If the Detroit Tigers are to succeed in 2018, they will need strong seasons from Matt Boyd, Mike Fiers, Daniel Norris and Buck Farmer, among others.
In 2017, every American league team used at least 7 different starting pitchers during the long, and sometimes gruesome, baseball season. For the fledgling 2018 Detroit Tigers, the use of only seven starters would be a godsend.
Certainly, 2017 will be a distant memory when it comes to the great expectations that arose at the start of last season.