Thanks Detroit for this stud.

During the off-season the Braves acquired Jair Jurrjens, and minor-league prospect Gorkys Hernandez from the Tigers in exchange for Shortstop Edgar Renteria.

This now looks like an uneven trade seeing that Jurrjens is 4-2 with a 2.84 ERA and 36 Ks.  On the other hand Edgar has been good for Detroit seeing that he is batting .280 with three homeruns and has 18 RBIs.  Overall though Jurrjens has been one of our most consistent pitchers.  He has yet to have a bad outing. 

What was Detroit thinking when they gave up this stud for an above- average hitter?

I'm not trying to rub it in but Detroit was retarded for giving up him knowing that they lack pitching depth.  The thing that they had enough already last year was offense, why did they get more.

Thanks Detroit.

Your welcome thekingjp.  When we traded for Renteria I was happy, but giving up a guy with tremendous potential like JJ was a bit questionable.  Last season, he filled in nicely, like Galarraga is right now for us, but I wanted to keep that guy at all costs.  Moving Guillen to 1st to get Renteria at SS worked, but now hes awful at 3rd with the Cabrera switch.  JJ is a guy that must be fun to watch!

Division Titles and NLCS? Seriously? Nobody gives a flying f**k which organizations have the most Division Titles and LCS Championships! That just means they put together teams that were just good enough to loose in the playoffs.

Consistant, solid pitching is definitly a good recipe to pile up wins over course of a long and grueling season, but it certainly isn't the only way. When it comes down to pitching winning World Series', the 1990's Braves are a glaring example of why sucessfull regular season pitching does not translate in the playoffs - plain and simple.

Your absolutely right iffy, the Tigers have never had a 15 year run as good as the Braves. However, in the past 25 years the two teams have exactly the same amount of World Series titles. The Braves had the best staff for 15 years and only managed only one championship. Not very impressive at all. That kind of statistic might lead one to believe pitching doesn't win championships at all!

A team doesn't *need* solid pitching to have a chance at the postseason; that's simply an innacurate statement. You and I both know there have been plenty of teams with poor staffs and prolific lineups to make the postseason.

And come on, nobody braggs about or takes solice in Division Titles; just ask the Buffalo Bills.

Jair Jurgens 7 GS 4-2 ERA 2.84 1.19 below average Whip 1.083

Armando Galarraga 5 GS 2-1 ERA 3.07 1.09 below average Whip .989

Iffy, what is your suggestion to bring in more pitching for the Tigers?

Adrian are you trying&nbs p;to say that you would not want Jurrjens in your rotation?