Seidel: Tigers Should Have Done More Before Trade Deadline

Justin Wilson (Tigers' photo)

Detroit Free Press columnist Jeff Seidel isn't alone when he writes: 'I'm disappointed in what the Tigers did and didn't do at Monday's trade deadline."

The Tigers dealt away J.D. Martinez, Justin Wilson and Alex Avila. There were a lot more worthy players that could have gone.

He goes on to write:

I wish the Tigers could have found a way to trade Justin Verlander or Jose Iglesias or Ian Kinsler. Although, to be fair, there was not much of a market for position players, and Verlander’s massive contract was a clear problem. More: Tigers keep Justin Verlander as MLB trade deadline passes

I also wonder if the Tigers did the bare minimum – trading Justin Wilson, Alex Avila and J.D. Martinez was a no-brainer. Martinez and Avila were about to become free agents, and Wilson would have never been as valuable as he is now. If they would have held onto Wilson, it would have been a complete failure.

But I'm underwhelmed by what they got in return, trading a big bat, a lefty out of the pen and a power-hitting catcher for five infield prospects.