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One year ago today: The trade that brought Michael Fulmer to Detroit
- Updated: July 31, 2016
12:57 PM ET
The 2016 trade deadline is already generating plenty of buzz around major-league baseball with multi-player deals, trade vetoes and rampant speculation headlining the weekend activity.
The Detroit Tigers remain interested in upgrading the back end of the rotation but the prices are considered prohibitive, at least at the moment. However, even if the organization does makes a roster upgrade, this year’s deadline figures to be far less eventful than in 2015. Before parting ways with Detroit in the weeks that followed, then-general manager Dave Dombrowski unloaded star pitcher David Price, center fielder Yoenis Cespedes and closer Joakim Soria — a trio of deals that yielded a bevy of talented assets in return.
Of all the prospects recouped, none has fared better than former first-round pick Michael Fulmer. The 23-year-old pitcher, acquired in the deal that sent Cespedes to the New York Mets, had experienced stunning success in the first half of his rookie season, posting a 9-2 record with a 2.50 ERA while solidifying the middle of the Tigers rotation. One year ago today, Fulmer became a Detroit Tiger. Earlier this week in Boston, he met the man who traded for him — Dombrowski — in person for the first time. Here’s a look back on how that day unfolded and how the parties involved in the deal feel in its aftermath:
Dombrowski (on meeting Fulmer in Boston): “It was interesting, because when I was on the field watching batting practice there walking through and the Tigers were hitting and someone brought Michael Fulmer up and introduced him to me. And of course I knew him from the past, because he was a high draft choice out of Oklahoma and I talked to him on the phone at that particular time. I said I had the chance to watch him a couple times and how impressive he’s been. He was talking about the great class from the state of Oklahoma that year, which it was — [ RHP’s Dylan Bundy, Archie Bradley]. In his situation, we said we thought you should have been a first-rounder back then, so I think… it’s great to watch a young player like that succeed.”
Fulmer (on the meeting): “[Tigers defensive coordinator] Matty Martin introduced me to him. I just said thank you. I didn’t know what to say, really. I just talked to him for a …
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