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Al Avila admits it just didn't work for longtime closer; Ausmus said veteran RHP took release hard
SAN DIEGO — On the same day the Detroit Tigers gave up on veteran reliever Francisco Rodriguez, general manager Al Avila affirmed that he hasn’t given up on the team’s chances to turn things around.
“You can’t react on everybody’s opinion – ‘Oh, you ought to sell, sell, sell,’ ” Avila said in the visiting dugout at Petco Park this afternoon, a couple hours after releasing Rodriguez. “Quite frankly, you do what the market allows you to do.