Winter Meetings season is supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be chaotic, dramatic, borderline unhinged … but not this kind of unhinged. Not the kind that has Detroit Tigers fans checking their phones like they’re awaiting a medical diagnosis.
Because this year, Detroit walked into the Meetings with the reigning back-to-back American League Cy Young winner, the only ace the franchise has cultivated in their farm sytem since Justin Verlander, and somehow the storyline became: “Hey, what if they traded him?”
So let’s break it down. One rumor that should absolutely terrify Tigers fans — and one that, shockingly, should offer a little hope.