When they pulled into the Westin Copley Square hotel Sunday night in Boston, a few hours after the White Sox had twice punched them in the gut with walkoff wins at U.S. Cellular Field, the Tigers — Al Avila’s front office —got ready for a week of meetings and phone calls. And decisions.
Stick with the existing roster and players about to be released from the disabled list’s chains?
Buy an affordable bench soldier or, maybe even a pitcher if the price happened somehow to be right?
Sell? Particularly when a market thin on pitching might make a couple of Tigers prizes — Justin Verlander, Francisco Rodriguez — especially valuable treasure for a contender eager to hand the Tigers a parcel of helpful prospects?