The Tigers' off-season

As we head into the 2010 season it will be interesting to see how the moves by GM Dave Dombrowski have changed the direction of the Tigers' franchise. The dead money contracts have been a bit of an anchor for some time now. Nothing could be done and mistakes become sunk-costs in MLB pretty quickly. But an off-season of moving Curtis Granderson while his value was still rather tangible and capitilizing on a solid trade market for Edwin Jackson after an All-Star berth season has yielded some young talent, that is also cheap talent, that really may become a part of a core heading forward. Detroit's dead-money will be peeling off over time and this cheaper and leaner core will be a big part of the next contending Tigers' ballclub. Max Scherzer, Austin Jackson, Daniel Schlereth, and Phil Coke. A nice influx of talent to an organization that was kind of light on emerging young talent.