Sportsbooks online witnessed the New York Yankees making a major trade, acquiring Detroit outfielder Curtis Granderson in a three-team deal.
The big trade gives the Yankees a star centerfielder who can impact odds at the offshore sportsbook while All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson goes to Arizona. The Tigers get outfielder Austin Jackson and pitchers Phil Coke, Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth.
Sportbooks online have the Yankees as the favorite to repeat as World Series champs next season. Getting Granderson and only giving up marginal players looks like a steal for New York. The Yankees did give up Coke and Ian Kennedy but getting Granderson is huge as he will impact sportbooks online results next season. Some people may like the deal for Detroit since they get some talented young players but it is all about what you can do now and the Tigers lost two All-Star players in Granderson and Jackson who will win games versus the odds at the offshore sportsbook.
The Yankees are the big winner in this first big trade of the sportsbooks online baseball off-season. Granderson could hit a lot of home runs at Yankee Stadium and impact offshore sportsbook results, plus he solidifies the outfield since the Yankees could lose both Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui to free agency.
Detroit is hoping that Sherzer can replace Edwin Jackson and that Austin Jackson can replace Granderson. That seems unlikely at best in the odds at sportbooks online. The Diamondbacks did well getting Edwin Jackson who could really take off in the National League and impact lines at the offshore sportsbook.
The Tigers have made a mess of their team in terms of dollars spent but they have made it worse with the trades of Granderson and Jackson. They already owed way too much money to Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen, Brandon Inge, Nate Robertson, Dontrelle Willis and Jeremy Bonderman for next season. Now they have traded away two players in Granderson and Jackson who could have impacted odds among sportbooks online for the Tigers. While some people like these moves by Detroit it is obvious that general manager Dave Dombrowski had made some bad personnel decisions in the past and these two are just the latest. Sportbooks online wonders who is the next to go for Detroit? Justin Verlander is a free agent in two years. Will he want to stay in Detroit? The economy is bad in Detroit and the Tigers may not be far behind.