NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The Tigers rolled into the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for baseball's Winter Meetings this week as one of the most intriguing teams to watch. Four days later, that intrigue remains.
The potential selloff that many clubs anticipated hasn't happened. The surprise addition some might have hoped to see was never an option. The end result was plenty of talks but no action, and a club that has historically been among the most active Winter Meetings players sat dormant.
"I can't say it's surprising," general manager Al Avila said. "It's just a matter of teams looking at their overall payroll and making their moves as they see fit.