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- Updated: July 22, 2016
CHICAGO — A year ago around this point in the season, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was asked by his boss — then-GM Dave Dombrowski — whether he wanted to sit in on the club’s trade discussions. Ausmus said no. He didn’t want to sell at last year’s Trade Deadline in the first place, and he didn’t want to have to watch the steps of his team being broken up. So he went about his work while David Price, Joakim Soria and Yoenis Cespedes were dealt for prospects.
“Even at the time, I completely understood why Dave was doing it,” Ausmus said. “Dave’s a very savvy business executive, and it logically made sense. I understood it. But as a manager, you want to win, so trading away established Major Leaguers for guys who might be Major Leaguers at some point isn’t something a manager who wants to win looks forward to doing.”
Fast forward a year, and the Tigers are in a familiar spot. Ausmus said on Thursday he’d be surprised if his current boss, GM Al Avila, sold off players at the Aug. 1 Trade Deadline. But regardless, he’d still rather not be involved too heavily in the discussions.
“I think it’ll be similar,” Ausmus said.
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