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Anaheim, Calif. — Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire hinted at this on Sunday in Seattle.
He emerged from a long teleconference with general manager Al Avila and his front office staff and said, “We are throwing ideas around. We don’t just want to stand here and take this. No one does. But it is what it is right now. We are working on it.”
The Tigers, slogging through two miserable months, needed an infusion of fresh energy, fresh blood. With the Wednesday afternoon trade deadline fast approaching with dwindling hopes of making a splash, they decided to dip into their prospect pool for that jolt.