Seattle — Alex Wilson has built up enough equity during his two-plus seasons with the Tigers to warrant the benefit of the doubt. Yes, he is presently grinding through a tough stretch, but it’s not this stretch that will ultimately define him.
Nor is it to the point where he’s losing the manager’s trust.
“We’re going to have to trust him,” Brad Ausmus said. “We really don’t have a lot of options.”
Beyond that, there is nothing to pin this bad stretch on. His velocity hasn’t dipped. He hasn’t lost the feel of his cutter.