Scott Harris' post-trade deadline press conference yielded a soundbite that both fans and the media would go on to throw back in his face during the Tigers' August-September skid: "A lot of the moves we passed on felt like moves that were going to haunt us for many years to come."
It seemed like typical Harris/Tigers prospect hoarding, and the vast majority of Detroit's pitching acquisitions struggling thereafter only intensified scrutiny. The Tigers do have one of the best, if not the best, farm system in baseball, but surely there are redundancies — players they could've given up outside of their prized top three prospects to get a big bat they desperately seemed to need when they posted a .