You can bet Dombrowski would've been on the horn to every GM trying to bring another team into the trade talks; he worked a few elaborate 3-team trades while with Detroit.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:33 amSurprisingly good article from the Freep's Anthony Fenech (someone who I've not always liked and has engaged in conflicts of interest regarding the subject he covers - the Tigers) regarding how Avlla bungled actual & potential trade returns not just at this year's trade deadline but also at the past couple deadlines.
The scuttlebutt regarding Boyd is particularly eye opening.
Avila a couple seasons ago passed up an amazing return (in hindsight) for Fulmer.
What I just read is damning regarding any assessment of Avila's talent evaluation & negotiation abilities, and unequivocally suggests to me that Avila sure as hell was not deserving of a multi-year contract extension!!
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/ ... 913091001/
When Avila first took over, I mentioned here that if he had Dombrowski's savvy in recognizing talent and working trades he'd do just fine. Well, it looks as if that was nothing more than an "if".