The Detroit Tigers had one of the best records in baseball at the 2025 trade deadline. At the trade deadline, president of baseball operations Scott Harris was heavily criticized for the moves he didn't make to bolster the Tigers' roster depth as they gear up for the postseason. Scott Harris' trade deadline strategy comes under fire as Charlie Morton, Chris Paddack struggle with TigersThe Tigers added the 41-year-old Morton as a veteran stopgap — a short-term mentor for a young pitching staff, with the added hope he could provide postseason experience. We'll admit, a lot of Tigers fans (including us) thought there was some overreaction with Harris' deadline plans. That said, they needed to maintain the status quo, and instead the trade deadline has become their undoing as they're in danger of falling out of the postseason altogether.