The first two games against the Los Angeles Angels have again highlighted the big problems with the Detroit Tigers. What is different now is that the two problems have been addressed publicly.
In an article by Chris McCosky with The Detroit News, Brad Ausmus has made it clear that he has finally had an “intervention” with Justin Upton. And, ESPN reporter Katie Strang shared Ausmus’s thoughts about the struggling Anibal Sanchez.
In what has remained a solid theme in 2016, the hitting hasn’t supported the pitching and the pitching hasn’t supported the hitting.