It’s always tricky, balancing supply with demand.
But a year after he sold off major pieces at the trade deadline, Tigers general manager Al Avila may have trouble selling much of anything this summer.
That’s true with respect to the fans demanding more red meat – in the form of blue-chip prospects – now that the rebuild is officially underway in Detroit. And it’s true of the pennant-chasing teams looking for the kind of difference-makers Avila supplied last summer.
Avila doesn’t have a Justin Verlander or J.D. Martinez up for auction this time around. He doesn’t even have a lefty reliever having a career year like Justin Wilson.