Over at Metsblog Matt Cerrone reported that the Tigers have interest in Scott Schoeneweis, and they may be willing to deal 1B/OF Marcus Thames to obtain his services. To me, this is not a good idea, at all.

Schoeneweis has been our best reliever this year (aside from the Sandman) statistically, sporting a 2.43 ERA. I don’t see how this deal really benefits us. We severely weaken our bullpen, especially if we don’t obtain another lefty if we trade Show. Also, with Andrew Beaton reporting that Brian Tallet will go on the DL with a broken toe, the lefty market is down to Will Ohman, Jack Taschner, Arthur Rhodes and Show. Show’s value will go up as we near Thursday’s deadline, so I see no reason to trade him now and get less than what we could get on Thursday. Second, Thames is an OK player, but he’s super streaky. Through April and May, Thames had hit just five home runs on the year. In June, he exploded for 10 homers,  six of which came in a five day span. Third, Thames has 20 homers on the year, yet he only has 43 rbi. To me, this screams that he doesn’t drive in runs if he doesn’t hit the longball, or he hits a ton of solo homers. Of Thames 20 homers, only six are of the solo variety, so that kills that theory. Thames is also hitting .262 on the year. Fernando Tatis is hitting around .310, if no one noticed.

I don’t know about anyone else, but if we are going to give up a premium lefty, I want 1b/3b/ss Carlos Guillen in any deal with the Tigers, not the streaky Thames. If we get Ryan Church back, I’m fine with an Endy Chavez/Tatis platoon in left.