(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Detroit — April was a beast. Between the brutal weather — two games were snowed out, for crying out loud — the road trips, the injuries, the impotent offense, it’s a wonder the Tigers aren’t already toes up in the Central Division.
But they are not.
Somehow, despite being worst or second-worst in every major offensive category, having three starting pitchers on the injured list, with two out for the season, the prolonged absences of left fielder Christin Stewart, shortstop Jordy Mercer and now second baseman Josh Harrison, playing more games on the road than all but three teams in the American League, the Tigers are two games under .