Unless they go on a major run in the final four weeks of the season, the Detroit Tigers will go from first to worst in the standings in one season.
Perhaps more alarming is how they went from having the best pitching staff in baseball for several years, and now regularly get bombed by opponents’ double-digit run onslaughts.
They have always had a bad bullpen, at least since 2012, but the starting pitching made up for that as much as it could. When you had starters going deep into games and staying healthy, it minimized the appearances of players that shouldn’t be in the majors yet (Kyle Ryan) and players that should be long gone from the game (Randy Wolf).