CLEVELAND — Dave Dombrowski did many things well during his tenure in Detroit.
Building a bullpen wasn’t one of them.
The Tigers had a .500 or better record in eight of the 12 seasons in which Dombrowski was directly responsible for putting together the roster. But in the good years and the bad, through thick and thin, the bullpen was always the biggest source of trouble.
Consider this: According to research conducted by FanGraphs, the Tigers have had the worst bullpen in the majors since 2003. They rank 28th in walk rate (3.9 per nine innings), 29th in ERA (4.