Detroit Tigers: Hypothetical, Creative Ways to Trade Anibal Sanchez, Mike Pelfrey

Hypothetical Trades

San Diego

This is all speculative mind you, but sending Pelfrey and Machado to San Diego for reliever Jose Dominguez makes sense.

The Padres don’t have a high payroll and could absorb Pelfrey’s salary. They could also try turning him into a potential trade chip at the deadline.

A stint in spacious Petco Park could do wonders for the ground-ball pitcher.

The National League West franchise also needs a shortstop, and could plug in Machado as an everyday starter.

In return, Detroit would pick up a hard-throwing reliever in 26-year-old Jose Dominguez.

While he’s only struck out 5.9 batters per nine innings in the Majors, Dominguez routinely posted strikeout per nine frame rates above 10.0 in the minors.

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is in need of some outfield depth, so perhaps sending Pelfrey or Sanchez and Moya to the club for some combination of John Jaso, Juan Nicasio and Antonio Bastardo could make sense.

Anaheim

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have shown a penchant for employing former Tigers, with Cameron Maybin, Jefry Marte and Jose Alvarez all in the mix for Opening Day roster spots this season.

Anaheim is in need of starting pitching depth, so a swap involving one of Detroit’s veteran starters for one of the Halos’ moderately sized, short-term contracts would hypothetically work for all parties.

The likes of Huston Street, Ben Revere and Cliff Pennington could all be conceivable trade fits.

It remains to be seen just how the Detroit Tigers will construct the team’s roster heading into Opening Day.

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However, one thing is for certain—it will certainly be interesting to see how Spring Training plays out in regards to Detroit’s pitching depth.