MLB Trade Deadline Insights: Detroit Tigers' Strategy

All the Tigers have to figure out what they're going to do in a couple of weeks. A lot of different reports out there, but at this point, I'm not willing to close the book on anything at this point, Tom, because if you think about it, what's stopping Detroit from winning six or seven in a row right now? Nothing. So I'm going to guess they're going to take a school right to that deadline in August, right to the final minute, and then make their decision as far as what to do. This is just a weird deadline, Tom. I just don't think that there's a lot of clarity right now. By the way, I know we want action and we want trades, but we also have to put our GM's hat on for a minute here, and if you're the Tigers, why would you do anything right now? If Boston can win 12 in a row, why can't we? Right, and 12 in a row wins. It also seems some of those teams lose three, four in a row. The Tigers are only three and a half games out of a wild card spot as of now, so to get ahead of it really doesn't make any sense. They're going to take this up to the deadline, which is 6 p.m., I believe, on the 3rd, August 3rd, that is. So they have 10 plus days to make up some ground. So if they're going to be tied for a wild card spot come Sunday and then Scoogle is going to be there on Monday, do they want to trade him? No, if they're tied for a wild card spot, you're winning. Also, if he gets the free agency, they know they're not getting anything back, so they have to be committed to it one way or another because he will hit free agency and they won't be able to re-sign him.