DETROIT -- At the end of 2020 season, Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila's contract will be nearing an end. Manager Ron Gardenhire will also be in the final days of his deal.
If the rebuilding process isn't done by then, well, it had better be close. If not, Phase 2 of the process may have different people in charge.
That's not to say that the Tigers couldn't win sooner than that. Nor is to say a successful rebuilding couldn't take longer than three years.
But patience isn't inexhaustible and 2020 seems like a decent barometer year to see where the Tigers stand in the ultimate pursuit of a title.