Even when the Detroit Tigers were competing for the playoffs and winning the division, the bullpen always was a challenge. Since the team has entered the rebuilding phase over the past few seasons, the carousel of relievers has been even more difficult to figure out. The Tigers have certainly put effort into their bullpen at times, but the number of successful relievers on the roster over the last decade has been alarmingly low.
Buck Farmer has often been included in this blob of arms trotting out of the bullpen in the middle innings. He appeared in 43 games from 2014 to 2017 (most of those starts, to be fair), sporting a 6.