It sucks, but the Tigers couldn't afford to bring on another potential albatross contract after already having JV and Miggy signed long terms in deals that will likely look bad [[JV's already does) by the end of it. I love Max's intensity and talent, but that is too much money at this point for the Tigers.

Additionally, Dombrowski has been pretty good at locating starting pitching over the years [[just look at how he got Fister, Sanchez, Scherzer, etc). I'm confident he'll keep a pretty good rotation. The bullpen, however...