The new Prince of Motown has 214 million reasons to smile as he returns to his father's team the Tigers.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Prince’s coming to Detroit does little to affect his value and if anything, his HR numbers may drop since Comerica Park isn’t kind to lefty power hitters. Although, it’s hard to get a good metric on that since the Tigers haven’t had a lefty like Prince and the short (330 ft) right field may help him on pull HR. He did hit HR at Tiger stadium when he was just 12, but the Tigers don’t play there anymore and their new home doesn’t have the RF home-run porch like the Old Tiger Stadium had. In my mind, this move doesn’t affect Fielder’s value much at all. He trades the NL for the AL, slightly upgrades his lineup and has Miguel Cabrera in front of him instead of Ryan Braun. It’s not a huge upgrade like Texas would have been, but it doesn’t hurt his value like going to a park like Seattle would have.

The big adjustment in everyone’s rankings because of this move will be to someone already on the Tigers roster. The Tigers had a hole in their lineup after Victor Martinez went down. They’ve filled that to be sure with Prince and also added incredible value to Miguel Cabrera by moving him across the diamond to start at 3B. They’ll DH Prince at times, but Cabrera will definitely regain his eligibility at 3B. Like Kevin Youkilis last year, he moves from a deep position (1B) to one where offense is super-hard to come by (3B). It vaults him from a late 1st-early 2nd round pick to the very top of most drafts. I’d still take Albert Pujols #1, but I’ve already seen some moving him to #1 overall and he’d definitely be my second pick if Albert goes first off the board. … [visit site to read more]

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Yu Darvish is one of the most intriguing SP acquisitions of the off-season. (Mark J. Terrill/AP Source: AP)

Hit: Yu Darvish posted and headed to Texas. MLB Daily Dish, National Post, Toronto Sun

Run: The Rangers posted the high bid by quite a bit over the Blue Jays (who some thought won this earlier in the week). Texas adds a quality arm to its rotation in an attempt to recover from the departure of CJ Wilson for Anaheim. What exactly Darvish is going to be is still unknown since previous Japanese pitchers have been all over the place in how their game translates to the Major Leagues. Darvish is intriguing to be sure with a 93-38 record and 1.99 ERA over seven seasons in the Japanese majors. Darvish is supposed to be have everything needed to be a true #1 ace, and will be looking for a contract that pays him like one. The Rangers now have exclusive negotiating rights for 30 days and the negotiations, like Daisuke’s may take almost all that time. This situation has once again called into question the posting process, and rightly so. Whether you like it or not, the process is what it is for now and the Rangers just dropped a lot of change to use that process to get their new starting Ace. Somebody in your draft will probably reach for him, but I’d be cautious especially in his first season on this side of the Pacific and since he’s got to pitch in the Texas summer heat when balls just fly out of the Ballpark in Arlington. On the other hand, Mike Maddux is a great pitching coach and he may be just the guy to help Darvish shine in the majors. It’s a high-risk fantasy pick, but it could have high-rewards as well which is just what this move is for the Rangers as well, high-risk, high-reward.

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