Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila received a multi-year contract extension on Friday. Here's what he said about it: Gregory Levinsky, Detroit Free Press
The timing isn't ideal. Not from a public relations perspective. But then if Christopher Ilitch were worried about what the public thinks, there’d be fewer empty lots and more buildings around Little Caesars Arena.
And so it was no surprise when the Detroit Tigers’ owner cited progress among the team’s prospects as a reason he was extending the contract of the general manager Al Avila. He lives in his own reality.