DETROIT -- The 2017 Tigers might well be remembered as the end of an era for Detroit baseball, a decade of win-now baseball culminating in a team that couldn't win anymore. The season could also go down as the summer the Tigers planted the seeds for their next run of contention.
Either way, it was a summer for one of the biggest transitions the Tigers have faced in 15 years. A business model built around spending big to bring in proven stars shifted to a developmental mode built around procuring and growing prospects into talent for sustainable success.