Dave Dombrowski
Now that the trades have been made and things have settled down, fans and writers are trying to assess the "rebooting."
Free Press columnist Mitch Albom thinks it simply comes down to this: The Tigers failed this year. The Tigers traded away its best pitcher, David Price. and its top fielder, Yoenis Cespedis and its top closer, Joakim Soria.
It's a surrender. And a surrender in sports means you failed to achieve your goal. Someone should at least take responsibility for that.
First, it should be the players, who have, by any measure, underachieved. Next it should be the manager, Brad Ausmus, because he's charged with getting the most out of a roster, and if this is the most, there's a leak in the boat.
And finally, Dave Dombrowski must raise his hand as well. Dombrowski is a smart man and a quality general manager. And it's true, he can't control players like Miguel Cabrera or Victor Martinez getting injured. But there has been a lot of hosanna throwing at Dombrowksi's keen shakedown of Toronto in the David Price trade, getting three young arms for one expensive rented one. But Dombrowski wouldn't have needed his prospecting outfit if the moves he made last off-season had panned out better.
