In his Miami, Fla., home, Al Avila has an office den brimming with laptops and video screens. This is where he has been working for the past month, since Major League Baseball’s clubs turned steam hoses and disinfectant nozzles on spring-camp clubhouses and headed for their COVID-19 refuges at home.
This is where the Tigers general manager has been holed up for the past four weeks, Skyping with scouts and lieutenants, eyeballing video, and preparing for a big-league season that might or might not arrive, as well as for a 2020 draft that definitely will take place.