[vincesanity82]

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In a bold move during a tense pennant race, the Detroit Tigers called up touted prospect Cameron Maybin on Friday and cut slumping outfielder Craig Monroe, a key member of their World Series team last season. The 20-year-old Maybin, with only six games of experience in Double-A, had a difficult major league debut at Yankee Stadium. He went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts while batting second and playing a shaky, though errorless, left field in a 6-1 loss to New York.
"I didn't do anything well tonight. I never let the game come to me," Maybin said. "I'm happy to have the first one out of the way, absolutely. I was jacked up tonight. Now I can go out and relax. With repetition, everything will come along."
Drafted 10th overall in 2005 out of high school in North Carolina, the multiskilled Maybin is considered one of the top prospects in baseball. In fact, Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski, who also built winning teams in Montreal and Florida, called him the best position-player prospect he's had in any organization.

ESPN - Tigers dump Monroe in favor of prospect Maybin - MLB

[vincesanity82]

they must have a lot of faith in maybin, monroe is a solid player..last year had 28 hrs and 92 rbi's..

[Lefty Noob]

Wow, I figured they'd deal Monroe, but cutting him? That's hard to swallow. Someone will pick him up, hoping his bat will get hot, I'm sure.