After all , their off - season moves were about as vanilla as it got .
The pundits told us this time that the Tigers might improve from their ' 08 collapse , but not to the point where we should take them seriously as playoff contenders .
After all , Tigers ' off - season moves were about as vanilla as it got .
The pundits told us this time that the Tigers might improve from their ' 08 collapse , but not to the point where we should take them seriously as playoff contenders .