KC and Detroit have agreed to the following deal:
KC gets:
SP Max Scherzer ($3.75m in 2013, arb in 2014, FA in 2015)
Detroit gets:
CF George Springer (minor league contract)
SP Yordano Ventura (minor league contract)
Detroit makes this deal because of our current depth at SP and desire to strengthen the upper levels of our farm system. As a Tigers fan, I like Scherzer a lot but you have to give up talent to get it I wanted to add more years of team control, which specs are good for. Both Springer and Ventura are mainstays in top 100 prospect lists with Springer typically coming in between #25 and #55 and Ventura usually coming in between #55 and #85.