DVR and Al Melchior discuss a season in which everything has gone wrong for the Tigers in the middle of a rebuilding effort, and what it may take to get things back on track. Plus, they examine the bigger teardown that has taken place so far in Oakland, and Alec Lewis joins the show to discuss the growing optimism about the Royals' rebuilding effort around an exciting young core of hitters in Kansas City. 

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