Aug 13, 2008
Tigers will slash payroll in wake of bust
Categories: Tigers
Written By: Admin
Mike Ilitch has been typically silent, typically reclusive during a season that was supposed to have been the Tigers owner’s $138 million crown jewel.
It does not, however, mean Ilitch’s voice has not been heard inside Comerica Park’s offices. It has, apparently at high volume.
The front office has taken a couple direct hits from the boss, and shock waves have been felt all the way to manager Jim Leyland’s office, which might have had something to do with Leyland’s 20-minute verbal lashing of his team before a nightmare of a game Aug. 3 at Tampa Bay.
What matters is not Ilitch’s anger. What counts is how he will approach his team from a business standpoint heading into 2009 and beyond.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
The problem with this is that with the lack of good pitching league-wide, you have to play a potent offensive game. And although their performance this season says otherwise, on paper this is one of the best offensive teams in the league. They have to do something, but it should start with the coaching staff. I’m not sure that having a fire sale and unloading Rogers and Renteria are the answers.