned the right-hander to Class A Frederick.

Huff is batting .253 with 13 homers and 72 RBIs. He recently hit his 200th career homer and should fit nicely in a Detroit lineup that ranks 11th in the AL in runs and seventh in home runs.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4405359


So now we know that all this talk about building a competitive team in the future has been utter bullshit. Detroit is going to be a force down the stretch.

Obviously they were out of contention for this season, but they had the pieces to compete in a year or two. Now they've just traded away their power hitting first basemen. :eyes:

Orioles obviously had no intention of signing him.

The best they could get is a single A pitcher?