There is a new King of Detroit. Well he will probably be called the Prince of Detroit given his name and all. Prince Fielder has reportedly signed a 9-year, $214 million year contract with the Detroit Tigers. Prince will be a good fill-in, offensively, for a Tigers team that lost Victor Martinez to season-ending knee surgery. I know Prince is worth a big contract, but with this he would only be making a little less then Albert Pujols, who I think is a better all-around player then Fielder. I don't think that Fielder is worth that much, but I could be wrong.
    The Tigers do now have two first-basemen in Fielder and Miguel Cabrera. My thoughts would be that Fielder and Cabrera would share the DH and first-base duties.
   The main problem with Fielder is his weight. He is a extremely slow base runner. Which is probably why he always tries to hit a homer, so he can trot around instead of actually running. Haha. He is not as mobile in the field as a first-baseman should be, which may affect how much playing time he gets at first. Not that Cabrera is a fast runner either. They're both pretty slow. They are defined as basecloggers according to some people   (Jeremy Barfield a.k.a. @Baseclogger).
    I'm not sure whether it will be a good fit for Fielder in Detroit or not. We will find out soon! What I do know is that the AL Central, heck the whole AL, just got a lot tougher with Prince and Albert both in the AL now. Also the NL Central is wide-open for anybody. The Cardinals still look to be the favorite to win, not just because they are the World Champs, but because they have such great minor leaguers. I'm not saying that any of the minor leaguers are going to replace one of the greatest players in the game, but they will help the Cardinals without them spending a lot of money. The Brewers still look to be competitive and the Reds can always be surprising. I also won't count out the Cubs this year with some of the moves they have made. Well not until about mid-June. 
    I hope that Prince will meet up to the high expectations that have been set before him. Also hope that the AL Central is competitive and not just a one team race. So that's what I think of this Fielder deal. Would love to know y'all's thoughts!
   

      Until next time, Shauna Jordan
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