Detroit Tigers: When Prospect Love Goes Wrong

DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 27: Miguel Cabrera #24 of the Detroit Tigers and Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. Bud Selig look at the 2012 Triple Crown Award prior to Game Three of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants at Comerica Park on October 27, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. The Giants defeated the Tigers 2-0. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Every trade comes with a group of vocal fans who hate losing prospects. Is that prospect love warranted, and how have trades worked out for the Detroit Tigers?

You see the comments and the threads on Reddit about why X team should not trade their prospects for a veteran bat. So I started thinking about the major…