National Harbor, Md. — It wasn’t for a lack of trying, but general manager Al Avila said Wednesday night it was most likely the Tigers were going to leave the Winter Meetings without making a deal.
“I can’t say it’s frustrating or disappointing,” he said. “We still have a pretty good team moving forward in 2017. In that sense, it’s positive. But the market is what it is. You can’t do anything about that.”
And the market was decidedly unfriendly to the Tigers’ mission — at least to this point. As evidenced by the deals pulled off by the Chicago White Sox — trading Chris Sale and Adam Eaton for seven top prospects, four from the Red Sox and three from the Nationals.