Tigers active at deadline, but some big names stay put

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After all the speculation and uncertainty leading up to the trade deadline, Justin Verlander's sense of humor was apparently still intact.

"Source: I'm still in the Tigers locker room," said a message on Verlander's Twitter account Monday. There was even a picture of the right-hander offered as proof.

Verlander was indeed still a member of the Detroit Tigers when Monday's non-waiver trade deadline came and went. Although the Tigers dealt J.D. Martinez, Justin Wilson and Alex Avila in the last two weeks before the deadline, they kept some of their biggest names. Detroit remains…