General manager Al Avila talks about the Tigers’ plans in protecting Rule 5 eligible players. Chris McCosky, Detroit News
Orlando, Fla. — Among the thorny decisions Tigers general manager Al Avila will have to make this offseason is which Rule 5-eligible players to protect by adding them to the 40-man roster and which players to leave exposed?
“This might be one of the toughest years for this,” Avila said Monday during the general manager’s meetings at Waldorf Astoria Resort outside of Disney World. “Most of the time we have been together as a staff we've spent going over this, and it’s been excruciating, painful.