[Hrycaj]

Currently the Tigers sit at 26-15. I'll be honest and say that I did not expect this start at all. I thought Harris did not address the right handed power issue in the offseason and on the whole did not do much to improve the team from a year before. I thought the run last year was more magic than ability and it would be hard for them to repeat such a thing. This has been such a pleasant surprise and I'm wondering how much credit does Scott Harris get for all of this?

Look across the roster, the majority of players are from the Al Avila era. Who I always though could identify talent. Al drafted well, in fact the only issue any person ever had with his draft picks was when he took Jobe (HS R handed pitcher)over Mayer (SS/Boston). Even that pick has panned out thus far. My issue with Al was that he didn't have people in places that could develop the talent. That was always my issue with Avila. So is that where the credit starts with Harris? Has his signature move been to reform the coaching staff and development culture? For me that has been the difference. We have had two trade deadlines with Harris and I am really underwhelmed with him on that front. He sold last year and it felt like the team decided to show him how "smart" he was and went and won a playoff series. This last offseason was Bregman or bust, and it was a bust but Javy playing CF like he is Willie May's grandson, McKinstry coming in out of nowhere and the reclamation of both Mize and Tork have this team humming. Am I downplaying the Gleyber deal? Perhaps a bit and maybe he deserves some credit there but I don't see how Gleyber by himself moves the needle as much as having all the above players I mentioned have seasons so far that nobody would have predicted.

So Tigers fans, where do you sit with Harris at this point? Is he more lucky than good or do you think I'm too critical when I think he may be more lucky than good?