Detroit — As he was wrapping up Javy Báez’s introductory press conference on Zoom on Wednesday night, Tigers general manager Al Avila looked at his watch.
“There’s a few things we can do yet to make this team better,” he said. “We still have work to do.”
The Tigers didn’t make any more deals in the six hours he had left before the business of Major League Baseball was shut down by an owner-ordered lockout. But his message was delivered: Despite spending $217 million on free agents Eduardo Rodriguez and Báez, and in addition to picking up the $7.