Toronto – Rebuilding is a front-office concept, a business construct, a macro policy.
Baseball players and coaches, they don’t live in that world. So, as manager Ron Gardenhire and the Tigers embark on another 162-game journey, starting Thursday against the Blue Jays, forgive them if they aren’t looking ahead to 2021 or 2022.
“Inside this clubhouse, we believe we’re going to win,” Gardenhire said early in camp. “We don’t do anything other than come to the park every day trying to put together a team that’s going to win games. We’ve seen a lot of teams go worst to first.