Detroit News/Gage: Facts are what count with Maggs

It’s irrefutable evidence, however, that Ordonez is not helping the team—and if he’s not helping the team with an option for $18 million in the works for next year, the Tigers have a predicament.

Predicaments must be reported—but in a way that doesn’t resemble piling on.

There is a flip side to piling on that is equally unacceptable. It manifests itself in the words of those—such as one of our Tiger Talk forum participants Thursday—who “would love to see Maggs play for a team that actually appreciates what he has accomplished.”

Meaning the Tigers don’t? That’s unfair. The proof of appreciation shouldn’t cost $18 million.

There are two approaches to this dilemma. There are those being portrayed as “Maggs bashers” for thinking the Tigers should cut bait before his option kicks in—which it will do with another 184 plate appearances.

There are also those who think management is at fault for including such a clause in his contract—and that if it comes back to bite the Tigers, they deserve it.