Recent data demonstrates how badly Tigers executive Scott Harris mishandled the trade for Jack Flaherty.
It’s hard to imagine that Scott Harris, president of baseball operations for the Detroit Tigers, made the same error twice.
Allow me to return the favor: It is April 20, 2023, the day of the MLB trade deadline. Scott Harris,
the president of baseball operations for the Detroit Tigers, is in communication with the Los Angeles Dodgers to finalize the Eduardo Rodriguez deal. Naturally, Rodriguez’s no-trade clause and his desire to play for Los Angeles present the only issues.
Even though Harris wasn’t solely to blame for this error, critics and supporters alike attacked him for it. Rodriguez would sign a free agent contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, leaving the Tigers.
A year later, Harris found himself in a same situation. Jack Flaherty was the best rental available, and a failed deal for him with the New York Yankees was supposedly caused by medical concerns. Two minutes before the deadline, Harris had little alternative but to make an unimpressive trade with the Dodgers because he had positioned himself too long,
looking for the best return after fellow pitchers like Yusei Kikuchi drove up the pitching market.
Scott Harris missed the Tigers trade deadline once more.
Worse, according to Tigers beat writer Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free-Press, Harris might have accepted the same deal that the Blue Jays received for Kikuchi.
