Winter Meetings Preview

With the annual eMLB Winter Meetings less than three weeks away the Michigan Miracles are well prepared to put the abortion of 2011 in the rear view mirror. With a strong showing during the Vegas"11" trip, Renner hopes to continue his winning ways during the upcoming meetings.

Needing to fill their 5 yr contract and having one of the first three picks in the draft, the chances of trading out of that spot will be slim. I have never been one to back away from an opportunity, Renner was quoted as saying, but this year will be tough to trade down. Let's just say that the Miracles will be something like the Chicago Cubs in what they would want for their pick. If someone would offer their first, second and third round pick for my lottery pick that would certainly get my attention....otherwise we will gladly draft one of the top four players on our board.

There are some Miracle players that will be available via trade and a couple that could be available via trade. Aaron Hill 2/12 and Julio Borbon 3/12 are the players that fall into the former category and Ian Desmond 2/12 and Andre Ethier 3/12 fall into the latter. We are not especially looking to trade either Desmond or Ethier but there has been some recent interest in those players and I'd be remiss if I didn't at least listen to any offers.

Moreso than in previous years there is a good chance the Miracles won't be big players during this years meetings....but when all 16 of us get together who knows what will happen.