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CHICAGO -- Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila believes his current roster is good enough to reach the postseason and anticipates standing pat at the Aug. 1 trade deadline.Avila also praised manager Brad Ausmus on Saturday, but said any talk on picking up his option for 2017 or a possible longer extension wont be made until the end of the season.This is a team that can get us into the playoffs, Avila said from the dugout before the Tigers faced the White Sox. We just have to get the guys back that are injured. Weve got to stay healthy and weve got to be more consistent. I believe this team has the capability to do that, and we have a great manager to lead the way.In his third season, Ausmus was 215-205 heading into Saturday. Avila dismissed talk that the former big league catcher was a lame-duck manager because his initial three-year deal runs out at the end of the season. Theres a team option for a fourth year.Im not saying hes got to win to get the contract for the future years, but that `lame-duck tag is non-existent in baseball, Avila said.I think hes managed our bullpen tremendously this year, the GM added. You can go back and criticize maybe one or two games and question something, but theres always a reason. . Hes kept our bullpen fresh.Detroit entered Saturday 51-46, six games behind AL Central-leading Cleveland and within 2 1/2 games of Toronto for the final wild card spot despite being without starting pitchers Jordan Zimmerman (next strain) and Daniel Norris (oblique strain).Both pitchers have begun minor league rehab stints. And outfielder J.D. Martinez has taken batting practice this weekend and is expected to return early next month.Those are going to be our major acquisitions, Avila said. Theres nobody out there better than Jordan Zimmerman if he comes back healthy. Obviously, J.D. Martinez and then Daniel Norris.I dont see us adding another starting pitcher or reliever at this point.Avila said it was unlikely the Tigers would become sellers at the deadline, barring a long losing streak. A year ago, then-GM Dave Dombrowski ended up trading ace David Price and slugger Yoenis Cespedes.Two very attractive guys can also push you into the mode of saying we can get a nice return, Avila said. We dont have that this year in those kind of guys, those kind of contracts.So Avila said while their intention to stay put isnt sexy, its the best way to handle a team looking to get back to the playoffs after a one-year absence.We have one of the highest payrolls in baseball and we put this team together in the wintertime thinking this team is whats going to compete and get us in the playoffs, Avila said. And were going to stay that course. Caleb Joseph Jersey . 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On paper cashed up newcomers Collingwood are frontrunners for the inaugural Super Netball season, Queensland Firebirds star Caitlyn Nevins says.But the aspiring Firebirds captain has reminded the high profile Magpies that they will be starting from scratch in 2017.Since being formed by their AFL namesakes, Collingwood have quickly emerged as the team to beat in the maiden eight-strong competition starting in February.The Magpies boast one of the best rosters after signing five Diamonds players and this week trumpeted a lucrative five-year sponsorship deal.Nevins hails from Melbourne but knocked back a Collingwood offer in the off-season.She is confident she made the right choice after being nominated as one of four candidates to replace long serving skipper Laura Geitz in 2017.Gabi Simpson, Romelda Aiken and Laura Clemesha are the others.They are definitely a really strong team on paper, Nevins said of Collingwood.They will definitely be frontrunners of the competition.But thhey are starting from scratch in terms of culture, gameplan and that type of thing.dddddddddddd.Nevins said Queensland were happy for the Magpies to take centre stage in the pre-season.But the Diamonds wing attack believed two-time defending champions Queensland would again be a force despite the loss of Geitz (pregnant) and deputy Clare McMeniman (retired).We are happy for them to take the limelight, she said of Collingwood.I am also happy for the Firebirds to fly under the radar.But I have full confidence in our team that we can get the job done.The 10-strong Firebirds player group will vote on their captain and deputy in mid-January.Laura and Clare were phenomenal leaders of our club for a number of years, developing an amazing culture, Nevins said.The next leaders will hope to continue to grow it.But we are ready to step up and take the reins. 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