...I thought I'd take look at that other deal that is supposed to be all but complete.

Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to the Tigers for every single non-Rick Porcello prospect left in the system.

For the Marlins:

Hard to say. I wonder if you could've gotten, even if a bit lower quality (Cameron Maybin is supposed to be the [censored]), you could've filled more holes. I could've seen, even, looking for a team that could allow you to move defensive black hole Dan Uggla to 1B, in addition to netting a pitcher and an outfielder. If that wasn't out there (I'm looking at you, LA teams), then this isn't a bad return. Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin are as good a "top 2" as most any team could ask for. The rest are iffy, with Mike Rabelo being an interesting inclusion given his "eh" offense at both the ML and MiL levels. Dallas Trahern has been decent but not great, though is still youngish (22). Eulogio De La Cruz is similarly 'eh', and Burke Badenhop has impressive numbers but is 24 years old and has only pitched 18+ innings above the A-level. I just come away with a feeling that the return isn't bad but discouraged for the Marlins that it wasn't the best they could do.

For the Tigers:

You will score 1000 runs, and it is going to be extremely disgusting the entire time. Even if not 1000, all signs point to this being the top offensive club in the ML next season. Scored 887 runs last season and lost no significant contributors while adding Miguel Cabrera. What's the downside? Well, Dontrelle Willis could easily continue his downward spiral. And any defensive alignment you go with could be bad. Either by putting too high a demand on Curtis Granderson (with Miguel in LF and Ordonez in RF), or by making the left side of your IF all questionable (with Miguel at 3B). Another option, possibly, would be to put Miguel at 1B and slide Guillen to 3B. Seems unlikely, given that the Tigers wanted to move him to 1B to reduce strain and the risk of injury. Meanwhile, this does nothing to address the bullpen and you're pretty much out of trade chips. On a similar note, the Tigers will not be outdone by anyone in stripping down their farm system. Expect the Tigers to sign a RP for a semi-ridiculous contract before the winter is over. David Riske, 3 years, $18M?

And I dunno. There's probably some Santana stuff going on right now. I'm not thrilled with those rumors about 5 players going the Twins way. And I was getting excited about seeing Ryan Kalish progress through the system.