NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – For the third consecutive evening at the Major League Baseball winter meetings, Tigers general manager Al Avila had nothing new to report.
The Tigers, one of the most talked-about teams of the off-season — with so many premium veteran players available in an organizational effort to decrease payroll at present and increase financial flexibility in the future — looked almost certain to leave the Gaylord National Harbor Resort and Convention Center this morning without making a move.
The team had not come close to making a trade as of Wednesday evening, Avila said, citing the market, which is plentiful with players under team control or signed to affordable contracts — players the Tigers don’t have at their disposal.