Detroit Free Press
Now nine-games under .500, if they don't get a miracle turnaround soon, it's time to trade off assets
Justin Verlander stood at his locker after being shelled.
After failing to strike out a batter for the first time in 332 games.
After losing the kind of game he used to dominate on sheer will and determination.
After losing a game the Tigers absolutely needed to win, at least, as much as you could need to win in early July.
“I got my butt kicked,” Verlander said bluntly, after the Tigers lost to the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, 11-8, falling nine games below .