When the Detroit Tigers stayed conservative with their moves at the 2025 trade deadline, president of baseball operations Scott Harris opened himself to criticism for his lack of urgency and aggressiveness for a first-place team looking to make another deep postseason run.
Yes, the Tigers added five Major League pitchers at the deadline, but none of them were the kind of "big splash" additions one would expect for a team in their position. (And one of them didn't even make it to the end of the season before being DFA'd.)
Harris was criticized not only for failing to boost his team's World Series odds in 2025, but for failing to maximize the Tigers' competitive window with ace Tarik Skubal, who is set to become a free agent after the 2026 season (and is not expected to sign a contract extension with Detroit before then).