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
It was two years ago this week when J.D. Martinez was called from the food room inside the visitors clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium — where he was passing out bananas on a 90-degree day — to manager Brad Ausmus’ office, where he found out he had been traded.
You can argue that day, July 18, 2017, was the official start of the Detroit Tigers' rebuild — though maybe the Justin Verlander trade six weeks later, or other trades during the offseason are your preferred starting point — with the team just five games out of the second wild-card spot.