Detroit — The time should be coming.
Whether that time is, however, depends on your trust in the word of Christopher Ilitch, the de facto owner of the Tigers who has said for years that when the time is right, Detroit would once again be a significant spender in the free-agent market.
And you need look no further than District Detroit — an Ilitch-backed project that promised blocks of shops, restaurants, bars and housing, but actually is more of a parking-lot paradise — to legitimately wonder if Ilitch's word will be any good on the Tigers' front.