ESPN.com: MLB – Relegated to Tigers bench, Easley asks club for trade

ESPN.com: MLB – Relegated to Tigers bench, Easley asks club for trade

Damion Easley is a class act, and he has a contract that will certainly be impossible to trade. On top of that, Omar Infante isn’t ready to hit in the big leagues, though his enthusiasm and the Tigers’ need to generate runs, may well lead to some valuable stolen bases before he’s sent down to Toledo.

Easley is a fly ball hitter in a park that is suddenly a little smaller, stuck on a team that might like to get young in a hurry, but will probably experience some growing pains. If I can pick him off for a buck or two late in the day, I’m going to make Easley a sleeper.