Scott Harris admittedly hates selling “with every fiber of [his] being” and spent the offseason trying to position the Detroit Tigers as one of the top World Series contenders in baseball. He may have done enough to get the Tigers to the playoffs anyhow, and the next two months' worth of the chase could lead to his deadline deals being scrutinized even harder. "Did I position this organization to trade a significant part of our future for the present to add to this team? But Harris is taking the blame almost like he assumes the Tigers won’t make a run. This was just a strange deadline for Harris and the Tigers.