For whatever reason, most every move the Tigers made just didn’t work out. Baseball is not an exact science. Big-budget teams spend the money to correct their mistakes. The Tigers don’t. All teams make mistakes on players, but some teams can make up for them by trading guys, eating salary or finding lightning in a bottle with one guy who has a great year. None of that has happened lately for the Tigers.
I like Jonesy and all, and if you were to just read this paragraph, he makes some valid points. He points out that Garner didn’t have a lot to work with, which is hard to argue. However, despite mentioning that “most every move the Tigers made just didn’t work out” he still defends Randy Smith elsewhere in the article, and that just doesn’t make sense.