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Tigers have vets to market as Meetings open
- Updated: December 5, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The nation’s capital is the center of the Tigers’ organizational shift this week.
For years, Detroit used the Winter Meetings to add pieces, sign top talent and fuel the win-now mandate that drove the organization for more than a decade. This time, general manager Al Avila and his assistants arrived in the unusual position of having veteran players to market.
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One thing that hasn’t changed for the Tigers: The Winter Meetings are where their work usually culminates. They didn’t bring an “open for business” sign with them, but by now, everybody knows that they arrived with plenty of work to do.
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