Detroit Tigers baseball needed some new talent. Last offseason, Detroit was coming off a season in which the team posted its lowest win total since 2008. Changes were needed.
Avila definitely had his work cut out for him. The rotation consisted of Justin Verlander, a suddenly home-run prone Anibal Sanchez and a group of inexperienced youngsters. Elsewhere on the roster, the rotation was an utter mess, and even the offense was struggling some. Detroit led the league in batting average and was second in on-base percentage in 2015, but the team struggled to put up runs after Yoenis Cespedes was dealt.