Are the Detroit Tigers planning to make a massive splash in free agency? Some feel that president of baseball operations Scott Harris wasn’t aggressive enough at the trade deadline. Amid the criticism, Harris reminded everyone that he’s not a fan of weakening his farm system for the sake of short-term fixes.
In Harris’s defense, a blockbuster deal may not have been necessary. The Tigers have one of baseball’s best records over the last calendar year. Detroit entered Tuesday with an eight-game cushion in the American League Central. All is well.
Still, with fellow AL contenders like the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros going all-out at the deadline, analysts like ESPN’s Karl Ravech feel that Harris didn’t put enough of his chips on the table, and that even a notable acquisition like Kyle Finnegan wasn’t enough.