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Trade rumors are constantly swirling this time of year. Sometimes, those rumblings involve star players. This offseason, rumors have been attached to Troy Tulowitzki, Max Scherzer, Matt Wieters and others. Nothing has materialized with any of those players, but a deal involving a couple of other stars sure happened out of the blue on Monday.
The Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers exchanged perennial All-Stars, swapping Prince Fielder and Ian Kinsler in a trade that seems to benefit both squads. The thing that makes it unique, other than the fact that it was a one-for-one deal, is that there was little-to-no discussion about it prior to the breaking of the news by CBS Sports' Jon Heyman. That made for a lot of shock around the baseball world:
Wait, what?? RT @JonHeymanCBS: Fielder for Kinsler trade has been agreed to. http://t.co/y9RloqSfMP
— Dan Kolko (@masnKolko) November 21, 2013
WTF???????????????? RT @JonHeymanCBS Fielder for Kinsler trade has been agreed to. http://t.co/VrgItIJUpR
— Adam J. Morris (@lonestarball) November 21, 2013
HOLY COW WHITE.. "@JonHeymanCBS: Fielder for Kinsler trade has been agreed to. http://t.co/whMv4Caamb"
— Brian Kenny (@MrBrianKenny) November 21, 2013
(What does that even mean?)
No kidding RT @kelseyshea11: Re: Prince and Kinsler pic.twitter.com/O3y0ze1g6M
— Amanda Rykoff (@amandarykoff) November 21, 2013
From regaining flexibility to clearing up cash, reaction to Prince Fielder - Ian Kinsler trade all positive http://t.co/uggDpbZwsS
— Bless You Boys (@blessyouboys) November 21, 2013
Fantasy baseball trades do happen. RT @JonHeymanCBS: Fielder for Kinsler trade has been agreed to. http://t.co/uVVCdTXd4C
— Andrew Baggarly (@CSNBaggs) November 21, 2013
(Perhaps in reference to this?)
The trade, which also includes the Tigers sending $30 million to the Rangers, according to Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan, is pending league approval.
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