The Tigers can only buy their way out of baseball purgatory, even if it hurts later on.
Society loves to lump us into dichotomies — Montagues and Capulets, cat people or dog people, #TeamValor or #TeamMystic (seriously, only weirdos pick the yellow team) — and the MLB trade deadline is no exception. Teams are either buyers or sellers once the calendar approaches July 31, and while they can sway one way or the other all month long, they eventually have to pick a side.
Ever since Major League Baseball introduced the second wild card, that line has become more muddled.