The Tigers are selling a whole lot of hope, these days. That's a dangerous proposition, of course, given not every prospect is going to pan out. They never do. Still, it hasn't stopped the Tigers from publicizing every nugget, big or small, from down on the farm.
"There's a lot of interesting in our minor-league system by our fans," Al Avila, Tigers general manager, said last month. "And that's a good thing.
"We have a fan base following this whole process. I think they're excited about it."
Of course, it "helps" that the Tigers are so bad at the major-league level, flirting at baseball's record for futility.